{{Infobox_University
|name = Atlantic Baptist University
|native_name =
|latin_name =
|image_name = ABU.gif
|motto = ''Cristus Praeeminens'' <br /> (Christ First)
|established = 1949
|type = Baptist, private
|endowment =
|city = [[Moncton]]
|state = [[New Brunswick]]
|country = [[Canada]]
|students = ~700 full-time equivalency
|undergrad =
|postgrad =
|doctoral =
|staff = 27 full-time, 3 sessional, 2 adjunct, and 27 part-time faculty, 39 other staff
|president = Brian MacArthur
|rector =
|chancellor = Ralph Richardson
|vice_chancellor =
|dean =
|campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
|colors = Blue and Gold
|colours =
|mascot =
|free_label = Sports teams
|free = Blue Tide: Men's and Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer <br /> Mets: Men's Baseball
|affiliations = [[Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches]] <br /> [[Acadia Divinity College]] <br /> [[Council for Christian Colleges and Universities]] <br /> [[Canadian Council of Christian Charities]] <br /> [[Evangelical Fellowship of Canada]]
|website = http://www.abu.nb.ca
|footnotes = Logo © Atlantic Baptist University
}}
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'''Atlantic Baptist University''' is a small [[Liberal Arts]] university located in [[Moncton|Moncton, New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. ABU is run by the [[Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches]].
It offers undergraduate degrees in:

Bachelor of Arts
*Biblical Studies
*Religious Studies
*History
*English
*Communications
*Psychology
*Sociology
*Organizational Management
*Interdisciplinary Studies

Bachelor of Science
*Biology
*Biopsychology

Bachelor of Business Administration

Bachelor of Education

[[Image:ABUArialview.jpg|left|thumb|Arial view of ABU campus with Colburne House residence upper right and soccer field upper left]]
The school was founded in 1949 under the name [[United Baptist Bible Training School]] (UBBTS), and served as both a [[secondary school]] and a [[Bible school]]. Over two decades, the focus of the school gradually shifted toward post-secondary programs. In 1968, UBBTS became a Bible and Junior Christian Liberal Arts College, and in 1970 the name was changed to '''Atlantic Baptist College''' (ABC). A sustained campaign to expand the school's faculty and improve the level of education resulted in ABC being able to grant full [[Bachelor of Arts]] degrees in the early 1980s. Its campus at this time was located along the Salisbury Road, west of Moncton's central business district.

The institution moved to a new campus constructed on the Gorge Road, north of the central business district, in 1996. The name was also changed to Atlantic Baptist University, a reflection of expanded student enrollment and academic accreditation. ABU sports teams play under the name ''Blue Tide''. ABU remains the only English university in [[New Brunswick]]'s second largest, and fastest growing city. All students, aware of the denominational history of the institution, are encouraged to attend Baptist worship services on campus. While courses are ecumenically-sensitive to the Christian tradition, adherents of religious traditions other than Baptist, must remember the denominational foolishness of the institution.

== See also ==
[[List of colleges and universities]]

==External links==
*[http://www.abu.nb.ca Atlantic Baptist University's Homepage]

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[[Category:Universities and colleges in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Moncton]]