Location

The University of Saskatchewan is located in Saskatoon, "the River City", the sunniest city in Canada. The U of S features Greystone-clad buildings and is situation on 147 hectares of land on the South Saskatchewan River. It is the only university in Canada to house all five health science colleges and a major teaching hospital.

The historic core of the campus of the University of Saskatchewan has great significance at national, provincial and municipal levels. The formal and symmetrical Beaux Arts campus master plan within which the University of Saskatchewan was created was initiated by Brown & Vallance Architects from Montreal, Quebec, recognized for their competence in design of Collegiate Gothic structures.

Located within Brown & Vallance's master plan, our largest and most esteemed quadrangle, centrally located in the historic Core, has been nicknamed "the Bowl". The College Building, located at the extreme east end of the Bowl is the flagship building of the original Collegiate Gothic ensemble that began its development in 1910. The College Building received national historic designation in 2001. While touring the College Building and related adjacent original buildings surrounding the Bowl, the Chair of the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada encouraged the University of Saskatchewan to apply for national designation of the entire Bowl area. That encouragement was based on the conclusion that this is one of the most consistent and intact Collegiate Gothic sites in Canada, an opinion the University of Saskatchewan takes very seriously.

The University of Saskatchewan is committed to conserving the existing core of Collegiate Gothic buildings and the landscaped interconnecting spaces which contribute to the success of our public realm. As important, future development in the core campus will adhere to principles of design which extend the matrix of our original in-situ Collegiate Gothic ensemble in appropriate ways. These principles are based on application of clear character defining elements and patterns found in the classic core; expressed in plan, façade, site and material details.