University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa, commonly called uOttawa, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, the capital city of Canada, and it is the largest English-French bilingual university in the world.渥太华大学(University of Ottawa,简称 uOttawa)是位于加拿大首都安大略省渥太华的公立研究型大学,也是全球规模最大的英法双语大学。
Its main campus covers 42.5 hectares in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood, directly northeast of Downtown Ottawa across the Rideau Canal and within walking distance of Parliament Hill.主校区占地 42.5 公顷,位于桑迪山(Sandy Hill)社区,隔着里多运河(Rideau Canal)与渥太华市中心东北侧相望,步行可达国会山。
Founded in 1848 as the College of Bytown, the university teaches in both official languages and placed joint 228th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.学校于 1848 年以「拜镇学院」(College of Bytown)之名创办,以两种官方语言授课,在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 228 位。
History
- The university was established on 26 September 1848 as the College of Bytown by Joseph-Bruno Guigues, the first Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa, who entrusted its administration to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.1848 年 9 月 26 日,渥太华首位天主教主教约瑟夫—布鲁诺·吉格(Joseph-Bruno Guigues)创办拜镇学院,并把校务委托给无玷圣母献主会(Oblates of Mary Immaculate)。
- The college first occupied a wooden building beside the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Lower Town, moved twice in 1852 because of a shortage of space, and settled permanently in Sandy Hill in 1856 on land donated by Louis-Théodore Besserer.学院最初设在下城圣母圣殿主教座堂旁的一栋木构建筑中,1852 年因场地不足两次搬迁,1856 年最终迁至桑迪山,用地由路易—泰奥多尔·贝瑟雷(Louis-Théodore Besserer)捐赠。
- It was renamed the College of Ottawa in 1861, after the town of Bytown was renamed Ottawa.拜镇更名为渥太华之后,学院于 1861 年改称渥太华学院(College of Ottawa)。
- In 1866 the college received university status by an act of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, making it the last Canadian institution to obtain a national charter before the British North America Act of 1867 made education a provincial responsibility.1866 年,学院依加拿大省议会法案获得大学地位,成为 1867 年《英属北美法案》把教育划归各省之前加拿大最后一所取得全国性特许状的机构。
- By 1872 the institution was already conferring undergraduate degrees, followed by master's degrees in 1875 and doctoral degrees in 1888.到 1872 年学校已可授予学士学位,1875 年起授予硕士学位,1888 年起授予博士学位。
- On 5 February 1889 Pope Leo XIII granted the university a pontifical charter, elevating it to the rank of a pontifical university.1889 年 2 月 5 日,教宗利奥十三世授予学校宗座特许状,使其升格为宗座大学。
- A fire destroyed the university's main building on 2 December 1903, after which the New York architect A. O. Von Herbulis designed its replacement, Tabaret Hall, completed in 1905 and among the first completely fireproof reinforced-concrete structures in Canada.1903 年 12 月 2 日的一场大火烧毁了学校主楼,此后纽约建筑师 A. O. Von Herbulis 设计了替代建筑塔巴雷堂(Tabaret Hall);该楼 1905 年落成,是加拿大最早完全防火的钢筋混凝土建筑之一。
- Women were first admitted to the university in 1919.1919 年,学校首次招收女性学生。
- In the fall of 1939 a Canadian Officers' Training Corps contingent was formed at the university, training began in January 1940, and by 1941 the unit had grown to 550 men.1939 年秋,学校组建加拿大学生军官训练团分队,1940 年 1 月开始训练,到 1941 年该分队已扩至 550 人。
- Air force and naval officers' training corps followed in 1942 and 1943, participation became mandatory for students over eighteen, and 1,158 students and alumni served in the Canadian Forces during the Second World War, of whom 50 died overseas.空军与海军军官训练团分别于 1942 年与 1943 年设立,年满十八岁的学生须参加;二战期间共有 1,158 名学生与校友在加拿大军队服役,其中 50 人阵亡海外。
