Western University

London, Canada, Canada

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Western University is a leading research-intensive university founded in 1878 and located in London, Ontario, a vibrant student-friendly city known as the “Forest City” situated midway between Toronto and Detroit in southwestern Ontario.

The university spans 1,200 acres of beautiful greenery along the Thames River, featuring a blend of Gothic architecture with modern sustainable buildings, and serves more than 42,000 students, professors, and staff who operate the campus like a small city with everything from eateries and coffee shops to a doctor’s office and hair salon within its grounds.

Western offers over 450 degree options including 400+ undergraduate majors, minors, and specializations with approximately 170 first-year courses to choose from, plus 160 master’s and doctoral programs, and all undergraduate programs provide access to co-ops, internships, or practicums for real-world experiential learning.

Ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide, the university is recognized for innovation, discovery, and intellectual rigour while maintaining strong international recognition with research collaborations on every continent and 170+ international learning programs in more than 40 countries. The campus includes five faculties—Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Health Sciences, Ivey Business School, and Science—plus the renowned Ivey Business School with its distinctive stone-and-glass building, and the university boasts nearly 343,000 alumni worldwide with one of Canada’s largest homecoming weekends.