The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English-French) university in the world, the world’s first French immersion undergraduate program, among Canada’s top 10 research universities, located in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, within walking distance of Parliament Hill and our co-operative education program is amongst the top five in the country.

2024 quick facts

Admissions (Fall 2024)

TypeUndergraduateGraduate
Applications82,17811,213
Enrolments9,4071,658

*Excludes undergraduate admissions to the Faculty of Medicine and transfers between direct-entry faculties.

Undergraduate academic Profile (Fall 2023)

Admission average86.8%
% of students with an admission average of 85% or higher64.7%

*Students entering directly from an Ontario secondary school. Source: Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC)

Financial Aid To Students (2023-2024) $ millions

 Undergraduate 115.6
 Graduate71.4
Work-Study Program17.2

*Includes internal and external sources of funding

Co-op Programs (Fall 2024)

TypeUndergraduateGraduate
Number of programs 7222
Enrollments8,119293
% of work terms by sectorUndergraduateGraduate
Public and para-public6660
Private3440

For more information, please visit the Co-op website.

French Immersion Studies (Fall 2024)

Number of programs80
Enrolments2,055

Alumni (Fall 2024)

Total number of alumni278,808

Enrolment (Fall 2024)

By program and genderFemaleMaleUndeterminedTotal
Undergraduate       23,503       15,516      1,22940,248  
Master’s3,0611,9942735,328
Doctorate1,2571,0091362,402
Other graduate                                                         1086631205
By language usedHeadcount% of total
English 32,77068
French15,41332
By facultyUndergraduateGraduateTotal%
Arts4,5116865,19710.8
Education1,7711,1132,8846
Engineering4,9681,8776,84514.2
Health Sciences 5,0437945,83712.1
Interfaculty Programs2331540.1
Law 1,9962572,2534.7
Management (Telfer)4,9274905,41711.2
Medicine2,2287112,9396.1
Science5,0685825,65011.7
Social Sciences9,7131,39411,10723.1
Total 40,2487,93548,183100.0

Internationalization (Fall 2024)

TypeHeadcount% of total
Undergraduate6,69472.1
Master’s and other graduate1,62317.5
Doctorates 96410.4

Diplomas Conferred (in 2024)

Doctorates336
Master’s2,716
Graduate certificates and diplomas60
Bachelor’s7,591
Undergraduate certificates 42
Total10,745
Number of diplomas conferred to date ---,---

Facilities (Fall 2018)

Total hectares (including both campuses) 44.3Number of research laboratories 823
Main buildings (excluding residences and small buildings)38Number of teaching laboratories263
Number of residence 31Number of classrooms/seminar rooms302
Number of residence beds 3,482Current replacement value of assets$2.29B