University of Ottawa
Bilingual public research university in Ottawa
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| 2023 | Ranked ninth in Canada by the QS World University Rankings and seventh in Canada by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. |
| 2022 | Placed ninth in Canada in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. |
| 2022 | University of Ottawa ranked 9–12 in Canada in the Academic Ranking of World Universities rankings. |
| 2022 | University of Ottawa records 39,770 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and 8,128 graduate students in the fall semester. |
| 2022 | Claudette Commanda becomes the latest Chancellor of the University of Ottawa |
| 2020 | Attracted global media attention due to a controversy over academic freedom. |
| 2019 | Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked Ottawa 147th globally and 8th in Canada. |
| 2019 | Data indicates nearly 3,000 students were living on campus. |
| February 11 2019 | The University of Ottawa announced the results of a student referendum, selecting the University of Ottawa Students' Union (UOSU) as the new student union to represent undergraduate students. |
| 2018 | The university's secondary school average for admitted applicants was 85.1 percent. |
| 2018 | Research Infosource ranked the University of Ottawa 9th on their list of top 50 research universities in Canada. |
| 2018 | The University of Ottawa began hosting the administration of the modernized Court Challenges Program (CCP), an independent program focused on human rights and language rights. |
| 2018 | The Archives and Special Collections collaborated with Library and Archives Canada and INWES-ERI to develop the Canadian Archive of Women in STEM project. |
| 2018 | Construction of 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, one of the university's newest buildings. |
| December 2018 | The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa lost its official status due to allegations of financial mismanagement, fraud, and workplace misconduct. |
| September 2018 | The new Annex residence opened, offering 1-5 bedroom units including studio-styled single rooms. |
| January 24 2018 | The new Annex residence was officially announced to students via an email newsletter from 'The Gee' news outlet. |
| 2017 | University achieved a sponsored research income of $324.581 million from external sources of funding. |
| 2017 | An expanded rooftop patio was added to the Jock Turcot University Centre (UCU), creating a more open campus environment in downtown Ottawa. |
| 2015 | The acceptance rate for first choice students was 45.6 percent. |
| 2015 | University confers 7,449 bachelor's and professional degrees, 208 doctoral degrees, and 1,815 master's degrees. |
| 2013 | The university opened Gee-Gees Field, a new stadium for its varsity football team located at Lees Campus, providing the first on-campus home for the football team in 120 years. |
| October 14 2012 | The living wall in the Social Sciences Building was constructed by Diamond & Shmitt Architects, creating the tallest living biofilter wall in North America. |
| September 2012 | Opened the new Social Sciences Building, a $112.5 million green initiative featuring a five-story living biofilter wall and sustainable architectural design. |
| 2011 | The university provided $71.458 million in financial aid and scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year. |
| 2011 | Received a silver star rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). |
| 2011 | Won first place among Canadian universities in the RecycleMania competition and ranked 14th out of 180 universities in the 'waste minimization' category internationally. |
| 2010 | The secondary school rate for full-time first-year students, including Saint Paul, was 82.1 percent. |
| September 2010 | 26.2 percent of first-year students lived on campus, representing 8.8 percent of the overall undergraduate population residing on campus. |
| September 1 2010 | The university implemented a bottled water ban, stopping the sale of bottled water on campus and investing $150,000 to improve water fountains to encourage use of reusable water bottles. |
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