Lakehead University is an Ontario public research university located on two campuses: Thunder Bay and Orillia, ON Canada. We are a medium-sized university with around 8600 students studying at Lakehead University overall and there are over 1300 international students representing more than 70 nations around the world.

Lakehead University is a comprehensive research university offering a board of diversity programs from Undergraduate to Graduate in 10 Faculties ranging from Arts, Business, Humanities, Sciences, Engineering, Education, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Environment as well as Natural Resource Management.

Lakehead University offers competitive entrance scholarships for students who are applying to one of Lakehead University Undergraduate programs. The scholarship will be processed automatically based on students’ grades and academic performance (Canadian Equivalence) starting with 6,000 (only for the first year) up to 40,000 CAD renewable payable 10,000 in 4 years.

Academic Average
(Canadian Equivalent)		 IB Average Scholarship Total
(Value per year)
90.0% and over 35+ $40,000 CAD
(10,000 x 4 years)
80.0% – 89.9% 30 – 34 $30,000 CAD
(7,500 x 4 years)
75.0% – 79.9% 28 – 19 $6,000 CAD
(6,000 in Year 1 only)

Highlights of The Lakehead Advantage

  • Top 10 Primarily Undergraduate University in Canada 5 years in a row (Maclean’s, 2021)
  • Top 2 Primarily Undergraduate University in Ontario 5 years in a row (Maclean’s, 2021)
  • Top 20 Canada’s best university computer programs (Maclean’s, 2021)
  • #1 Graduation Rate in Ontario
  • Top 1 Ranking in Ontario for Student Awards, Scholarly Output, and Total Research Dollars
  • Canada’s Top 3 “Best Kept Secrets” (Huffington Post)
  • #1 Undergraduate Research University in Canada 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (Re$earch Infosource)
  • 97.7% of students are getting employment within 2 years of graduation (above the provincial average in Ontario)
  • Top 3 in Ontario and Top 10 in Canada of student job readiness (Maclean’s, 2021)

Highlights of The Lakehead Programs

  • Business Administration and Commerce accredited with AACSB
  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Nursing
  • Environmental Studies
  • Natural Resources Management
  • Education
  • Media, Film, and Communication