UniversityOverview
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rankings2027
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- QS World University Rankings (2027)
- #228
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University Overview
High-level facts that define this university.
- University Name
- University of Ottawa
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Total students
- 42378
- International Students
- 21%
- Student-to-Staff Ratio
- 20:1
Student Experience
Lifestyle signals that shape daily campus life.
- Cultural Environment
- Friendly community
- Climate
- Four seasons
- Safety
- 8.0
- City Characteristics
- Large city (500k-1m inhabitants)
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- Social Sciences in Canada20 here
- Languages in Canada13 here
- Art & Design in Canada12 here
- Humanities in Canada11 here
- Computer Science in Canada10 here
- Engineering in Canada8 here
- Physical & Natural Sciences in Canada8 here
- Education in Canada3 here
- Health Sciences & Medicine in Canada3 here
- Law in Canada2 here
- Mathematics in Canada2 here
- Agriculture & Environment in Canada1 here
- Biology in Canada1 here
- English Literature in Canada1 here
- Media & Communications in Canada1 here
Courses at University of Ottawa
126 courses, A–Z.
- Acting (3 years) · Bachelor
- Anthropology (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Anthropology and Sociology (Joint Honours 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Art History (4-year major) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Arts – Interdisciplinary Studies (3 years) · Bachelor
- Arts – Interdisciplinary Studies (4 years) · Bachelor
- Biochemistry (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Biology (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Biomedical Mechanical Engineering (4 years) · Bachelor
- Biomedical Mechanical Engineering and Computing Technology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Biomedical Science (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Biopharmaceutical Sciences (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Biotechnology (Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Chemical Engineering (4 years) · Bachelor
- Chemical Engineering and Computing Technology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Chemistry (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Civil Engineering (4 years) · Bachelor
- Civil Engineering and Computing Technology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Commerce - Accounting (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce - Business Analytics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce - Entrepreneurship (4 years) (French Immersion Stream available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – Business Technology Management (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – Finance (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – Healthcare Analytics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – Human Resource Management (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – International Management (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – Management (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce – Marketing (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Accounting (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Business Analytics (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Business Technology Management (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Entrepreneurship (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Finance (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Healthcare Analytics (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Human Resources (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — International Management (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Management (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce — Marketing (BCom) and Master of Science in Management (Research Project) (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Commerce and Juris Doctor (6-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Communication (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Communication and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Communication and Sociology (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Computer Engineering (4 years) · Bachelor
- Computer Science (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Computer Science and Mathematics (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Conflict Studies and Human Rights (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Criminology (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Criminology and Feminist and Gender Studies (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Data Science (5-year double degree) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Digital Journalism (Joint program with Algonquin College) (4 years) · Bachelor
- Economics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Economics and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Economics and Public Policy (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Electrical Engineering (4 years) · Bachelor
- Electrical Engineering and Computing Technology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- English (4 years) · Bachelor
- Environmental Economics and Public Policy (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Environmental Geoscience (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Environmental Science (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Environmental Studies (4 years) (English Program) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Ethics and Political Philosophy (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Feminist and Gender Studies (4-year major) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Feminist and Gender Studies and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Feminist and Gender Studies and Sociology (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Financial Mathematics and Economics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Food Sciences (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- French as a Second Language (4-year major) · Bachelor
- Geography (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Geology (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Geology-Physics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Greek and Roman Studies (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Health Sciences (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- History (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- History and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Human Kinetics – Bachelor of Science (BScHK) (4 years) - Applied Studies in Kinesiology (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Human Kinetics – Bachelor of Science (BScHK) (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Human Kinetics (BHK) (4 years) - Education and Coaching (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Human Kinetics (BHK) (4 years) - Recreation and Sport Management (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Human Kinetics (BHK) (4 years) with Emphasis on Social Sciences (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- International Development and Globalization (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- International Economics and Development (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- International Studies and Modern Languages (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Linguistics (4 years) · Bachelor
- Mathematics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Mathematics and Economics (Joint Honours - 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Mathematics and Economics (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Mechanical Engineering (4 years) · Bachelor
- Mechanical Engineering and Computing Technology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Medieval Renaissance Studies (4-year major) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Multidisciplinary Design- Experiential Learning (4 years) · Bachelor
- Music (BA) (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Music (BMus) (4 years) · Bachelor
- Music and Biochemistry (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Biology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Chemistry (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Computer Science (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Geology (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Mathematics (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Physics (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Music and Statistics (5-year double degree) · Bachelor
- Nursing (4 years) – uOttawa's campus (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Philosophy (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Philosophy and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Physical Geography and Geomatics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Physics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Physics and Electrical Engineering (Double degree – 5 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Physics and Mathematics (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Political Science (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Political Science and Juris Doctor (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Psychology (BA) (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Psychology (BSc) (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Psychology and Linguistics (Joint Honours – 4 years) · Bachelor
- Public Administration (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Public Administration and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Public Relations – Joint program with Algonquin College (4 years) · Bachelor
- Sciences sociales en études interdisciplinaires (4 ans) · Bachelor
- Second Language Teaching (ESL) (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Second Language Teaching (FLS) (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Social Sciences in Interdisciplinary studies (3 years) · Bachelor
- Social Sciences in Interdisciplinary studies (4 years) · Bachelor
- Sociology (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Software Engineering (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Statistics (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Theatre (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) · Bachelor
- Visual Arts (BFA) (4 years) · Bachelor
- World Languages and Cultures (4-year major) · Bachelor