About the Institution
St. Francis Xavier College was a Roman Catholic institution founded at Arichat, NS, in 1853.[2] The university was moved in 1855 from Arichat, NS to its present location in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. In 1866, St.Francis Xavier College was given university status, becoming St. Francis Xavier University and awarding its first degrees in 1868. In 1883, Mount St Bernard Academy, was founded for female education teaching from primary grades to twelve and taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame. In 1894, the academy affiliated with St Francis Xavier University as Mount St Bernard College. In 1897 the school became the first co-educational Catholic university in North America to grant degrees to women. In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced. A metal plaque in the Chapel at St. Francis Xavier University is a memorial dedicated to the thirty-three members of the college, now St. Francis Xavier Univer who died during military service. The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. In 1985, women equalled men in numbers for the first time. In 1990 the ladies' college existed as a residence only. The St Francis Xavier tartan was designed as a University tartan in 1994.

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