Fast facts

Our 2008-09 student population

Total individual credit students	13,278
full-time	9,793 (73.8%)
Extension total	25,042

Our credit student profile

Average age, full-time	21.7 years
Average age, part-time	25.5 years
Per cent of female students	62.8%
Per cent from Calgary origin	80.1%
Number of parchments awarded	698*

Our class sizes

Average class size / credit programs	28 students
50 students or less in a class	98%

Scholarships and bursaries

Total dollars awarded per year	$5.3 million*
Number of awards granted per year	2,872*

Student tuition and fees (per semester) 2008-09

Canadian/resident students, degree program (five courses)	$2,408
International students, degree program (five courses)	$5,419

Credit programs, 2008-09

Number of programs offered	68
Per cent transferable to Alberta universities	76.7%
Total applications	15,519
Targeted first-year intake	4,574
Ratio of applications to targeted intake	3.4

Faculties, Schools and Centres

Bissett School of Business

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Communication Studies

Faculty of Continuing Education and Extension

Faculty of Health and Community Studies

Faculty of Science and Technology

Faculty of Teaching and Learning

Institute for Nonprofit Studies

Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal

Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

International Education/Languages Institute

Centre for Child Well-Being

Iniskim Centre

The Mount Royal Conservatory

Financial, 2008-09 (budgeted)

Operating budget — total revenue	$174 million
Government grants	$82.6 million
Grants as per cent of total budget	47.4%
Total salaries and benefits	$116 million

Economic impact on community, 2007

Activity generated by Mount Royal	$1.1 billion
Reduced social costs to Alberta government	$2.9 million

Employees, 2008-09

Instructors, full-time, credit	334
Instructors, part-time, credit	520
Instructors, Continuing Education	490
Instructors, International Programs	60
Instructors, Conservatory	294
Support staff (excluding casual)	722
Management	83
Total complement (non-duplicated)	2,345

Officers
David Marshall, PhD,President
Robin Fisher, PhD, Provost and V.P. Academic
Richard Roberts, V.P. Administrative Services
Hunter Wight, V.P. External

Board of Governors

Cathy Williams (Chair)	Dawn Farrell	Travis McIntosh
John Giesbrecht	Kelly Hewson	Bryan Pinney
Linda Black	Norma Kenward	Ruth Ramsden-Wood
Marie Delorme	Bruce MacKenzie	Richard Shaw
Jennifer Diakiw	David Marshall (President, Mount Royal University)

The Mount Royal University Foundation Board of Directors 2009/10

Jennifer Pierce (chair)	Greg Kist
Dean Burns	David Marshall (President, MRU)
Eleanor Chiu	Mike Ryan
Cole Harris	Dick Wilson
Michael D. Harris	Hal Wyatt (Chair Emeritus)
J.A. (Tony) Howard

* preliminary numbers only