General situation of the University of Western Ontario in Canada
The University of Western Ontario (UWO or Western for short), now renamed as Western University, is a top international public university with a doctorate in medicine in London, Ontario, Canada. With 130 years of academic accumulation and profound human resources background, it is known as "the most beautiful university in Canada". Its business is the most famous, and it is one of the two birthplaces of case law education in North America (the other is Harvard University). Our hospital enjoys a high reputation and influence in the world, and has made remarkable achievements in the field of miniaturization and low-cost surgery. In addition, the University of Western Ontario has strong strength in other research projects. UWO has made great achievements in the fields of body surface wind tunnel, alternative energy, miniaturized industrial engine and food nutrition, and occupies a leading position in the world. Canada's Globe and Mail ranks first in the teaching quality and student satisfaction of large universities (more than 22,000 full-time registered students).
The size of the University of Western Ontario in Canada
The University of Western Ontario is located in London, a famous city with beautiful scenery in Canada. London is the tenth largest city in Canada, with a population of 490,000, 200 kilometers away from Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Founded in 1878, the University of Western Ontario is one of the oldest schools in Canada. Academically, it has a history of more than 100 years, and has made brilliant achievements in business, medicine and liberal arts. The school continues to maintain rapid development and expand academic research. Especially in recent years, the University of Western Ontario has implemented a series of measures aimed at expanding the traditional dominant disciplines, with a view to realizing the diversification of specialties, such as health science, software engineering, medical research and so on. The school has about 36,000 students, including about 2,200 international students from more than 20 countries, accounting for 4.50% of international students, 3,200 full-time faculty members, and more than 2,000 bachelor's degree and diploma courses. The University of Western Ontario, Queen's University, University of Toronto and McGill University are collectively called Old Four, and the Old Four School holds an olive league every year.
The University of Western Ontario covers an area of 4.67 million square meters, with a main campus of 6.5438+0.58 million square meters. There are 75 main buildings in the campus, and the architectural style is a blend of classical and modern. The University of Western Ontario has 3 colleges, 12 departments, 2 teaching hospitals and 3 affiliated research institutes. The university consists of medical college, natural science college, business college, law school, education college, liberal arts college, science college, engineering college, health science college, information and media research college, social science college, music college, graduate school, Huron College, King's College and Brescher College (women's college). There are some professional cooperation between different departments, but they all adopt a unified syllabus and standards, and award a unified University of Western Ontario diploma.
As early as the19th century, three universities in Canada were among the top 100 in the world, namely McGill University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. At the beginning of the 20th century, the University of British Columbia, Queen's University, McMaster University and university of alberta made great academic progress, and they also ranked among the top 100 in the world. This is the predecessor G7 of G 10. In the 1990s, the University of Waterloo, the University of Montreal and the University of Laval joined the G7, and the leaders of ten Canadian universities with strong scientific research set up an organization, which holds informal gatherings twice a year to discuss project cooperation and resource sharing, and its chairman is held by the leaders of each university in turn. This is called "Group of Ten", also called "G 10". In 2006, G 10 successively absorbed the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and Ottawa University. 20 1 1 The membership of universities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba increased to 15, collectively referred to as "G 15". The University of Western Ontario ranked third in the Canadian Medical Doctor University in Maclean magazine for five consecutive years, and then fell out of the ranking because of the conflict with Maclean magazine, and did not provide any data and information, so it fell to the ninth place in the Canadian Medical Doctor University.
The high prestige of the University of Western Ontario makes its students get considerable respect from the embassy in visa application. In recent years, the University of Western Ontario has offered China students "double admission" in language and undergraduate courses: Huron College, King's College and Brescher Women's College. In July 2009, the main campus of the University of Western Ontario opened "double admission" to China students for the first time, which opened the door for more China students to enter this top university. The school's steady and pragmatic enrollment method and comprehensive and responsible international student service have helped groups of aspiring China students realize their life dreams of receiving world-class higher education in China.
Campus culture of the University of Western Ontario, Canada
The J.W. Te Li Sports Ground of the University of Western Ontario was built in 1929, and has been used as the venue for homecoming until 1960. After that, until 200 1, the venue was used as a sports venue. 200 1 after demolition, it was changed to TD Waterhouse Sports Ground. The new sports venue is the venue of the National Games in Canada in the summer of 2006. The University of Western Ontario has more than 20 sports teams, becoming the Western Ontario Wild Horse Team. From 1939 to 1948, the football team in western Ontario was invincible and won the Vanier Cup six times. John P. McGrath has been the coach of this team for 30 years. The men's basketball team in western Ontario has also won many championships.
The University of Western Ontario has the Wild Horse Orchestra of Western Ontario, which is one of only two university marching bands in Canada. The troupe was founded on 1938 by Don Wright, an alumnus of the Classical Academy (now the music department is named after him). The other band is at Queen's University. The wild horse cheerleading team won the 2 1 Canadian University College championship in succession. This team, founded in 1929, is the oldest university lesbian team in Canada.