Carleton University

The English-speaking Carleton University is a public research institution located in Ottawa, Ontario, in the country of Canada. The university, which was first known as Carleton College and established in 1942, functioned as a private, nondenominational evening college when it first opened its doors to accommodate returning World War II veterans. In 1952, the provincial government of Ontario passed an act called The Carleton University Act, which authorised the establishment of a university at Carleton. This act was later revised in 1957 to give the school its present name. At the time that the university was established, the city of Ottawa was a part of Carleton County, which has since been disbanded. The institution took its name from the former county. It was in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, who served as Governor General of The Canadas from 1786 to 1796 that the county of Carleton was established. In 1959, the university relocated to its present site, and throughout the 1960s, it saw fast expansion as a direct result of the Ontario government's initiatives to boost funding for post-secondary schools and to broaden access to higher education.

A wide variety of academic programmes are available to students at Carleton University, which has over sixty-five different degree programmes and is structured into six faculties.

Carleton University will have a total enrollment of over 27,000 undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students by the year 2021.

The 150-acre campus of Carleton University may be found to the west of Old Ottawa South, in close proximity to both The Glebe and Confederation Heights. The Rideau River can be found to the south of the territory, while the Rideau Canal and Dow's Lake can be found to the north. More than 165,000 people have graduated from Carleton, and the university's graduates have gone on to earn prestigious awards such as the Rhodes Scholarship, the Pulitzer Prize, the Killam Prize, and many members of the Order of Canada. In addition, the institution has connections to 53 Fellows and members of the Royal Society, in addition to three winners of the Nobel Prize. In addition, Carleton University is home to 13 IEEE Fellows, 10 recipients of the 3M National Teaching Award, 28 Canada Research Chairs, and 1 Canada 150 Chair.

The Carleton Ravens are the athletic team that represents Carleton in the U Sports conference. The men's basketball programme at Carleton University is one of the most successful in the country, having won 16 of the last 19 national championships played for since the year 2003.