WESTERN UNIVERSITY
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Western University is one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities. Set along the banks of the Thames River in the thriving city of London, Ontario, it is conveniently located within a two-hour drive from Toronto, Windsor, and Detroit, Michigan.
Founded in 1878, the university is a vibrant centre for learning where students enjoy a diversified academic and social life.
Western offers a full slate of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Its modular degree structure allows students to customize their undergraduate degrees in its first-entry faculties: Arts & Humanities, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Engineering, Health Sciences, Information & Media Studies, Science, and Social Science. Western also offers second-entry undergraduate programs in business, dentistry, education, law and medicine, as well as graduate and postdoctoral studies.
Western has identified eight areas of strategic research strength: imaging, neuroscience/brain and mind, environmental sustainability and green energy, materials and biomaterials, wind engineering and natural disaster mitigation, philosophy of science, planetary science and exploration, and musculoskeletal heath.
The university is home to world-class research facilities, including the Brain and Mind Institute, WindEEE Research Institute, Robarts Research Institute, and Rotman Institute of Philosophy that continue to increase collaboration between researchers, students, industry, and community. These collaborative efforts allow Western to train the next generation of leaders, while helping address critical issues affecting populations around the world.
Western’s outstanding selection of programs and courses helps students learn critical thinking and leadership skills including communications, problem solving and working collaboratively – skills that are increasingly in demand by employers.
STUDENT ENROLMENT
Full-time (undergraduates)
23 900
Full-time (graduates)
5 900
Part-time (undergraduates)
1 600
Part-time (graduates)
470
Source: Council of Ontario Universities (excludes colleges) (2018 preliminary fall enrolment)
TUITION FEES
CANADIAN STUDENTS
Undergraduate tuition fees:
6 723 $
Graduate tuition fees:
7 067 $
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Undergraduate tuition fees:
25 666 $ - 28 743 $
Graduate tuition fees:
17 889 $
Source: Statistics Canada. Fees for general programs in arts and humanities (2018-19)
Note: In addition to tuition fees, universities generally charge fees for goods and services supplied to students. This includes areas such as student associations, sports and health. These additional fees vary widely per university and per student and can run from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. Check with the university for details.
RESIDENCE
