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The University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario
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Former names
Western University of London Ontario
(1878–1923)
Motto Latin: Veritas et Utilitas
Motto in English
Truth and usefulness
Type Public university
Established 7 March 1878
Endowment C$685 million
Budget C$692.9 million
Chancellor Jack Cowin
President Amit Chakma
Academic staff
1,391
Undergraduates 31,638
Postgraduates 5,297
Location 1151 Richmond Street
London
, Ontario, Canada
N6A 3K7
Campus Urban, 455 hectares (1,120 acres)
Colours Purple and White         
Athletics OUA, CIS
Nickname Mustangs
Mascot JW the Mustang
Affiliations ACU, AUCC, CARL, CBIE, CIS, COU, CUP, CUSID, Fields Institute, OUA, U15
Website uwo.ca
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University rankings
Global rankings
ARWU World 201–300
QS World 198
Times World 201-250
US News and World Report Global 236
Canadian rankings
ARWU National 7–16
QS National 9
Times National 9–11
US News and World Report National 9
Maclean's Medical/Doctoral 7
Maclean's Reputation 9

Coordinates: 43°00′29.84″N 81°16′18.82″W / 43.0082889°N 81.2718944°W / 43.0082889; -81.2718944

The University of Western Ontario (UWO), corporately branded as Western University, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada.

The university was founded on 7 March 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth of the Anglican Diocese of Huron as "The Western University of London Ontario." It incorporated Huron University College, which had been founded in 1863. The first four faculties were Arts, Divinity, Law and Medicine. The Western University of London became non-denominational in 1908.

According to the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) rankings, the university ranked 201–300 in the world and 7-16 in Canada. The 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 157th in the world, making it seventh in Canada. Several of Western's programs were also ranked in individual rankings. Social sciences at Western was ranked 96th in the world in the 2010 QS World University Rankings, and Western's Ivey Business School was ranked 1st in the World in the Global MBA Category of Bloomberg Businessweek.

Western's co-educational student body of over 24,000 represents 107 countries and Western scholars have established research and education collaborations and partnerships on every continent. There are more than 306,000 alumni who are active internationally, living and working around the globe. Notable alumni include government officials, academics, business leaders, Nobel Laureates, Rhodes Scholars, and distinguished fellows.


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