University of Western Ontario

    

University of Western Ontario is known as one of Canada’s largest and well-established centres of higher education. It is located in London, Ontario, was founded in 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth of Bishop's University and the Anglican Diocese of Huron and known by The Western University of London Ontario. Now the university is scenically situated on a large rolling 375 acre campus including 75 buildings in the main campus with approximately 34,000 full and part-time students enrolled in the 12 faculties of Western. They are:

•   Faculty of Arts and Humanities - The Faculty has eight Departments: Classical Studies; English; Film Studies; French Studies; Modern Languages and Literatures; Philosophy; Visual Arts and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research
•   Faculty of Education  focuses core courses in social foundation of education, educational psychology and special education, and curriculum and pedagogy.
•  Faculty of Engineering manly focuses on graduate and undergraduate engineering programs
• The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
• Faculty of Health Sciences focuses on communication sciences and disorders, health and rehabiation sciences, health studies, kinesiology, nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy
•  Faculty of Information and Media Studies offesr strong programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Media, Information and Technology
•  Western Law School focuses on Business Law, and Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law.
•  Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry focuses on Medicine studies and dental surgery
• Don Wright Faculty of Music supports and produces more than 300 concerts each year, most of which are free and open to the public.
•  Richard Ivey School of Business mainly focuses on Business programs such as HBA, iHBA, MBA and so on
• Faculty of Science focuses on applied mathematics, biology, chemistry, and computer science programs and so on.
• Faculty of Social Science offers American studies, anthropology, commercial aviation management program, economic and first nation studies
•  Management and Organizational Studies

The university also has 3 affiliated colleges:

• Brescia University College established in 1919
• Huron University College established in 1863
• King University College established in 1939

The university has an average entering grade for those admitted in the class of 2008-09 was 86.4%, the second highest in Ontario after Queen's University

Student Life at Western

The university has a number of student residences on campus; 5 residences in the traditional dorm-style residences and 4 newer suite-style accommodations.

Traditional suit style:

·   Saugeen-Maitland Hall

·   Medway-Sydenham Hall

·   Delaware Hall  

·   Perth Hall

·   Westminster Residence

New Suit Style Residence

·    Essex Hall

·    Elgin Hall

·    Alumni House

·    London Hall

The University has a Community Centre that is home to many student-run clubs and media outlets, including The Gazette, Western's daily student newspaper, Western in 5, Western in your world, tvWestern.ca, the campus television station, and 94.9 CHRW-FM,. The campus also consist the popular student lounge with pub section, the Spoke, as well as the Wave, a restaurant/dance club. School spirit runs high at Western, as social events are well attended. The university also consists fitness centre, health care centre and cinema for student to entertain after classes.

Administration Requirements

Administration requirements depend on the faculty and program you apply to. In general, the applicants need to have an average 75% in GPA in secondary schools; transfer applicants also need an average 75% in GPA and some required courses that depending on the program. For more information the applicants can visit http://www.uwo.ca/

Here is the welcome video from Western that can help you get more information