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The University of Ottawa (also casually known as U of O or Ottawa U) is a research-intensive, non-denominational, international university. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Formally a liberal arts college, it has been teaching pure and applied sciences in both French and English since the 1800s. The university has been conferring Bachelor's degrees since 1872, Master's degrees since 1875, and Doctorate's since 1888. 

The university is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Ottawa University, which is in fact the name of an unrelated institution in Kansas.





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Reputation


The University of Ottawa is well ranked by the Financial Times, The Princeton Review, the Gourman Report (Ranked in the top 10 universities in Canada), and other international rankings.  



At left, Morisset Library.  At right, campus radio station CHUO.

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At left, Morisset Library.  At right, campus radio station CHUO.






The University of Ottawa's department of neurosciences is ranked 1st in Canada, and 2nd in clinical medicine, in citations per paper (highest impact) from 2000-2004 by Science Watch newsletter, published by Thomson Scientific, which uses university science indicators to examine the research of 46 Canadian universities in 21 different scientific fields. [[Citing sources citation needed]]

The 2004 Financial Times global survey of EMBA programs ranked the U of O Executive MBA 65th out of 220. The University also scored a "Best in Canada" distinction across three categories in "career progress achieved by graduates", "calibre of program faculty", and "international component of its curriculum (ranked among the top 10 in the world)". Also, the Corporate Knights magazine survey of business schools ranked the university’s undergraduate program 4th in Canada. A recent international table produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University rated University of Ottawa in the 203-300 bracket of top 500 universities in the world, placing it amongst the top 60% world-wide [link].



Academics

The students of the University of Ottawa in the faculty of medicine were recently ranked the best in Canada as demonstrated in the national qualifying examinations by the Medical Council of Canada. The university launched Canada's first program in biopharmaceutical sciences. The faculty itself is affiliated with several research institutions including: 




Masters and doctoral degrees are offered in most disciplines by the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies. The U of O offers the second-highest number of doctoral programs in Ontario. The U of O houses Ontario's second-largest graduate studies and co-operative education program. 


Its 11 faculties offer an array of undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide variety of disciplines:




Saint Paul University (French: Université Saint Paul) is a federated Catholic university that is affiliated with the University of Ottawa



Student life

The university is situated in the heart of downtown Ottawa.  It is within easy walking distance to the Rideau Canal, Sandy Hill, Rideau Centre, Byward Market, National Arts Centre, Supreme Court of Canada,  Government agencies, and Parliament Hill.  


John Lennon and Yoko Ono's peace campaign came to the University of Ottawa, in 1969, after student leaders Allan Rock and Hugh Segal invited the couple.


There are two weekly newspapers published by students, The Fulcrum in English and La Rotonde in French, and a campus radio station, CHUO, where actor/comedian Tom Green and model/MTV VJ Quddus both have hosted late-night shows at different times, on the station for several years. The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Ottawa Gee Gees.


The university is fully bilingual, and permits students to take classes in both languages and submit work in both languages. The university has a particular importance to the Franco-Ontarian community. People of French-Canadian descent compose 20% of the population of Ottawa.


The billingual nature of the U of O is a contentious issue for some students. While many enjoy the opportunity to enroll in classes outside their native language, others express concern at the dominance of the French language at U of O.  About 70% of the students are anglophone, but all official university communication is distributed in both languages, with French always being placed before English. Anglophone students believe French students receive a disproportionate share of scholarships and are favoured for programs like law and medicine. As well, while anglophone students make up the bulk of the student population, most staff members and the bulk of the senior executives of the university have French as their first language. In November 2005 an internal memo was exposed which directed recruiting officers to speak to one another solely in English to avoid discouraging English-speaking students from enrolling. The university seeks more anglophone enrollment to prevent an over-all drop in the number of students.http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/Metro_Ottawa_1118_2005.pdf


In 2005, the U of O won the World Universities Debating Championship by defeating the participants Cambridge University, Oxford University and University of Toronto in the final. The contestants representing the university were Jamie Furniss and Erik Eastaugh.



Facts and trivia



Alumni and Faculty



Senior Officers of the University of Ottawa


List of Chancellors


(1889–1965)
University of Ottawa


(1965–Present)
University of Ottawa (reorganized)





List of Presidents


(1848-1861)
Le Collège de Bytown / The College of Bytown




(1861-1889)
Collège d'Ottawa / College of Ottawa




(1889-1965)
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa




(1965-Present)
Université d'Ottawa (nouvelle structure) / University of Ottawa (reorganized)






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Notes



http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/Metro_Ottawa_1118_2005.pdf


http://www.media.uottawa.ca/mediaroom/resources_facts-e.php



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