University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is the largest English-French University in the world. The main campus is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 42.5 hectares (105 acres) in the residential zone of Sandy Hill, next to Ottawa’s Rideau Canal. The advances of the University of Ottawa is a wide variety of academic programs (in social sciences, health, science and the humanities), administered by ten faculties. The University of Ottawa is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada.

The University of Ottawa was founded in 1848 by the first bishop of the Carholic Archdiocese of Ottawa, Joseph-Bruno Guigues as the College of Bytown. By receiving university status five year it was renamed the College of Ottawa in 1861 later through royal charter.

History

As the College of Bytown it was founded on 26 September 1848 by the first Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa, Joseph-Bruno Guigues. The main location of the University was in Lower Town, housed in a wooden building near to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica. It was renamed the College of Ottawa in 1861 and received first charter, as well as university status five years later through royal charter from London before the British North America Act, 1867 made education a provincial responsibility.

Facilities

The university's central campus lies within the locality of Sandy Hill. As of the 2010-2011 academic year, the central campus occupied 35.3 ha (87 acres), even if the University owns and manages other properties throughout the city, increasing the university's total area to 42.5 ha (105 acres). In 1856 the central campus moved two times by settling in its final location. The buildings at the university differ in age, from 100 Laurier (1893) to 120 University (Faculty of Social Sciences in 2012).

Values of Ottawa

Over the coming decade, the University of Ottawa will be launching key schemes that communicate in a straight line to its core values.

·         Putting students at the centre of our educational mission

·         allowing our staff to grow as individuals and as a group

·         Creating and sharing information

·         Promoting bilingualism and rising Francophone communities

·         Practicing and promoting an ethic of service and civic responsibility

Quick facts

·         Above 40,000 students, 5,000 employees and 180,000 alumni

·         Above 450 programs in 10 faculties

·         97% employment rate for graduates

·         nearly $60 million per year in student scholarships and bursaries

·         First and largest French immersion program among Canadian universities

·         A key of economic force in the National Capital Region

·         biggest law school in Canada

Admission

Due to the lack of consistency in marking schemes admission conditions vary between students from Ontario and other area in Canada and international students. The admissions office continue an admission rate of at least 70 percent is required, even if the rate may raise based on the popularity of a program. In 2010 rate of secondary school for full-time first-year students, including Saint Paul was 82.1 percent and in 2009 was 86.1 percent.

Student

For graduate students there are two main students union on administrative and policy issues that are Student Federation of the University of Ottawa for all undergraduate students and the Graduate Students' Association des étudiant.e.s diplômé.e.s (GSAÉD). The union and the university are bound by a collective agreement. Here, additional 175 student organizations and clubs are officially attributed by the student union, covering all interest of academics, culture, religion, social issues and recreation.