2009 Scorecard

The percentage of students who are very satisfied or satisfied with a series of non-academic services (for example: sports, housing, community life, cultural activities, food services, bookstore, computer services, online services, counter services). Source: Canadian University Survey Consortium (CUSC) and Graduate and Professional Student Survey (GPSS).

The ratio of the total annual financial aid offered to the number of full-time equivalent students.

Financial aid includes:

• University of Ottawa financial aid bursaries (University budget bursaries, tuition fees exemption);
• Financial aid bursaries from private companies and various organizations (OSOTF, AUCC, other companies, the Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship, scholarships offered for studying in French in Ontario, scholarships from the Government of Québec, other scholarships offered by the Ministry of Education);
• The University’s Work-Study Program;
• The Work-Study Program offered by Ontario’s Ministry of Education;
• Millennium Scholarships (Ontario and other provinces);
• Excellence Scholarships from the University (admission and renewal, other excellence scholarships, tuition fees exemption scholarships);
• Assistantships.

(Government loans are excluded.)

FTES = (2 x undergraduate FTE declared to the Ministry on November 1) + (1 x graduate FTE declared to the Ministry on November 1).

The percentage of full-time and part-time Francophone and immersion students (undergraduate and graduate).

• Francophones students: all students whose first language is French and all students whose first language is neither French nor English, but whose language of correspondence is French.
• Immersion students: Anglophone students who studied in a French immersion program at a Canadian high school or who are registered in a University of Ottawa French immersion undergraduate program.

The number of international students and the number of students who participate in an international exchange, undergraduate and graduate, part-time and full-time.

• International student: A student who has a student visa or another immigration status (refugee, diplomatic mission), or who was originally admitted on a student visa, including incoming exchange students.
• International exchange: Student exchanges, including Co-op placements abroad.

The percentage of the general population in the National Capital Region and the general Canadian population who rate the University of Ottawa as a top-quality university. Source: Annual survey from Ipsos-Reid.