Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3073 (2015) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution. It was chartered as a university by then President Dr. John E. Robbins on June 5, 1967. The enabling legislation is the Brandon University Act. Brandon University is one of a very few predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada. Aerial view of Brandon Brandon's male basketball team The university's sports teams in U Sports are called the Brandon Bobcats. Brandon University competes in basketball (men/women) and volleyball (men/women). Brandon University used to field a men's hockey team in the CIAU, however, that ceased in 2000. In the 2006-07 academic year, the Bobcats advanced to the Canadian Basketball Finals. They placed second to Carleton Univers...