Université Sainte-Anne is a French-language university in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia, founded in 1890.
The university was founded on 1 September 1890 by Father Gustave Blanche and the priests of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, known as the Eudists. On 30 April 1892, under a provincial law, it was incorporated and became a university with all the rights and privileges of that title. In 1988, the Collège de l'Acadie was founded to offer professional and technical programs in Acadian regions of Nova Scotia. In 2003, the Collège de l'Acadie and the Université Sainte-Anne merged to become a single institution. In 2015, the university celebrated its 125th anniversary.
The university is the only French-language postsecondary teaching institution in Nova Scotia. It offers university and college programs, as well as immersion and custom French-as-a-second-language training programs. Courses are offered in French, except English courses and certain continuing education courses. Its vision is to be a flagship institution of Canadian Francophonie, rooted in Acadia of Nova Scotia and open to the world.
The main campus is located in Pointe-de-l'Église, in Baie Sainte-Marie, at the heart of Nova Scotia's largest Acadian region. The Halifax campus is located downtown and offers college and university programs. The Tusket campus is in the Tusket business park, about seven minutes from the town of Yarmouth. The university has five campuses, located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Listed facilities include study rooms and library computers with wireless Internet, a campus store, and the Centre sportif Marcel-R.-Comeau.
The university's mission is to offer a haven for learning, innovation, knowledge mobilization and fulfillment in French. Its head office is located at 1695, route 1, Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia, B0W 1M0, Canada.