Reports
Institutional Research and Planning (IRP) provides University senior management, staff and the public with analytical and management information.
About the University
- 5,000 employees; 43,000 students; 203,344 alumni around the world
- 10 faculties with 450 programs
- Our grads enjoy a 97% employment rate
- The largest French-English university in the world
- One of Canada’s Top 10 research universities
Our impact on Canada
- We contribute more than $1.5B to Canada’s GDP every year
- We generate more than29,500 jobs across Canada
- Our impact is up to $7.4 billion annually
- We are 3rd in research spending in Ontario at $32 million
- Our research revenue is one of the highest: $232,000 per full-time professor
- Value added education: on average our undergrads earn $56,000 annually. Grads: $69,000
uOttawa in the National Capital Region (NCR)
- Our NCR alumni contribute $2.3 billion to the local economy each year
- Students coming to Ottawa spend almost $300 million in the NCR each year
- 96,980 alumni live in the region
- Alumni spending generates 9,250 local jobs
Impact of uOttawa’s research
- We are one of Canada’s Top 10 research universities
- 161 research chairs
- Our research investments contribute almost $2.6 billion to Ontario’s GDP
- We have international research partners in every part of the world
- We are 3rd in research spending in Ontario at $324 million
- Social return on our research will yield up to almost $1 billion in 2015
