The story behind Ontario's newest university system entrant - the for-profit, private University of Niagara Falls Canada (UNF) - goes back at least a decade, and comes from a small yet well-known city's desire to breathe new life into an abandoned downtown core.
UNF's intention to welcome its first class in 2024 was announced last year in mid-October by the City of Niagara Falls and Global University Systems (GUS) Canada, part of a Netherlands-based international business group specializing in higher education that will run the university. UNF will have a strong but not exclusive focus on the international student market, offering five undergraduate and master's programs in business management, data analytics, digital media and biomedical sciences. It plans to set tuition "broadly in line with similar programs in Ontario," wrote Victoria Martin, GUS Canada's chief commercial and compliance officer.
"We're really excited about this," Jim Diodati, mayor of Niagara Falls, told University Affairs. "This will be an economic development driver for our downtown."
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