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Facts and figures

Fall Term 2023 Student enrolment

  • 30,783

    Total students

  • 26,114

    Undergraduate students

  • 3,964

    Graduate students

  • 2,735

    Self-declared Indigenous students (8.9% of overall student population)

  • 22.7%

    of students at UM are international. These 6,991 students represent 121 countries

Programs of study

  • Learn more about UM programs: Viewbook

Faculties, colleges, and schools

Student success

Rankings

Highlights

  • 4th in Canada

    in dentistry and oral sciences

    (Shanghai Ranking 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects)

  • 13th in the country

    for medical/doctoral school

    (Macleans 2024 rankings)

  • Top 22%

    of universities ranked globally

    (THE World University Rankings)

Indigenous excellence

Research

  • U15

    UM is a member of this group of research-intensive universities

  • 50 CRCs

    UM has an allocation of 50 Canada Research Chairs, a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC), a CERC Laureate, and a Canada 150 Research Chair

  • 12th

    Our rank among Canada’s top 50 research universities for attracting research grants and contracts

  • Home to 50+

    Research centres, institutes and shared facilities

  • $209.8M

    In 2021-22 UM received $209.8M in sponsored research income

UM Bisons

Alumni

  • 221,000 alumni

    And counting

  • 134 countries

    Where UM alumni are living and continuing to make an impact

  • 1st UM graduate

    William Reginald Gunn, a Métis student who graduated with Honours in Natural Science in 1880

  • 3 Nobel Prizes

    Dr. James Peebles, Physics (2019)
    Dr. Michael Landry and team, Physics (2017)
    Scott Cairns and team, Peace (2013)

Faculty and staff (2022-23 fiscal year)

  • 9,957

    Total staff

  • 5,736

    Academic staff

  • 4,221

    Support staff

  • 13

    The number of consecutive years UM has been awarded one of Manitoba’s Top Employers

  • Since 2017

    UM has been awarded as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers