Cape Breton University

Cape Breton University

Cape Breton University is a public university in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It dates back to the creation of St. Francis Xavier University Sydney Campus in 1951 as a satellite of St Francis Xavier University. In 1974 it merged with the Nova Scotia Eastern Institute of Technology to become the College of Cape Breton before becoming a full university in 1982. It has ranked 19th in the MacLean's undergraduate university rankings and 46th in its reputation rankings. It also ranked 6th in the student satisfaction survey. It has just over 5,500 students including, 3,500 from more than 55 countries around the world. This makes it one of the most diverse and multicultural universities in Canada. What is the Cape Breton University acceptance rate for International Students? The Cape Breton University acceptance rate is over 50%. Tuition fees for international students in Canada generally are lower than other countries like the USA, UK and New Zealand. Cape Breton in particular has some of the lowest fees in Canada, making it an affordable place to study with a low cost of living as well. Cape Breton University has been ranked at #1 for student satisfaction in Canada as well as for its Entire Education Experience accordion to an NSAA survey. It also came first for Teaching Instruction and for class sizes.

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Programs at Cape Breton University

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Master of Business Administration

MBA in Community Economic Development

Cape Breton University

Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

Business Administration
2 years
Canada
Master's

Master of Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics

Cape Breton University

Artificial intelligence studies how machines can perceive, learn, reason and act, covering machine learning, neural networks, language and vision, search and planning, and the ethical questions raised along the way. Mathematics and programming underpin the work. Graduates often work in machine learning engineering, research, data roles, robotics and product development.

Artificial Intelligence
1 year 4 months
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Science, Nutrition (Transfer)

Cape Breton University

Nutrition studies what food does in the body: how nutrients are absorbed and used, how diet relates to health and disease, and how eating habits are shaped by culture, income and availability. It mixes biochemistry and physiology with public health. Graduates often work in health services, the food industry, research and community nutrition programmes.

Nutrition
2 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Science

Cape Breton University

Science studies treats science itself as a human activity, asking how knowledge is produced, tested, funded, contested and put to use, and what that means for society. History, philosophy, sociology and policy analysis all feed in. Graduates often work in research, policy and regulation, science communication, publishing, museums and education.

Science Studies
3 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Cape Breton University

Hospitality management is about running places where people stay, eat and gather: hotels, restaurants, resorts and catering operations. It covers service quality, revenue and cost control, staffing, and the guest experience from booking to departure. Graduates often move into hotel and restaurant operations, revenue management, events and food service.

Hospitality Management
4 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Health Sciences (Public Health)

Cape Breton University

Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.

Health Care
1 year
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Engineering (Transfer)

Cape Breton University

Engineering and technology cover the design, building and improvement of the systems, machines and processes societies depend on. Whatever the specialism, the method stays recognisable: apply mathematics and science, model the problem, test, and refine within real constraints of cost, safety and materials. Graduates work across industry, infrastructure, energy and technology development.

Engineering And Technology
3 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Chemical

Cape Breton University

Chemical engineering scales chemistry up from the flask to the plant, designing the reactors, separation units and control systems that turn raw materials into fuels, medicines, food and materials. Thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer and process safety are core. Graduates often work in energy, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, food processing and environmental engineering.

Chemical Engineering
3 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Engineering Technology

Cape Breton University

Engineering and technology cover the design, building and improvement of the systems, machines and processes societies depend on. Whatever the specialism, the method stays recognisable: apply mathematics and science, model the problem, test, and refine within real constraints of cost, safety and materials. Graduates work across industry, infrastructure, energy and technology development.

Engineering And Technology
3 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Business Administration

Cape Breton University

Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

Business Administration
2 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Arts Community Studies

Cape Breton University

Anthropology asks what it means to be human, studying kinship, belief, language, power and material life across societies past and present. Much of the discipline rests on close fieldwork and careful comparison rather than assumption. Graduates often work in research, international development, museums, public policy, user research and the cultural sector.

Anthropology
3 years
Canada
Bachelor's

Bachelor of Arts

Cape Breton University

Fine arts centres on making work — painting, drawing, sculpture, print and other media — and on developing a personal visual language through sustained studio practice. Critique, art history and exhibition skills shape how artists think about their own output. Graduates often become practising artists, or work in galleries, teaching and the creative industries.

Fine Arts
3 years
Canada

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