Algoma University is a public university with campuses in Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins and Brampton, Ontario, focused on Northern Ontario needs.
Algoma University was established in Sault Ste. Marie in 1965 as Algoma College and was initially an affiliate of Sudbury's Laurentian University. The college moved into its current location, the former Shingwauk Residential School building, in 1971. In 2008, after operating as Algoma University College for many years, it was granted its charter, achieving full autonomous university status as Ontario's 19th university. The Algoma University Act, 2008 was amended in 2021 to authorize the university to grant graduate degrees, certificates, and diplomas.
Algoma University offers over 30 academic programs across three campuses in Brampton, Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins. Its programs are organized through four faculties: Business and Professional Studies, Cross-Cultural Studies, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Science. The university is the only one in Canada to offer a three-year undergraduate degree in Anishinaabemowin, the Ojibwe language.
The university's special mission is to be a teaching-oriented university providing programs in liberal arts, sciences and professional programs, primarily at the undergraduate level, with a focus on the needs of Northern Ontario. It also includes cultivating cross-cultural learning between Indigenous communities and other communities, in keeping with the history of the college and its geographic site.
The main campus is located at 1520 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Facilities listed include the Arthur A. Marie. Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, one of nine provincially recognized Indigenous institutes of higher learning, is located on the property.
Admission routes include Ontario high school admission with program-specific prerequisites and minimum averages, out-of-province Canadian high school diploma admission, International Baccalaureate (IB) admission, Advanced Placement (AP) credit, and international student admission.