Welcome | Governance and Administration | �Ӱɴ�ý University of Newfoundland

Founded in 1925 as a memorial to Newfoundland's war dead, �Ӱɴ�ý University College was elevated to degree-granting status in 1949. When Newfoundland became a province of Canada that year, one of the first legislative actions of the new government was to pass . The Act specifies the role, responsibilities, structure and other governance and administrative aspects of the province’s only university.

Today about 19,000 students are enrolled in �Ӱɴ�ý’s undergraduate, graduate and professional programs which span a wide range of disciplines. �Ӱɴ�ý is committed to student-centred and experiential learning in multiple modes and settings. The university has key locations are in St. John's and Corner Brook in Newfoundland, Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Labrador, and Harlow in England and offers extensive on-line courses and programs.

With a bicameral system of governance like many Canadian universities, �Ӱɴ�ý University has a Senate that oversees academic affairs and a Board of Regents that oversees all other matters. The institutional leader is the president and vice-chancellor, who is supported by the university’s administrative leadership.

This video was produced in 2018. It represents �Ӱɴ�ý’s governance and administrative structures and statistics at the time of production. While some details, such as some committee names, have changed slightly since then, the video still presents a reasonable overview of �Ӱɴ�ý’s governance and administration as per the �Ӱɴ�ý University Act.