Quest University Canada

Quest University Canada

Quest University Canada is Canada's first independent, not-for-profit, nonsectarian university of the liberal arts and sciences. Quest offers only one degree, a Bachelors of Arts and Sciences, and focuses entirely on excellence in undergraduate education.

Quick facts:

• Founded in 2002 by former University of British Columbia president Dr. David Strangway
• Opened with a 74-student inaugural class on September 3, 2007
• Current president: Dr. David Helfand
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (4-year program)
• Maximum 20 students in a class
• Courses scheduled on a "Block Plan" where students take one course at a time for three-and-a-half weeks
• All small, interactive, seminar classes, in which faculty lead students through discussions and activities
• 12:1 student to faculty ratio
• Each student has a faculty advisor
• 2-year Foundation Program introduces students to fields across the arts and sciences
• 2-year upper-level Concentration Program allows students to design their own major with faculty input and guidance
• All students complete a major senior thesis or project
• Opportunities for field work, study abroad, and internships
• Curricular emphasis on communication, critical thinking, personal and intellectual development, civic engagement, and employability
• Situated on a 60-acre mountain-top campus on the edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park in Squamish, British Columbia.
• Close proximity to both the city of Vancouver (1 hour) and Whistler Ski Resort (45 minutes)
• Campus includes 4 residence halls, library, academic building, university services building, and recreation centre
• "Green" buildings are geothermally heated and cooled
• Current enrollment: 350 undergraduate students
• Enrollment increasing annually to a full capacity of 800 students
• Over 35 countries represented in the student body, including Germany, Morocco, Nepal, China, Mexico, Switzerland and Italy
• Generous financial assistance available in the form of scholarships, bursaries, grants, and student employment
• Scholarships range from $1000/year to full tuition/year for all four years
• All students (Canadian and international) are eligible to apply for both scholarships and bursaries

campus

Quest University Canada is located in the coastal mountain community of Squamish, British Columbia, equidistant from Vancouver (70 km) and Whistler (60km), host cities of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The University's 60-acre campus borders on Garibaldi Provincial Park, a protected wilderness area with miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. To the West and South, classrooms and student housing overlook the rugged peaks and valleys of the Tantalus Mountains and Howe Sound, Canada's southernmost fjord. These natural surroundings provide a dramatic and inspiring backdrop to the academic and social activities on campus

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