Trinity Western University Trinity Western University Latin: Turris Fortis Deus Noster Rank: 66th Canada Trinity Western University (TWU) is a private Christian liberal arts university in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of Universities Canada. Trinity Western University traces its history back to 1957, when a committee was established by the Evangelical Free Church of America to study and consider the feasibility of a liberal arts college on North America's Pacific Coast. The committee decided on a location between Vancouver and Seattle in rural British Columbia, in what is now the Township of Langley. Trinity Junior College began as a two-year college in 1962, and its name was changed to Trinity Western College 10 years later, following a significant period of growth in enrollment and program options. After 20 years as a transfer college, Trinity Western began awarding baccalaureate degrees in 1980. In 1985 the British Columbia Provincial Government legislated the institution to its current position as a privately funded Christian university and it became known as Trinity Western University. The university has 4 campuses. TWU Langley Campus BC as the main and the largest located near Historic Fort Langley, newest campus TWU Richmond BC located at Minoru that provides programs tailored to the urban and international audience in Richmond and Metro Vancouver. TWU Bellingham that offers accelerated degree completion programs that allow students to complete a bachelor’s degree in approximately 24 months, and Laurentian Leadership Centre located in the heart of Ottawa. The most popular majors at Trinity University includes Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Social Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, English Language and Literature/Letters, Foreign Languages, Literatures, Linguistics, Communication, Journalism, and Psychology Trinity Western's international programs offer students the ability to study all over the world for part of the summer, a semester, or a full year. Summer programs and travel studies in countries includes Beijing, London, Quebec, Hawaii, Israel, and Turkey. Trinity Western's research and exchange partnership with the University of Oxford enables qualifying students to study as a visiting student at Oxford for either a semester or a year. Exchange programs at Spain's University of Salamanca and China's Xiamen University are also available to students. Students may also make their own arrangements with the help of a faculty member to study at other universities in Canada or abroad as visiting students. The alumni association helps the university stay connected with its alumni and update them about the ongoing campus activities. Some of the notable alumni include Bob Zimmer Canadian Politician, Philipp H Wiebe Professor of Philosophy at Trinity Western University, Carolyn Arends Author, songwriter, and musician and Roger Cros Television & screen actor. The university is represented by its athlete team Trinity Western Spartans. It sponsors 11 men's and women's varsity sports. Teams compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the top university athletics league in Canada, with teams competing in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association at the regional level. Varsity teams competing in U Sports include men's and women's basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, cross country, hockey, and rugby. The basketball, volleyball, and hockey teams play their home games and matches at the Langley Events Centre. Trinity Western teams have won nine U Sports national championships.