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Carleton University

Coat of arms of Carleton University
Motto	"Ours the Task Eternal"
Type	Public
Established	1942
Affiliation	Non-denominational
Endowment	C$270.6 million
Chancellor	Charles Chi
President	Benoit-Antoine Bacon
Administrative staff	4,676
Students	29,573
Undergraduates	25,530
Postgraduates	4,043
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Campus	Urban, 62 ha (150 acres)
Sport Teams	Carleton Ravens
Colours	Black and red
Nickname	Ravens
Affiliations	ASAIHL, APSIA, AUCC, CARL, IAU, COU, ACU, U Sports, OUA, RSEQ, Fields Institute, Ontario Network of Women in engineering, CBIE, AACSB, NIBS
Mascot	Rodney the Raven
Website	carleton.ca

Coordinates: 45°22′59″N 75°41′51″W / 45.3831°N 75.6976°W / 45.3831; -75.6976

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. It was founded on rented premises in 1942, and grew to meet the needs of women and men who served in World War II, and later became Ontario's first private, non-denominational college. It would expand further in the 1960s, consistent with government policy that saw increased access to higher education as a social good and a means to economic growth. Carleton is a public university that offers more than 65 undergraduate and graduate programs across a wide range of disciplines. Carleton, which has produced more than 140,000 alumni, is reputed for its strength in a variety of fields such as humanities, international business, engineering, physics, entrepreneurship, computer science, and many of the disciplines housed in its Faculty of Public Affairs (including international affairs, journalism, political science, political economy, political management, public policy and administration, and legal studies).