- Algonquin College opened its Rideau Campus on a twelve-acre site on Lees Avenue in 1964, and the midcentury complex stood unused for years before the University of Ottawa bought it in January 2007.阿尔冈昆学院(Algonquin College)1964 年在利斯大道(Lees Avenue)一片 12 英亩的场地上启用里多校区,这座世纪中叶建筑群闲置多年后,于 2007 年 1 月被渥太华大学购入。
- On 1 July 1965 the university was reorganized as a corporation independent of any outside body or religious organization, with the civil and pontifical charters passing to the newly created Saint Paul University while the remaining civil faculties stayed with the reorganized university.1965 年 7 月 1 日,学校改组为独立于任何外部机构与宗教团体的法人,民政法人与宗座特许状移交新成立的圣保罗大学(Saint Paul University),其余民政法学院则保留在改组后的大学内。
- In 1970 the university acquired 100 Laurier Avenue East, then known as the Juniorat du Sacré-Coeur, for 1,120,900, a building erected by the Hull contractor Joseph Bourque at a cost of28,000 and completed in 1894, with an extension added in 1937.1970 年,学校以 1,120,900 加元购入劳里埃大道东 100 号,即当年的圣心小修院(Juniorat du Sacré-Coeur);该楼由赫尔承包商约瑟夫·布尔克(Joseph Bourque)以 28,000 加元建成,1894 年落成,1937 年扩建。
- A policy mandated by the Government of Ontario in 1974 strengthened institutional bilingualism, directing the university to further bilingualism and biculturalism and to preserve and develop French culture.1974 年安大略省政府推行的一项政策强化了学校的建校双语制,要求其推进双语与双文化,并保存与发展法语文化。
- In 1989 Dr. Wilbert Keon of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute performed the country's first neonatal artificial heart transplant, on an eleven-day-old baby.1989 年,渥太华大学心脏研究所(University of Ottawa Heart Institute)的威尔伯特·基恩(Wilbert Keon)医生为一名出生 11 天的婴儿完成了该国首例新生儿人工心脏移植。
- During the university's 150th-anniversary celebrations on 11 November 1998, two war memorial plaques honouring the 1,000 graduates who took part in armed conflict, including the 50 who lost their lives, were unveiled in the foyer of Tabaret Hall.1998 年 11 月 11 日,在 150 周年校庆期间,塔巴雷堂门厅揭幕两块战争纪念铭牌,纪念 1,000 名参与武装冲突的毕业生,其中包括 50 名阵亡者。
- Colonel By Hall, the engineering building, was unveiled in September 2005 as a memorial dedicated to Lieutenant-Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers.2005 年 9 月,工程学院大楼拜上校堂(Colonel By Hall)落成,以纪念皇家工兵团的约翰·拜中校。
- The University of Ottawa Act of 1965 established the Board of Governors and the Senate, the two bodies that still govern the institution today.1965 年《渥太华大学法》确立了校董会(Board of Governors)与评议会(Senate),这两个机构至今仍是学校的治理主体。
- The fifteen-storey Social Sciences Building opened in September 2012 after about four years of planning and construction at a cost of $112.5 million, and its living green wall was then the tallest biofilter of its kind in North America.十五层的社会科学大楼历经约四年规划与施工,造价 1.125 亿加元,于 2012 年 9 月启用;其室内绿墙是当时北美同类最高的生物过滤墙。
- In May 2024 the Office of Indigenous Affairs unveiled a renewed living wall spanning six storeys and 77 feet, built by Livescape Inc. with 8,200 plants and art motifs by the Algonquin artist Stephanie Tenasco.2024 年 5 月,原住民事务办公室揭幕更新后的绿墙,高 77 英尺、跨越六层,由 Livescape Inc. 建造,植入 8,200 株植物,并融入阿尔冈昆艺术家斯蒂芬妮·特纳斯科(Stephanie Tenasco)的艺术图案。
Academics
- Teaching is organised in ten faculties, namely Arts, Civil Law, Common Law, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Medicine, Science, Social Sciences and the Telfer School of Management.教学由十个学院承担,即文学院、民法学院(Civil Law)、普通法学院(Common Law)、教育学院、工程学院、健康科学学院、医学院、理学院、社会科学院以及特尔弗管理学院(Telfer School of Management)。
- In fall 2025 the university enrolled 49,864 students, comprising 41,897 undergraduates and 7,967 graduate students.2025 年秋季,学校共有 49,864 名学生,其中本科生 41,897 人,研究生 7,967 人。
