University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is not only Canada’s largest Anglo-French research university, but also the oldest bilingual institution in North America.

The university was established in 1848 as Bytown College under the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1861, it was renamed the College of Ottawa, and in 1889 by order of Pope Leo XIII received the status of the University of the Pope. The reorganization of the university from religious to public was carried out in 1965.

The University owns 30 buildings located in different areas of Ottawa and includes:

806 research laboratories, 300 training laboratories and 257 classrooms and conference rooms, as well as a museum, libraries and 7 student hostels.

Now the university has more than 35,000 students in 10 faculties and about 6,000 graduate students, as well as more than 167,000 graduates.