Category:Western University

Western University is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. Considered Canada's most beautiful university, Western's main campus spans over 480 hectares of Gothic-style buildings mixed with modern, LEED-certified structures that provide an idyllic environment for our community of scholars.

Western is:

• Ranked among the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide
• A founding member of the U15 – Canada's most distinguished research universities
• 40,000 students, including more than 5,800 international students from 128 countries
• One of the highest national entrance averages of first-year students at 90.6%
• First to second year retention rate of 93.6%—one of the highest in Canada
• 12 faculties, including the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, as well professional programs in Medicine, Business, Law and Engineering
• 95.2% employment rate after graduation

Research Groups[edit | edit source]

There are also several research groups at Western that specialize in sustainability, renewable energy, and OSAT.

• Dr. Joshua Pearce's Free Appropriate Sustainability Technology (FAST) works in solar photovoltaics, open hardware and OSAT and uses Appropedia
• Dr. Tarek Loubani runs Glia
• Member of the Canadian Micro-Pulse Lidar Network
• Sciences Western Field Station
• The Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Research Institute (WindEEE) does wind research in the world's first three-dimensional testing chamber.

Free and Open Source Offerings at Western[edit | edit source]

Research[edit | edit source]

• Digital Commons @ UWO is a digital repository offering worldwide access to research, scholarship, campus publications and other creative works by members of the Western community. Free access to work in over 1000 disciplines
• Open Access Agreements