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| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| # 141 of 11,642 | In the World |
| # 79 of 452 | In North America |
| # 10 of 104 | In Canada |
| # 4 of 36 | In London |
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| Top 1-3 | For 12 other topics |
Quick Review
Acceptance rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Languages
English
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private partnership
Website
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 31% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Secondary school certificate or recognized foreign equivalent. Specific requirements according to programme |
| Academic Calendar | September to April (September - December; January-April); summer session, May to August |
| Enrollment | 21,836 |
We've calculated the 31% acceptance rate for Western University based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.
Western University faculties and divisions
Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up Western University.
College : Brescia University
Anthropology
Development Studies
Dietetics
English
Family Studies
Food Science
Food Technology
French
Health Sciences
History
Leadership
Management
Nutrition
Philosophy
Physical Therapy
Political Sciences
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology
College : Huron University
Asian Studies
Business Administration
Chinese
Economics
English
French
French Studies
History
International Studies
Japanese
Jewish Studies
Management
Philosophy
Political Sciences
Psychology
Religious Studies
Theology
College : King’s University
Business Administration
Economics
English
Film
French
History
Italian
Literature
Mathematics
Modern Languages
Peace and Disarmament
Philosophy
Political Sciences
Psychology
Religious Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Writing
Course/Programme : London Regional Cancer
Oncology
Faculty : Arts and Humanities
Arabic
Archaeology
Art Criticism
Art History
Arts and Humanities
Classical Languages
Communication Studies
Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
English
Ethics
Film
Fine Arts
French
French Studies
Gender Studies
German
Greek (Classical)
Hindi
History
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Linguistics
Literature
Mediterranean Studies
Modern Languages
Museum Studies
Philology
Philosophical Schools
Philosophy
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Speech Studies
Women's Studies
Writing
Faculty : Education
Curriculum
Education
Educational Psychology
Educational Sciences
Leadership
Natives Education
Primary Education
Secondary Education
Special Education
Technology Education
Faculty : Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Software Engineering
Faculty : Health Sciences
Communication Disorders
Communication Studies
Health Sciences
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Faculty : Information and Media Studies
Folklore
Information Sciences
Jazz and Popular Music
Journalism
Library Science
Media Studies
Faculty : Law
Civil Law
Commercial Law
Comparative Law
International Law
Law
Private Law
Faculty : Music
Art History
Jazz and Popular Music
Music
Music Education
Music Theory and Composition
Musical Instruments
Musicology
Opera
Performing Arts
Singing
Faculty : Science
Actuarial Science
Anatomy
Applied Mathematics
Astronomy and Space Science
Biochemistry
Biological and Life Sciences
Biology
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Studies
Genetics
Geology
Geophysics
Immunology
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Mathematics and Computer Science
Microbiology
Organic Chemistry
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physics
Software Engineering
Statistics
Zoology
Faculty : Social Science
Air Transport
American Studies
Anthropology
Archaeology
Canadian Studies
Cognitive Sciences
Criminology
Cultural Studies
Demography and Population
Economics
Ethnology
Finance
Gender Studies
Geography
History
Indigenous Studies
International Economics
International Relations and Diplomacy
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Management
Neurosciences
Philosophy
Political Sciences
Psychoanalysis
Psycholinguistics
Social Sciences
Sociology
Surveying and Mapping
Urban Studies
Women's Studies
Research Division : Lawson Health
Health Sciences
Research Division : Robarts
Dentistry
Engineering
Medicine
School : Business
Business Administration
Finance
Leadership
Management
School : Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Actuarial Science
American Studies
Anatomy
Anthropology
Applied Mathematics
Art History
Astronomy and Space Science
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
Business Administration
Cell Biology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Classical Languages
Communication Disorders
Communication Studies
Comparative Literature
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Demography and Population
Economics
Education
Electrical Engineering
English
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Studies
Epidemiology
Ethnology
Film
Fine Arts
Folklore
Food Science
French
Geography
Geology
Geophysics
Greek (Classical)
Health Sciences
History
Immunology
Information Sciences
Jazz and Popular Music
Journalism
Latin
Law
Library Science
Linguistics
Management
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Media Studies
Medicine
Microbiology
Music
Neurosciences
Nuclear Engineering
Nursing
Nutrition
Occupational Therapy
Orthodontics
Pathology
Pharmacology
Philosophy
Physical Therapy
Physics
Physiology
Political Sciences
Production Engineering
Psychology
Public Administration
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Statistics
Theology
Toxicology
Visual Arts
Women's Studies
School : Medicine and Dentistry
Anaesthesiology
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Dentistry
Engineering
Epidemiology
Immunology
Medicine
Microbiology
Neurology
Neurosciences
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthodontics
Otorhinolaryngology
Paediatrics
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Statistics
Surgery
Toxicology
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Western University.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Doctorat/Doctoral Degree
Arts and Humanities
Business Administration
Education
Engineering
Fine Arts
Information Sciences
Law
Medicine
Music
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Research profile
Western University is a world-class research university with 152,571 scientific papers published and 5,259,269 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Environmental Science, Psychology, and Genetics.
