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Students and faculty at the University of Ottawa are within comfortable walking distance of the Parliament Buildings , and can steep themselves in the lore and history of this working monument to Canada’s government.
Attendees and visitors are a stone’s throw from Byward Market , offering shopping, restaurants, and night life to suit almost any taste.
The campus is adjacent to the Rideau Canal and the kilometers of walking / jogging / cycling paths bordering it.
Run, walk or cycle past some beautiful scenery including the world famous Tulip Festival in season.
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The University of Ottawa campus offers visitors and students a wonderful mix of heritage buildings interspersed with modern architecture in lecture halls, administration buildings and residences.
35,000+ Students
Students at U of O are welcome to join their almost 35,000 fellow students; undergrads - grads - and international (2005 statistics), and study in the discipline of their choice in either of Canada's two official languages - English and French. Too, there is the possibility of total French immersion in some undergrad programs.
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Kudos to U of O, and of course, kudos to her for studying so hard!
With her solely Anglophone background, we're amazed and pleased that she is now teaching elementary school children in Ontario, in a total French immersion program.
The University of Ottawa is truly cosmopolitan, with students from more than 150 countries around the world calling Ottawa, Ontario, Canada home for the duration of their studies.
FACULTIES
As North America's premier French / English bilingual university, students are offered more than 300 programs through the ten faculties. In 2005, the faculties available were:
- Arts
- Education
- Engineering
- Health Sciences
- Law
- Management
- Medicine
- Science
- Social Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
LIBRARIES
To support student studies and research there are extensive library resources including the renowned Morriset Library, the one with ongoing renovations.
The Morriset now boasts a fifth-floor fireplace, couches, wireless internet services and over 100 new laptop computers available for loan while students and faculty are working in the library.
Morriset's hours are 7-a.m. until 2-a.m. weekdays, and 10-a.m. until 2-a.m. on weekends.
Renovations on the Morriset will continue through 2009. In October 2008 the 6th floor renovations were completed and the floor was opened.
Library users will require a valid student card or a user permit to access Morriset or any of the other library resources at the University of Ottawa.
Here is the link to The Morriset.
Other library facilities include:
Library resources at the University of Ottawa include almost two million books, almost the same number of Micromaterials, upwards of half-a-million non-print items (maps, videos, slides etc.) and thousands of journals and e-books.
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