- In fall 2025 it employed 1,258 regular professors and 3,209 support staff, and its 288,744 alumni form a network of more than a quarter of a million graduates.2025 年秋季,学校有 1,258 名专任教授与 3,209 名支援人员;其 288,744 名校友构成一个超过二十五万人的毕业生网络。
- The University of Ottawa is the largest English-French bilingual university in the world and offers the world's first French-immersion undergraduate programme.渥太华大学是全球规模最大的英法双语大学,并开设全球首个法语沉浸式本科项目。
- The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, a successor to the Second Language Institute, was opened on 1 July 2007 with an expanded mandate for research, innovation and outreach in official languages.官方语言与双语研究所(Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute,OLBI)于 2007 年 7 月 1 日启用,接替此前的第二语言研究所,并承担更广的官方语言研究、创新与外联使命。
- In fall 2025 English was the language of study for 33,554 students, or 67.3 per cent of the total, and French for 16,310 students, or 32.7 per cent.2025 年秋季,以英语为学习语言的学生为 33,554 人,占 67.3%;以法语为学习语言的为 16,310 人,占 32.7%。
- The French Immersion Stream offered 80 programmes with 2,062 enrolments in fall 2025, and 15,277 students were enrolled in programmes taught in French.法语沉浸式项目在 2025 年秋季开设 80 个专业、注册 2,062 人;全校共有 15,277 人注册法语授课项目。
- Optional co-operative education was introduced in 1980, is now the second largest such programme in Ontario with a placement success rate above 98 per cent, and in fall 2025 covered 74 undergraduate and 22 graduate programmes.可选的合作教育于 1980 年引入,现为安大略省第二大同类项目,安置成功率超过 98%;2025 年秋季覆盖 74 个本科与 22 个研究生专业。
- Co-op enrolments reached 8,057 undergraduates and 324 graduate students in fall 2025, with 61 per cent of undergraduate work terms completed in the public and para-public sector.2025 年秋季,参加合作教育的本科生达 8,057 人、研究生 324 人,其中 61% 的本科工作学期在公共及准公共部门完成。
- The University of Ottawa Library network of twelve branches held 2,634,000 print book volumes, 3,241,360 e-books and 83,105 e-journals in fall 2025.2025 年秋季,由十二个馆点组成的渥太华大学图书馆体系藏书 2,634,000 册、电子书 3,241,360 种、电子期刊 83,105 种。
- Research is conducted through about 40 centres and institutes, including the Ottawa Health Research Institute, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the André E. Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory.科研工作通过约 40 个中心与研究所开展,其中包括渥太华健康研究所(Ottawa Health Research Institute)、渥太华大学心脏研究所与安德烈·E·拉隆德加速器质谱实验室(André E. Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory)。
- The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is home to more than 60 principal investigators and 175 researchers working on cardiovascular medicine.渥太华大学心脏研究所拥有 60 余名首席研究员与 175 名研究人员,专攻心血管医学。
- Research revenues in 2025 came mainly from the federal government at 208 million, other sources at203.3 million, the provincial government at 57 million and industry at42.8 million.2025 年的科研收入主要来自联邦政府 2.08 亿加元、其他来源 2.033 亿加元、省政府 5,700 万加元与产业界 4,280 万加元。
- The 2025 Research Infosource report ranked the university seventh in Canada for total research funding and fourth for research intensity.2025 年 Research Infosource 报告将学校列为加拿大科研经费总量第七、科研强度第四。
- The Telfer School of Management is one of only two Canadian business schools holding the triple accreditation of AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS.特尔弗管理学院是加拿大仅有的两所同时获得 AMBA、AACSB 与 EQUIS 三大商学院认证的学校之一。
- The Faculty of Law, one of the largest in Canada, is divided into a Civil Law section and a Common Law section and offers programmes in both languages.法学院是加拿大规模最大的法学院之一,分为民法(Civil Law)与普通法(Common Law)两部分,并以两种语言授课。
- In 2025 the university conferred 8,143 bachelor's degrees, 2,660 master's degrees, 402 doctorates and 63 graduate certificates and diplomas, a total of 11,311 diplomas.2025 年学校授予 8,143 个学士学位、2,660 个硕士学位、402 个博士学位与 63 个研究生证书或文凭,合计 11,311 份文凭。
