| University | Motto | Language | Translation |
|---|
| Acadia University | In pulvere vinces | Latin | In dust, you conquer |
| Atlantic Baptist University | Christus Praeeminens | Latin | Christ is preeminent |
| Bishop's University | Recti cultus pectora roborant | Latin | Sound learning strengthens the spirit |
| Brock University | Surgite! | Latin | Push on! |
| Carleton University | Ours the Task Eternal | English | |
| Concordia University | Real education for the real world | English | |
| Dalhousie University | Ora et Labora | Latin | Pray and work |
| École Polytechnique de Montréal | Ut tensio sic vis | Latin | As the extension, the force |
| Lakehead University | Vos persolvo pro angustus obvius | Latin | Achievement through effort |
| Laurentian University | Emitte lucem et veritatem | Latin | Send forth thy light and thy truth |
| McGill University | Grandescunt aucta labore | Latin | By work, all things increase and grow |
| McMaster University | Τα παντα εν Χριστωι συνεστηκεν | Greek | All things cohere in Christ |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Provehito in Altum | Latin | Launch forth into the deep |
| Mount Allison University | Litterae, Religio, Scientia | Latin | Writing, Divinity, Knowledge |
| Mount Saint Vincent University | Veritas ad Deum ducit | Latin | Truth leads to God |
| Nipissing University | Integritas | Latin | Integrity |
| Queen's University | Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas | Latin | Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times |
| Royal Military College of Canada | Truth, Duty, Valour | English | French: Vérité, Devoir, Vaillance |
| Royal Roads University | Living Our Learning | English | |
| Ryerson University | Mente et Artificio | Latin | With mind and hand |
| Saint Francis Xavier University | Quaecumque Sunt Vera | Latin | Whatsoever things are true |
| Saint Mary's University | Age Quod Agis | Latin | What you do, do well |
| Simon Fraser University | Nous sommes prêts | French | We are ready |
| St. Thomas University | Doce Bonitatem Scientiam et Disciplinam | Latin | Teach me Goodness and Knowledge and Discipline |
| Thompson Rivers University | Quansem Ilep | Latin | To strive ahead |
| Trent University | Nunc cognosco ex parte | Latin | Now I know in part |
| Trinity Western University | Turris Fortis Deus Noster | Latin | A Mighty Fortress Is Our God |
| Université de Montréal | Fide splendet et scientia | Latin | May it shine with truth and knowledge |
| Université Laval | Deo favente haud pluribus impar | Latin | By the grace of God, to no one equal |
| University College of Cape Breton | Theid Dìchioll Air Thoiseach | Scottish Gaelic | ? |
| University of Alberta | Quaecumque Vera | Latin | Whatsoever things are true |
| University of British Columbia | Tuum est | Latin | It's up to you or It is yours http//www.president.ubc.ca/speeches/29sep2006_installation_address.pdf |
| University of Calgary | Mo Shùile Togam Suas | Scottish Gaelic | I will lift up my eyes |
| University of Guelph | Rerum cognoscere causas | Latin | To learn the meaning of reality |
| University of King's College | Deo Legi Regi Gregi | Latin | For God, Law, King, People |
| University of Lethbridge | Fiat Lux | Latin | Let there be light |
| University of Manitoba | Floreat | Latin | Flourish" or "Prosper" |
| University of New Brunswick | Sapere Aude | Latin | Dare to know / Dare to be wise |
| University of Northern British Columbia | En Cha Huná | Dakelh language | literally 'He/she too lives", figuratively "Other people have their point of view") |
| University of Ontario Institute of Technology | Cogitando et Agendo Ducemus | Latin | By thinking and doing, we shall lead |
| University of Ottawa | Deus Scientiarum Dominus Est | Latin | God is the Lord of Knowledge |
| University of Prince Edward Island | Faith, Knowledge, Service | English | |
| University of Regina | As One Who Serves | English | |
| University of Saskatchewan | Deo et Patriae | Latin | For God and Country |
| University of Sherbrooke | Veritatem in charitate | Latin | Truth in charity |
| University of Toronto | Velut arbor ævo | Latin | As a tree with the passage of time |
| University of Victoria | Let there be light (shown in Hebrew characters) and Multitudo sapoentum sanitas orbis | Latin | A multitude of the wise is the health of the world |
| University of Waterloo | Concordia cum veritate | Latin | In harmony with truth |
| University of Western Ontario | Veritas et Utilitas | Latin | Truth and usefulness |
| University of Windsor | Bonitatem, disciplinam, scientiam | Latin | Goodness, discipline, knowledge |
| University of Winnipeg | Lux et Veritas Floreant | Latin | Let Light and Truth Flourish |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | Veritas Omnia Vincit | Latin | Truth conquers all |
| York University | Tentanda via | Latin | The way must be tried |
| University | Motto | Language | Translation |
|---|
| Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio | Bonum est diffusivum sui [citation needed] | Latin | Goodness is diffusive of itself |
| Universidad del País Vasco | Eman ta zabal zazu | Basque | Give and spread it |
| Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Quid ultra faciam? | Latin | What more should I do? |
| Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Homo homini sacra res | Latin | Man must be sacred for man |
| Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Universitas Complutensis Matritensis | Latin | Original from Alcalá de Henares, Madridian University |
| Universidad de Alcalá | Compluti Urbis Universitas | Latin | City of Alcala University |
| Universidad de Burgos | In itinere veritas [citation needed] | Latin | In travel, the truth |
| Universidad de Cádiz | Non plus ultra | Latin | Nothing further beyond |
| Universidad de Córdoba | Universitas studiorum cordobensis [citation needed] | Latin | Cordoba University |
| Universidad de Extremadura | Universitas Extrematurensis - MCMLXXIII [citation needed] | Latin | Extremaduran University - 1973 |
| Universidad de Granada | Carolus Romanus Imperator Semper Augustus Hispaniarum Rex Fundator Universitatis Granatensis | Latin | Charles, ever Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, founder of Granada University |
| Universidad de Huelva | Sapere aude [citation needed] | Latin | Dare to know |
| Universidad de Jaén | Universitas Giennensis [citation needed] | Latin | Jaenan University |
| Universidad de La Laguna | Reg. Sancti Ferdinandi Vniversitatis Canariarvm Stemma | Latin | From the King Saint Ferdinand, Canary Islands University shield |
| Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Ad Orbem per Tecnicam | Latin | To the world through technics |
| Universidad de León | Universitas Legionensis [citation needed] | Latin | Leonan University |
| Universidad de Málaga | Universitas Malacitana [citation needed] | Latin | Malagan University |
| Universidad de Murcia | Universitas Studiorum Murciana | Latin | Murcian Studies University |
| Universidad de Salamanca | Quod Natura Non Dat, Salmantica non praestat (unofficial) | Latin | What nature does not provide, Salamanca does not add |
| Universidad de Sevilla | Universitas Literaria Hispalensis | Latin | Sevillan College of Letters |
| Universidad de Valladolid | Sapientia Aedificavit Sibi Domum | Latin | Wisdom hath built herself a house |
| University | Motto | Language | Translation |
|---|
| Bob Jones University | Petimus Credimus | Latin | We seek, we trust |
| Brandeis University | Emet | Hebrew | Truth |
| Brown University | In deo speramus | Latin | In God we hope |
| University of California, Berkeley | Fiat lux | Latin | Let there be light |
| Calvin College | My heart I offer to you, Lord, promptly and sincerely | English | |
| Caltech | The truth shall make you free | English | |
| Georgia Tech | Progress and Service
(formerly "To Know, To Do, To Be") | English | |
| University of Chicago | Crescat scientia; vita excolatur | Latin | Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched |
| University of Colorado | Let your light shine | English | |
| Columbia University | In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen | Latin | In Thy light shall we see light |
| Cornell University | I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study – Ezra Cornell, 1865 | English | |
| Dartmouth College | Vox clamantis in deserto | Latin | A voice crying in the wilderness |
| George Washington University | Deus Nobis Fiducia | Latin | In God Our Trust |
| Georgetown University | Utraque Unum | Latin | Both and One |
| Harvard University | Veritas | Latin | Truth |
| University of Kansas | Videbo visionem hanc magnam quare non comburatur rubus | Latin | I see this great sight, how the bush is not burning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Mens et Manus | Latin | Mind and Hand |
| Middlebury College | Scientia et Virtus | Latin | Knowledge and Virtue |
| Montana State University - Billings | Access and Excellence | English | |
| Montclair State University - Montclair, New Jersey | Carpe Diem | Latin | Seize The day |
| State University of New York | To learn, to search, to serve | English | |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Service | English | |
| Northwestern University | Quaecumque sunt vera | Latin | Whatsoever things are true |
| University of Notre Dame | Vita, Dulcedo, Spes | Latin | Mary, our Life, Sweetness, and Hope |
| University of Oregon | Mens Agitat Molem | Latin | The Mind Moves the Mass |
| University of Pennsylvania | Leges sine moribus vanae | Latin | Laws without morals are useless |
| Pennsylvania State University | Making life better | English | |
| Princeton University | Dei sub numine viget | Latin | Under God's power she flourishes |
| University of Rochester | Meliora | Latin | Always better |
| San Francisco State University | Experientia Docet | Latin | Experience Teaches |
| University of San Francisco | Pro Urbe et Universitate | Latin | For City and University |
| University of Southern California | Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat | Latin | Let him who deserves it bear away the palm |
| Stanford University | Die Luft der Freiheit weht | German | The wind of freedom blows |
University of Texas (Austin)
(and other campuses) | Disciplina praesidium civitatis | Latin | Education, the Guardian of Society
(traditionally, "A Cultivated Mind is the Guardian Genius of Democracy")[1] |
| Tulane University | Non Sibi Sed Suis | Latin | Not for one's self, but for one's own |
| Western Kentucky University | The spirit makes the master | English | |
| Yale University | Lux et veritas | Latin | Light and truth |
