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Overview of Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University, founded in 18 18, is a well-known public university in Nova Scotia, Canada, and a member of U 15 University Alliance and British University Association. This university is the third oldest university in Nova Scotia and the fifth oldest university in Canada. Dalehouse University is one of the leading research universities in Canada, and it also has the strongest research fund among universities in Atlantic Province of Canada. The campus is quiet and safe, with graduate school as the main campus. It has been rated as the seventh key research and development university in Canada by authoritative magazines. The university offers 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

As one of the major universities in Canada, Dalhousie University is widely recognized for its excellent academic quality and teaching quality, and deeply attracts scholars from all over the world. In the academic year of 20 10, there were 6693 students10, and the ratio of male to female students was 9: 1 1. Among them, there were overseas students 1700 from many countries, accounting for about 60% of the total number of students. The average GPA of freshmen is 85.4. More than 59% of the first-year students have won scholarships from the school. There are 1, 0 12 full-time professors in the school, of which more than 92% have doctoral degrees, and the teacher-student ratio is 14: 1. Over the past 200 years, the school has trained many outstanding talents, among which more than 900 professors have become world-class authorities, 86 have won the title of Rhodes scholar, and there are also two Canadian prime ministers, the first female judge of the Canadian High Court, the world's first female astronaut, the founder of the world Internet and several state governors and other celebrities.

The school of law has a long-standing reputation and has trained many well-known politicians and lawyers in Canada. Medicine, dentistry and health sciences have also trained a large number of outstanding talents. 80% of Nova Scotia's government research funds are provided to Dalehouse University, which has always maintained a leading position in research in Canada. The school spent 6.5438+0.8 million Canadian dollars to establish a research center for computer students, and the school also completed a literature and social science building worth 22 million Canadian dollars.