- Since 2018 the university has hosted the administration of the Court Challenges Program, an independent human rights and language rights body integrated within the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.自 2018 年起,学校承担「法庭挑战计划」(Court Challenges Program)的行政工作,这一独立的人权与语言权利机构设在官方语言与双语研究所内。
Campus
- The main campus lies in Sandy Hill, bordered to the north by the ByWard Market district and to the southwest by Nicholas Street, which runs along the Rideau Canal.主校区位于桑迪山,北临拜沃德市场(ByWard Market)街区,西南以沿里多运河的尼古拉斯街(Nicholas Street)为界。
- The university owns and manages 42.5 hectares in total, of which the main campus occupied 35.3 hectares in 2010-2011, while official figures list 44.3 hectares including both campuses in 2018.学校自有并管理用地共 42.5 公顷,其中主校区在 2010 至 2011 学年占 35.3 公顷;官方 2018 年数据把两个校区合计为 44.3 公顷。
- Campus buildings range in age from 100 Laurier Avenue East of 1893 to 150 Louis-Pasteur Private of 2018, and in 2011 their average age was 63 years.校园建筑新旧跨度从 1893 年的劳里埃大道东 100 号到 2018 年的路易—巴斯德私家路 150 号;2011 年这些建筑的平均楼龄为 63 年。
- In 2018 the university owned 38 main buildings and operated 823 research laboratories, 263 teaching laboratories and 302 classrooms or seminar rooms.2018 年,学校拥有 38 栋主要建筑,并运营 823 间研究实验室、263 间教学实验室与 302 间教室或研讨室。
- The Lees campus, bought in 2007 and once belonging to Algonquin College, sits within walking distance of Sandy Hill, a small satellite campus operates in Kanata beside the Kanata North Technology Park, and the O-Train station uOttawa serves the western edge of the main campus.利斯校区 2007 年购入,原属阿尔冈昆学院,与桑迪山步行可达;学校还在卡纳塔北科技园旁设有一座小型卫星校区;轻轨车站 uOttawa 站服务于主校区西缘。
- The Health Sciences or Alta Vista campus occupies 7.2 hectares on Smyth Road, is built around Roger Guindon Hall, and lies between The Ottawa Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, both of which are university-affiliated.健康科学(Alta Vista)校区位于史密斯路(Smyth Road),占地 7.2 公顷,以罗杰·甘东堂(Roger Guindon Hall)为核心,处于渥太华医院与东安大略儿童医院之间,二者均与学校有附属关系。
- The main library occupies Morisset Hall, and the network also includes the Brian Dickson Law Library in Fauteux Hall, the Health Sciences Library, the Management Library in the Desmarais Building, the Isobel Firestone Music Library in Pérez Hall and an off-site Annex.总馆设于莫里塞堂(Morisset Hall),体系还包括福特楼(Fauteux Hall)内的布赖恩·迪克森法律图书馆、健康科学图书馆、德马雷楼(Desmarais Building)内的管理学图书馆、佩雷斯楼(Pérez Hall)内的伊索贝尔·费尔斯通音乐图书馆以及校外书库 Annex。
- The Jock Turcot University Centre, completed in 1973 at a cost of more than CAD 6 million, is the hub of student life and is named after a former student federation president killed in a traffic collision in 1965.乔克·蒂尔科学生中心(Jock Turcot University Centre)1973 年落成,造价超过 600 万加元,是学生生活的中心,得名于 1965 年因车祸去世的前学生会主席乔克·蒂尔科。
- The university maintains eleven student residences, among them Leblanc Hall, Marchand Hall, Thompson Hall, Hyman Soloway, Rideau, 45 Mann, 90 University and the Annex, and 3,909 students lived on campus in fall 2025.学校设有十一座学生宿舍,包括勒布朗堂、马尚堂、汤普森堂、海曼·索洛韦、里多、曼恩 45 号、大学 90 号与 Annex 等;2025 年秋季有 3,909 名学生住在校内。
Reputation
- In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Ottawa is placed joint 228th, in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings joint 185th, and in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities 264th.渥太华大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 228 位,在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中并列第 185 位,在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 264 位。
