Overview of The University of Western Ontario

Name

London, Ontario, Canada• More than 30% of

Canada’s population lives within a 2.5-hour drive

• Seven major Canadian universities within a two-hour drive

• Population: 457,000, Canada’s 10th-largest city

London, Ontario, Canada

• Central location: two-hour drive from Toronto and Detroit, Michigan

• Served by an international airport with major flight connections through Toronto and Detroit

The University of Western Ontario• Established in 1878,

one of Canada’s oldest universities

• Canada’s sixth-largest university

• 1,300 faculty members

• 12 faculties and schools and three affiliated colleges

A leading medical-doctoral institution, Western has 33,000 students, including nearly 5,000 graduate students enrolled in 60 Masters and Ph.D programs.

One of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities, Western and its affiliates attract $220 million in research funding annually

Western has nearly 2,000 international students and maintains active exchanges with institutions in 60 countries worldwide

Western’s Signature Areas• Business• Environmental Sustainability and Green

Energy• Health Education• Literature and Cultural Theory • Materials and Biomaterials• Imaging• Music• Neuroscience/Brain and Mind• Philosophy of Science • Wind Engineering and Natural Disaster

Mitigation

Life Sciences Strengths

• Biomedical Imaging• Brain and Mind/Neuroscience• Cancer and Cell Biology• Cardiac and Vascular Biology and Respiration• Health Services• Health and Aging• Health Promotion• Health, Hazards, and the Quality of Life• Hearing Science• Immunology, Chronic Disease and Transplantation• Maternal and Newborn, Child and Family Health• Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery• Musculoskeletal Health• Rehabilitation Science• Speech, Language and Literacy

World-Class Health Research Facilities• Lawson Health Research Institute• Robarts Research Institute• London Regional Innovarium

- $35M city-wide animal research facility for both small- and large-animal models

• Centre for Activity and Aging• Ontario-Wide Protein Identification

Facility• Ontario Genomics Centre• London Regional Cancer Program• National Centre for Audiology• Centre for Brain and Mind• London Regional Genomics Centre

Science & Technology Strengths

• Advanced Fluid Mechanics• Advanced Robotics and Real-Time System

Controls• Bioengineering• Computational Sciences • Computer Based Systems and Environments• Electrostatics and Electromagnetics• Environmental Sustainability and Green

Energy • Fluidization and Particle Technology• Functional Genomics and Evolution • Information Engineering• Materials and Biomaterials • Planets and Stars• Power Systems and Power Electronics• Wind Engineering, Natural Disaster

Mitigation andManagement

World-Class Science & Technology Facilities• Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory• Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes

- Western’s “Three Little Pigs” facility• Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion ‘Green Energy’

Building• Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative

Resources (ICFAR)• Western Research and Development Park – London

and Sarnia Campuses• Biotron Experimental Climate Change Research

Facility• Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation Network• Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR)• SHARCNET—High Performance Computing network• Lanxess Global Butyl Rubber Research Centre• NASA Lunar Science Institute

Humanities & Social Sciences Strengths• 20th Century Music • Chamber Music • Building Sustainable Value• Communication, Consumption, and Culture• Cultural Industries and Institutions• Distance Education• Educational Policy and Leadership • Employment and Labour in Organizations• Engaging Emerging Markets • Entrepreneurship and Innovation• Ethics• Feminist Theory and Sexuality Studies• Government and Public Policy Information and Media

Policy

Humanities & Social Sciences Strengths (cont.)• Intellectual and Cultural History• International and Intercultural Relations • Leading Cross-Enterprise• Literature and Cultural Theory• Music Education• Musical Performance and Practice• Neural, Social, and Economic Foundations of Behaviour• New Music • Popular Music Studies• Organization and Management of Information• Role of Courts in Society• Social Change • Social Construction and Use of Media and Information• Social Justice and Equity in Education• Theoretical and Applied Linguistics• Visual Culture and FilmVocal Arts

World-Class Humanities and Social Sciences Facilities• Richard Ivey School of Business, including Hong Kong

Campus• Rotman Institute of Science and Values• Centre for Brain and Mind• Centre for Study of Theory and Criticism• Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network

(CLLRNet)• Centre for American Studies• Statistics Canada Research Data Centre• Population Studies Centre• Centre for Research and Education on Violence

Against Women and Children• Centre for Olympic Studies• Video Gaming Lab

Western conducts more than $30 million in research contracts with industry annually, and through its two Research Parks, is an incubator to more than 60 organizations and businesses with more than 2,200 employees

Leading Ontario and Canada in Technology Transfer• City-wide commercialization activities led

by WORLDiscoveries• $5 million in licensing/royalty income

annually• Average of 3 start-ups per year• Western ranks 2-3 place nationally in both

licensing income and start-ups (Association of University Technology Managers survey)

• Focus on key areas of strength- Imaging and Medical Devices- Alternative Energy- Materials and Biomaterials