Institution Overview

The Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN, is a public university based in St. John's, with several satellite campuses. Memorial University offers certificate, diploma, undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs, as well as online courses and degrees.

Memorial University is in the top 700 in the world, according to the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Notably, in the 2020 global ranking of academic subjects, Memorial is the only Canadian university to make the list of the world's top post-secondary institutions for the study of marine/ocean engineering, placing 36th among global universities ranked. Memorial achieved notable rankings in the following subjects:

#36 in Marine and Ocean Engineering

Top 150 in Oceanography, Political Science and Telecommunications Engineering

Top 300 in Earth Sciences, Geography, Mathematics and Public Health

Top 400 in Agricultural Sciences, Atmospheric Science, Chemical Engineering, Clinical Medicine, Computer Science, Ecology, Electrical Engineering and Management

Top 500 in Environmental Science

QS

Overall, the 2021 QS World University Ranking placed Memorial in the top 750 universities globally. Memorial's subject-specific rankings for 2020 include:

Top 350 in Agriculture & Forestry

Top 500 in Mathematics

Top 550 in Medicine

Key selling points

#9 top comprehensive schools category for 2021.(Maclean's)

#500 for 2021 (THE)

Short name

MUN

Institution type

University

Language centre

University Ownership

Public

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Advised: 7 working days

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