- The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities does not list the university among its ranked institutions.2026 年世界大学学术排名(ARWU)未将该校列入榜单。
- Nationally it was placed ninth in Canada by QS in 2025, eighth by Times Higher Education in 2025, ninth by U.S. News in 2024-25 and fifth in the 2025 Maclean's Medical Doctoral category.在加拿大国内,学校于 2025 年被 QS 列为加拿大第九、2025 年被泰晤士高等教育列为第八、2024 至 2025 年度被 US News 列为第九,并在 2025 年《麦克林》医学博士类排名中位列第五。
- Its research record on OpenAlex comprises 167,451 works cited 13,354,177 times, and its research income reached CAD 420 million in 2022.在 OpenAlex 上,其科研成果计 167,451 项、被引 13,354,177 次;2022 年科研收入达 4.2 亿加元。
- As of the mid-2020s the university counted no Nobel laureate among its own graduates or faculty, although Nobel winners Bruce Beutler (2011 Medicine), Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020 Chemistry) and Denis Mukwege (2018 Peace) have received its honorary doctorates.截至 2020 年代中期,该校毕业生与教师中尚无诺贝尔奖得主,但布鲁斯·博伊特勒(2011 年生理学或医学奖)、埃玛纽埃勒·沙尔庞捷(2020 年化学奖)与德尼·穆克维格(2018 年和平奖)曾获颁该校名誉博士学位。
- Its Faculty of Science includes a Wolf Prize laureate and three NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medalists, and the university belongs to the U15 group of Canadian research-intensive universities.其理学院拥有一位沃尔夫奖得主与三位 NSERC 格哈德·赫茨伯格金奖得主,学校是加拿大研究密集型大学 U15 集团的成员。
- The university's graduate employment rate averages 97 per cent, and its law faculty ranks among the largest in Canada while public administration and political science are especially strong.该校毕业生平均就业率为 97%;法学院规模居加拿大前列,公共管理与政治学尤为突出。
- The university is widely recognised for its bilingual mandate, and in 2025 its peers ranked it seventh in Canada for total research funding and fourth for research intensity.学校以其双语使命广受认可;2025 年其科研经费总量在加拿大位列第七、科研强度位列第四。
Student life
- The university motto is Deus scientiarum Dominus est, Latin for God is the master of the sciences.学校校训为拉丁文「Deus scientiarum Dominus est」,意为「上帝是科学之主」。
- Undergraduates are represented by the University of Ottawa Students' Union and graduate students by the Graduate Students' Association, while student employees belong to CUPE 2626.本科生由渥太华大学学生会(University of Ottawa Students' Union)代表,研究生由研究生会(Graduate Students' Association)代表,学生雇员则属于 CUPE 2626 工会。
- The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa lost its official status in December 2018, and a referendum on 11 February 2019 chose the University of Ottawa Students' Union as its successor.渥太华大学学生联合会于 2018 年 12 月失去官方地位,2019 年 2 月 11 日的公投选出渥太华大学学生会作为其继任者。
- More than 175 student organisations and clubs are officially accredited, covering interests such as academics, culture, religion, social issues and recreation.学校正式认可超过 175 个学生组织与社团,涵盖学术、文化、宗教、社会议题与娱乐等领域。
- Two independent student newspapers publish on campus, The Fulcrum, a member of Canadian University Press, in English and La Rotonde in French, and the campus radio station CHUO-FM at 89.1 FM, Canada's second-oldest, began broadcasting in 1984.校内有两份独立学生报纸:英文的 The Fulcrum(加拿大大学新闻社成员)与法文的 La Rotonde;校园电台 CHUO-FM(89.1 FM)是加拿大历史第二悠久的校园电台,1984 年开播。
- The varsity teams are the Gee-Gees, the first athletic group was formed in 1885, garnet and grey became both the team and university colours, and the university hosts 29 competitive clubs including 10 varsity teams.校队名为 Gee-Gees;首个体育团体于 1885 年成立,石榴红与灰色既是队色也成了校色;学校设有 29 个竞技俱乐部,其中 10 个为校队。
- Sports facilities include Montpetit Hall and the Minto Sports Complex, whose two ice rinks seat 840, while Matt Anthony Field seats 1,500 and Gee-Gees Field, opened at Lees in 2013, holds more than 4,000 spectators.体育设施包括蒙佩蒂堂(Montpetit Hall)与明托体育中心(Minto Sports Complex),后者两座冰场可容纳 840 人;马特·安东尼球场可容 1,500 人,2013 年在利斯启用的 Gee-Gees 球场可容纳逾 4,000 名观众。
