University of Western Ontario (UWO) (London, Ontario)

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The University of Western Ontario (commonly referred as Western or UWO) is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers 455 hectares (1,120 acres) of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and schools. Western administers a wide variety of academic programs between twelve faculties, professional schools and three affiliated university colleges.[6]

The university was founded as The Western University of London Ontario, a denomimational school of the Church of England, by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth and the Anglican Diocese of Huron. The university became secular in 1908 and was given its present name in 1923. The university has over 23,000 undergraduate and over 5,000 graduate students. More than 220,000 alumni and former students of Western can be found in over 100 countries around the world. The Western varsity athletic teams are known as the Western Ontario Mustangs, and are members of the Canadian Interuniversity sport.