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Established in 1878, the Western University (University of Western Ontario) is a public research university located in Ontario, Canada. The original name of the university was the Western University of London Ontario, and remained that way until 1916 when it was changed to University of Western Ontario.

The university comprises of 12 schools and faculties: Faculty of Arts and Humanities; Faculty of Music; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Faculty of Information & Media Studies; Ivey School of Business; School of Medicine & Dentistry; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Engineering; Faculty of Health Sciences; and Faculty of Social Sciences. Western is home to world-renowned research centres such as the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Research Institute, the Brain and Mind Institute, Robarts Research Institute, the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research, and the Bone and Joint Institute