- The Gee-Gees share a rivalry with the Carleton Ravens in the Capital Hoops Classic basketball game, the Colonel By Classic ice hockey game and the Panda Game football match.Gee-Gees 与卡尔顿渡鸦队(Carleton Ravens)在首都篮球经典赛、拜上校冰球经典赛与熊猫碗橄榄球赛中长期对抗。
- The student-run uOttaHack, first held in February 2018, is Ottawa's largest hackathon, and in November 2019 the Gee-Gees women's soccer team won the FISU University Women's World Cup.由学生主办的 uOttaHack 于 2018 年 2 月首次举办,是渥太华规模最大的黑客松;2019 年 11 月,Gee-Gees 女子足球队夺得国际大学生体育联合会大学女子世界杯冠军。
Notable people
- Paul Martin, the 24th Prime Minister of Canada, and Dalton McGuinty, the 24th Premier of Ontario, are both graduates of the university.加拿大第 24 任总理保罗·马丁(Paul Martin)与安大略省第 24 任省长道尔顿·麦坚迪(Dalton McGuinty)都是该校毕业生。
- Four heads of government attended the university, namely Edward Morris of Newfoundland, Paul Martin of Canada, Philémon Yang of Cameroon and Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed of Somalia.有四位政府首脑曾就读于该校,即纽芬兰的 Edward Morris、加拿大的保罗·马丁、喀麦隆的菲莱蒙·扬(Philémon Yang)与索马里的阿卜迪韦利·谢赫·艾哈迈德(Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed)。
- Paul Okalik, the 1st Premier of Nunavut, and Gabriela Michetti, the 36th Vice President of Argentina, also studied at the university.努纳武特地区首任省长保罗·奥卡利克(Paul Okalik)与阿根廷第 36 任副总统加芙列拉·米凯蒂(Gabriela Michetti)也曾在该校就读。
- Louise Arbour, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada who later served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Richard Wagner, who became Chief Justice of Canada, are alumni.曾任职加拿大最高法院、后任联合国人权事务高级专员的路易丝·阿尔布尔(Louise Arbour),以及后来出任加拿大首席大法官的理查德·瓦格纳(Richard Wagner),都是该校校友。
- Business leaders among its alumni include Daniel Lamarre, former president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, Paul Desmarais and André Desmarais of the Power Corporation of Canada, Calin Rovinescu of Air Canada and André Ouellet of Canada Post.其校友中的商界领袖包括太阳马戏团前总裁兼首席执行官丹尼尔·拉马尔(Daniel Lamarre)、加拿大电力公司的保罗·德马雷(Paul Desmarais)与安德烈·德马雷(André Desmarais)、加拿大航空的卡兰·罗维内斯库(Calin Rovinescu)以及加拿大邮政的安德烈·韦莱(André Ouellet)。
- Alex Trebek, the former host of the quiz show Jeopardy!, was an alumnus, and the university's alumni relations office is housed in the Alex Trebek Alumni Hall named after him.《危险边缘》(Jeopardy!)前主持人亚历克斯·特雷贝克(Alex Trebek)是该校校友,学校的校友事务办公室设在以他命名的亚历克斯·特雷贝克校友堂。
- Dafydd Williams, an astronaut of the Canadian Space Agency, graduated from the university's medical school.加拿大航天局宇航员达菲德·威廉姆斯(Dafydd Williams)毕业于该校医学院。
- Several chancellors had previously been Governor General of Canada or viceregal consort, among them Michaëlle Jean, the 27th Governor General, and Pauline Vanier, the 46th viceregal consort.多位校监此前曾任加拿大总督或总督配偶,其中包括第 27 任总督米夏埃尔·让(Michaëlle Jean)与第 46 任总督配偶波利娜·瓦尼耶(Pauline Vanier)。
- Other alumni in public life include Andrew Scheer, former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, founder of the People's Party of Canada, Ahmed Hussen, Katie Telford and Melissa Lantsman.其他活跃于公共事务的校友包括加拿大保守党前领袖安德鲁·谢尔(Andrew Scheer)、加拿大人民党创始人马克西姆·贝尔尼耶(Maxime Bernier)、艾哈迈德·侯赛因(Ahmed Hussen)、凯蒂·特尔福德(Katie Telford)与梅利莎·兰茨曼(Melissa Lantsman)。
- Allan Rock, a former federal minister and ambassador to the United Nations, served as president and vice-chancellor of the university from 2008 to 2016, while the film director Philippe Falardeau and the chemist Cathleen Crudden also studied here.曾任联邦部长与加拿大驻联合国大使的艾伦·洛克(Allan Rock)于 2008 至 2016 年担任该校校长,电影导演菲利普·法拉多(Philippe Falardeau)与化学家凯瑟琳·克拉登(Cathleen Crudden)也曾在此求学。