We give students the opportunity to study, live and play in English, French or both. We offer them collaborative research projects and student-exchange programs through some 140 bilateral agreements with sister universities in close to 50 countries. We offer a multicultural environment by welcoming students and professors from virtually every continent. And we encourage them to gain new experiences by taking part in the many international, government and cultural events staged in our own backyard, the nation's capital.

At the University of Ottawa, we want our graduates to be ready not only to face a career, but to face the world.

The University of Ottawa has made research the centrepiece of its academic programs and the focal point of strategic areas of development, in turn enriching the quality of teaching and learning at the University. As one of the country's leading research-intensive institutions, Canada's university is proud of the accomplishments that have been made possible by this emphasis on research. Creativity flourishes across a wide spectrum of disciplines as well as novel interdisciplinary activities, fostering discoveries that range from the heights of intellectual abstraction to commercial innovations headed for a global marketplace.