Lakehead University

Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, graduate programs, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, the only internationally accredited (AACSB) business school in northern Ontario, and is home to the western campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Lakehead University
MottoAd augusta per angusta
Motto in English
Achievement through effort
TypePublic university
EstablishedLakehead University 1965; Lakehead Technical Institute 1946
Academic affiliations
COU, CUSID, UArctic, Universities Canada
Endowment$31.14 million
ChancellorRita Deverell
PresidentDr. Gillian Siddall
ProvostDr. David Barnett
Academic staff
319 (full time)
Administrative staff
2,250
Students6,729 (2017)
Undergraduates5,838 (2017)
Postgraduates891 (2017)
Location
Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario
,
Canada

48°25′17″N 89°15′38″W
CampusRural/suburban
Colours   Cobalt & blaze
NicknameLakehead Thunderwolves
MascotThe Thunderwolf
Websitewww.lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead has more than 45,000 alumni. The main campus in Thunder Bay has about 7,900 students. As of September 2006, a new permanent extension campus in Orillia, located about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Toronto, has about 1,400 students.

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