University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON, Canada
University of Ottawa
Located on the unceded ancestral territory of the Algonquin Nation, the University of Ottawa is a major research university offering a full range of academic programs. Founded in 1848, it is now the world’s largest English-French bilingual university, with nine faculties and 49,000 students enrolled in its undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral programs. It ranks among Canada’s top 10 research universities, and 187th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.
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Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Founded over 70 years ago, the University of Ottawa’s Civil Law Section is still the only school outside Quebec that offers comprehensive training in civil law, in the Quebec legal tradition and in French. It prepares its graduates for admission to both the Quebec Bar and the Chambre des notaires du Québec, thereby contributing to the vitality and...