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The University of Western Ontario is a public research univeristy in London, Ontario, Canada. Popularly known as "Western University", it is a co-educational university, It has more than 24,000 students and 306,000 living alumni.

History

The university was founded on 7 March 1878. The supporter was Bishop Isaac Hellmuth of the Anglican Diocese of Huron. The name was "The Western University of London Ontario".

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  • University College 1924

    University College in June 1924. Completed earlier that year, it was one of the first buildings completed at the present campus.

  • Middlesex College, University of Western Ontario

    Middlesex College is a Collegiate Gothic building completed in 1960. From 1922 to the late 1960s, most of the buildings completed at Western utilized Collegiate Gothic designs.

  • Allyn and Betty Taylor Library

    The Allyn and Betty Taylor Library is one of the six branches of the Western Libraries.

  • McIntosh Gallery UWO

    McIntosh Gallery is one of two art galleries located on its campus.

  • President's House UWO

    Gibbons Lodge serves as the official residence for the University President. It is one of several university-owned properties outside its main campus.

  • St. Peter's Seminary

    St. Peter's Seminary is an affiliated institution of Western. St. Peter's is the seminary for the local diocese.

  • Spencer Engineering Building, University of Western Ontario

    The Spencer Engineering Building is primarily used by Western's Faculty of Engineering. The faculty is one of eleven faculties at the university.

  • Robartsri2

    Robarts Research Institute is a medical research facility at Western's campus. More than 600 people conduct basic and clinical research at the facility.

  • WesternFootballInPlay

    The Western Mustangs compete in a number of sports, including Canadian football.

  • John Robarts, Premier of Ontario

    John Robarts, 17th Premier of Ontario

  • Fredrick banting

    Sir Frederick Banting, awarded the Nobel Prize for the first use of insulin on humans

  • Margaret Chan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 crop

    Margaret Chan, 7th Director General of the World Health Organization

  • Carson Mark

    J. Carson Mark, mathematician and member of the Manhattan Project

  • Kevin O'Leary 2012

    Kevin O'Leary, president of The Learning Company and television personality

  • Willard Gordon Galen Weston at the CFC Gala 2013

    Galen Weston, chairman of George Weston Limited

  • Prem Watsa

    Prem Watsa, founder and chairman of Fairfax Financial

  • Roberta Bondar NASA

    Roberta Bondar, CSA astronaut and the first Canadian female in space

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Universidad de Ontario Occidental para niños

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