University of Ottawa
speciality: Psychology

Ottawa is a beautiful place to live and the campus is gorgeous. The buildings are quite nice and everything is very close together. The courses at uOttawa are overall well-run and interesting, with plenty of courses that align with varying fields of interest. The campus life is vibrant and full of opportunities to get involved!

It is in my opinion, severely underrated. I have had an amazing time so far with so many opportunities and I really feel like the staff care. My program is so amazing and the professors I have the joy to work with really do want the best for me.

University of Ottawa is located in the heart of downtown that shows off Canada’s capital, many coffee shops & food trucks around and lots of French. Some of the things I love about the university is the fact that it’s a smaller campus, has a good mix of older and newer buildings & is a cozy feel. However, I think that the opinions of the university are quite suspicious and the staff at certain locations can be rude and aggressive. If you’re looking for a university experience that isn’t competitive, is low-key and you can still have a life outside of your studies, this is a decent choice.

My overall opinion would be average, they are neither the worst nor truly excel at anything. The University administration is overworked and understaffed, as a result any request you submit needs to be submitted multiple times as they continuously lose documents. The professors in many departments are out of touch and are not always teaching material they care about which is reflected in their classes. Many of the first-year classes have a sink or swim mentality which is not conducive to learning.

University of Ottawa is one of the leading universities in Canada. Based in the heart of the Capital of Canada, the university provides excellent co-op and research opportunities. For me personally, I have found this university to be increasingly academically rigorous and efficient in its academic abilities. Professors want you to succeed and help you in every step of your academic journey.
Courses here are offered in both English and French, making it the world’s largest bilingual university. This also enables the increment in diversity and the international experience.

I love Ottawa. it was so much fun! I am in my fourth year and almost done with my journey! my profs are so good! however, a lot of the older ones mark way too hard. there also aren’t enough classes for all of the students. I have classes that I need but they did not have room for me in them.

Tuition is ridiculous of the education you are receiving. Campus always smells a little weird this year. Overall you can get some good profs and some bad ones, but I wouldn’t trust their website as it seems like its dated 15 years.

Uottawa has allowed people to do online schooling as a lot of people are not comfortable with face to face at the moment. They are also extremely understanding when it comes to students asking for help and often do their best to create an environment where students aren’t scared to learn/reach out. One problem I have with Uottawa is the lack of diversity at times, often they cater more towards the French speaking part of classes and have more opportunities, along with this there are simply not that many people of color compared to white people.

From my experience, the professors were very helpful when explaining assessments and exams to the first year students. It had definitely made me feel more reassured to what kind of task the professors had wanted. The peer study sessions was very accessible for me. I am very astound of this university for creating these opportunities for students.

I really liked studying in the Psychology program, especially since I was looking into getting into Experimental Psych. The university offers all kinds of opportunities for research, including scholarships and within specializations. Students are able to obtain multiple scholarships and work in the same lab to really deepen their understanding of a topic or try out various research topics with different professors through programs like UROP, the Honors’ thesis, volunteering, research assistant positions and work-study positions. I was also able to travel and work in a lab aboard, fully-funded by uOttawa! I would say the only thing I wish we had was a CO-OP program for psychology students. Multiple other programs offer that option which really helps with career prospects and trying out a career in your field early-on (during your 2nd year of university). Apart from research or teaching, there aren’t multiple paid opportunities which allow you to learn the applications of the field.