Publication / Citation count by topic
| Biology |
88,279
/ 3,546,792
|
|---|---|
| Medicine |
83,720
/ 3,159,324
|
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
67,333
/ 2,224,161
|
| Chemistry |
61,112
/ 2,341,134
|
| Computer Science |
60,391
/ 2,319,254
|
| Engineering |
58,783
/ 1,998,172
|
| Physics |
56,076
/ 1,888,472
|
| Environmental Science |
51,498
/ 1,807,448
|
| Psychology |
50,927
/ 2,093,554
|
| Genetics |
38,059
/ 1,555,899
|
| Biochemistry |
37,445
/ 1,593,098
|
| Pathology |
35,673
/ 1,463,615
|
| Quantum and Particle physics |
34,845
/ 1,188,324
|
| Political Science |
33,857
/ 1,127,521
|
| Law |
31,557
/ 1,083,394
|
| Philosophy |
30,644
/ 1,022,970
|
| Psychiatry |
30,490
/ 1,269,562
|
| Sociology |
29,021
/ 932,239
|
| Mathematics |
28,660
/ 1,100,539
|
| Geology |
28,525
/ 1,034,729
|
| Organic chemistry |
26,987
/ 998,031
|
| Surgery |
26,791
/ 1,012,791
|
| Geography and Cartography |
25,816
/ 798,923
|
| Materials Science |
24,204
/ 827,448
|
| Statistics |
23,177
/ 938,958
|
| Neuroscience |
21,457
/ 916,176
|
| Business |
21,302
/ 863,292
|
| Paleontology |
18,987
/ 743,258
|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
18,902
/ 670,908
|
| History |
18,687
/ 511,979
|
| Ecology |
18,531
/ 737,431
|
| Radiology |
18,442
/ 631,375
|
| Economics |
18,164
/ 596,538
|
| Archaeology |
15,123
/ 478,177
|
| Linguistics |
15,011
/ 536,899
|
| Optics |
14,205
/ 470,325
|
| Anatomy and Physiology |
12,370
/ 421,135
|
| Immunology |
12,320
/ 544,004
|
| Public Health |
12,268
/ 478,210
|
| Social Psychology |
11,491
/ 575,292
|
Annual publication & citation counts
100 Notable alumni
1. Pam Damoff
1971-. (aged 55)
community organizer
businessperson
council member
politician
Pamela Damoff is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Oakville North—Burlington in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025 as a member of the Liberal Party. She represented Ward 2 on the Oakville Town Council from 2010 to 2015.
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2. Deb Matthews
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Deborah Drake Matthews ECO is a former Canadian politician who served as the 10th deputy premier of Ontario from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Liberal Party, Matthews was the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for London North Centre from 2003 to 2018, and was a cabinet minister from 2008 to 2018 in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and...
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3. Diane Finley
1957-. (aged 69)
executive
politician
Diane Finley PC is a former Canadian politician. From 2006 through 2015, she served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Her ministerial portfolios included Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, or CMHC, and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. She was a member...
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4. Paul Wells
1966-. (aged 60)
journalist
blogger
Paul Wells is a Canadian journalist and pundit. He was briefly a national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star in 2016–2017. Before that, he was a columnist for Maclean's for thirteen years; his column originally appeared in the back page slot famously occupied for many years by Allan Fotheringham but was subsequently moved to the front of the magazine with...
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General Info & Contacts
Founded
1878
Motto
Veritas et UtilitasTruth and Usefulness
Colors
purple, white
Academic calendar
September to April (September - December; January-April); summer session, May to August
Address
1151 Richmond Street London, Ontario, N6A 3K7 Canada
City Population
422,000
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