The University of Lethbridge is a public comprehensive and research
higher education institution located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with a second campus in the city of Calgary, Alberta. It was
founded in the liberal education tradition.
The University of Lethbridge welcomed
650 students when it first opened its doors in 1967. With the completion of
University Hall in 1971, the university moved permanently to west Lethbridge
with enrolment growing to over 1,200 students. The current location of the
university was chosen only after an intense community debate with the
provincial government which wanted the university to be located in east
Lethbridge. After the university's first convocation on May 18, 1968, more than
500 students, faculty and community members held a protest march in support of
having the university located in west Lethbridge. Soon after, the government
decided west Lethbridge would be the university's permanent location.
