University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa was founded in 1848 as the Roman Catholic College of Bytown by Monseigneur Joseph-Bruno Guigues The college was originally for boys only and taught a classical liberal arts curriculum. Morning classes were taught in French and afternoon classes in English.
In 1861, the College of Bytown became the College of Ottawa and in 1866 the college received a Royal charter from London, England to become the University of Ottawa.
In 1919 Women began attending class

The University of Ottawa was restructured and made non-denominational in 1965. The Ontario legislature passed the University of Ottawa Act in 1965, making the university a provincially funded institution

One of the most special features of the University is in the total of student population, 69.4% of students use English and 30.6% use French as their primary language of communication in teaching and learning with the university. The university offers a French immersion study program that includes a French immersion designation on the student's diploma, as well as the option to obtain a Second Language Certificate in French. A Second Language Certificate can also be obtained in English.

The University has 9 faculties:

• Faculty of Law (Common Law and Droit Civil)
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Health Sciences
•  Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Social Science
• Telfer School of Management

On-campus residences are situated in downtown Ottawa with a capacity to house over 3000 full-time students, Uof Ottawa has seven residence buildings:

• Four traditional-style buildings: Thompson, Stanton, Marchand, and Leblanc, the dormitory/apartment hybrid 90 University (opened in 2002)
• Two apartment-style buildings: Brooks and Hyman-Soloway (opened in 2005). At uOttawa all first year undergraduate students are guaranteed a place in residence.

Recently the university has been featured in national coverage criticizing the residence system, particularly cleaning and upkeep of housing from year to year