Western University

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 and Humanities, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Engineering, Health Sciences, Information and 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 10 areas of strategic research strength: neuroscience/brain and mind, child youth and development, global health equity and social innovation, imaging, wind engineering and natural disaster mitigation, materials and biomaterials, environmental sustainability and green energy, planetary science and exploration, philosophy of science, and musculoskeletal health.

Western is home to world-class research facilities across disciplines, including the Brain and Mind Institute, the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, the Bone and Joint Institute, and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, which foster collaboration between researchers, students, industry, and communities at home and abroad. 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.