page_title: Cape Breton University
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Cape Breton University / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: The Culture &amp; Heritage Centre, Block CE.
context_page_description: Cape Breton University, formerly known as the "University College of Cape Breton", is a university in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located near Sydney, CBU is the only post-secondary degree-granting institution on Cape Breton Island. The university is enabled by the Cape Breton University Act passed by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to this, CBU was enabled by the University College of Cape Breton Act. The University College of Cape Breton's Coat of Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on May 27, 1995.
  CBU is an ordinary member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and Association of Atlantic Universities, as well as an Associate Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
context_section_description: Cape Breton University serves more than 5,500 full-time and part-time students from local, regional and national locations.  CBU is also the academic home of over 1,000 international students representing more than 50 countries.
  Virtually all Cape Breton University degree, diploma and certificate programs offer a transition-to-work component through co-op education, work placements, internships and work-study programs.
caption: The main entrance to the Culture and Heritage Centre, which houses the CBU Art Gallery, the Centre for Cape Breton Studies, the Beaton Institute, and the President's Office.
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