| University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
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| Motto | Cogitando et Agendo, Ducemus |
| Motto in English | "By thinking and doing we shall lead."[1] |
| Established | 2003 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Perrin Beatty |
| President | Ronald Bordessa |
| Undergraduates | 5,500[2] |
| Postgraduates | 100 [2] |
| Location | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
43°56′41.45″N 78°53′30.13″W / 43.9448472°N 78.8917028°W / 43.9448472; -78.8917028Coordinates: 43°56′41.45″N 78°53′30.13″W / 43.9448472°N 78.8917028°W / 43.9448472; -78.8917028 |
| Campus | Urban/Suburban |
| Sport Teams | University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks |
| Colours | blue & lighter blue [3] |
| Mascot | Hunter the Ridgeback |
| Affiliations | AUCC, IAU, COU, CIS, OUA, Fields Institute, Ontario Network of Women in engineering, CBIE |
| Website | http://www.uoit.ca/ |
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is located in Oshawa, Ontario and shares its campus with Durham College. The university was founded in 2002 and accepted its first students in 2003, making it one of Canada's newest universities. All undergraduate programs require students to lease a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop PC from the university as a condition of enrollment, making it Ontario's only laptop-based university. Faculty also encourages students to use their laptops to complete assignments, perform laboratory research and interact with faculty during lectures. UOIT offers a range of undergraduate programs, and graduate programs in Science, Engineering, Health and Information Technology. The UOIT campus is approximately 400 acres (1.6 km2) in the northern part of Oshawa. Trent University also offers a small full-time program on the same campus and offers a number of elective courses to undergraduate students at UOIT.
[edit] History
UOIT was created in 2002 by the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Act, 2002 as a public, career-focused, research-intensive university emphasizing science and technology, and as part of the Ontario government’s initiative to create more spaces in postsecondary institutions for the double cohort. UOIT's new slogan, "Challenge, Innovate, Connect" was unveiled in June 2006.
UOIT accepted over 900 students in 2003 and total enrolment was over 5,000 in the 2007–2008 school year, making it the fastest growing university in Ontario. The student population is expected to grow to 6,500 by 2010.
Construction on the university's first buildings began in 2002. The facilities currently include a library shared with Durham College, the Science Building, and the Business and IT Building as well as a state of the art virtual hospital for nursing students. The Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building opened in September 2006. The residences for UOIT are Simcoe Village and South Village. The Automotive Centre of Excellence will be built adjacent the Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building and is scheduled to open in September 2009. Plans have been announced for the Centre for Cybercrime Research which will be a separate, permanent location on campus and will be dedicated to leading-edge research and the training of graduate and undergraduate students in various aspects of cybercrime.[4] In addition, an expansion to the athletic facilities, funded largely by students, was completed in September 2007.[5][6]
[edit] Programs
UOIT has seven faculties, each offering several programs.[7]
| Faculty of Business and Information Technology | Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies |
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - BCom (Hons)
- Accounting
- E-Commerce
- Finance
- Marketing
- Human Resources Management Concentration
- BIT (Hons)
- Game Development & Entrepreneurship
- Networking and IT Security
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Finance
- Marketing
- International Business
- Logistics and Supply Chain Managment
- Master of Information Technology Security (MITS)
| - BA (Hons) in Criminology and Justice
- Comprehensive Program
- Criminal Justice specialization
- Gender, Sexualities and Justice specialization
- Race, Ethnicity and Justice specialization
- Youth, Crime and Justice specialization
- Bridge Program
- BA (Hons) in Legal Studies
- Comprehensive Program
- Alternative Dispute Resolution specialization
- Human Rights Law specialization
- Information Law specialization
- Legal studies minors
- Bridge Program
- BA (Hons) in Legal Studies - Concurrent programs
- Concurrent with Legal Administration diploma (Durham College)
- Concurrent with Court and Tribunal Agent diploma (Durham College)
- BA (Hons) in Public Policy
- Master of Arts (MA) in Criminology
- Thesis option
- Non-Thesis option
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| Faculty of Education | Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science |
- BA (Hons) in Communication
- Comprehensive program
- Commerce and Marketing specialization
- Digital Media specialization
- Health Sciences Communication specialization
- Science and Technology specialization
- BEd, 1-year Consecutive program, Intermediate/Senior
- BEd, 1-year Consecutive program, Primary/Junior
- BEd/BSc (Honours) (Intermediate/Senior), 5-year concurrent
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Studies
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Other teachable combinations:[1]
- Master of Education (MEd)
- Graduate Diploma in Education and Digital Technologies
| - BASc (Hons) in Nuclear Power
- BEng (Hons) in Energy Systems Engineering
- BSc (Hons)in Health Physics and Radiation Science
- BEng (Hons) in Nuclear Engineering
- BEng and Mgt (Hons) in Nuclear Engineering and Management
- Master of Applied Science (MASc)
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
- Graduate Diploma in Nuclear Technology
- Fuel, Materials and Chemistry
- Reactor Systems
- Operation and Maitenance
- Safety, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
- Health Physics
- Radiological Applications
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Faculty of Health Sciences |
- BEng (Hons) in Automotive Engineering
- BEng (Hons) in Electrical Engineering
- BEng (Hons) in Manufacturing Engineering
- Comprehensive Program
- Energy Engineering option
- Mechatronics option
- BEng (Hons)in Software Engineering
- BEng and Mgt (Hons)in Automotive Engineering and Management
- BEng and Mgt (Hons) in Electrical Engineering and Management
- BEng and Mgt (Hons) in Manufacturing Engineering and Management
- BEng and Mgt (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and Management
- Comprehensive Mechanical Engineering program
- Energy Engineering option
- Mechatronics Engineering option
- BEng and Mgt (Hons) in Software Engineering and Management
- Automotive Engineering
- Master of Applied Science (MASc)
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Master of Applied Science (MASc)
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Mechanical Engineering
- Master of Applied Science (MASc)
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| - Bachelor of Allied Health Sciences (Honours) - BAHSc (Hons)
- Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) - BHSc (Hons)
- Comprehensive program
- Health Information Management specialization
- Kinesiology specialization
- Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Medical Laboratory Science - BHSc (Hons)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Honours) - BScN (Hons)
- Collaborative
- RPN to BScN (full-time program)
- RPN to BScN (part-time program)
- Master of Health Sciences (MHSc)
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| Faculty of Science |
- BSc (Hons) in Applied and Industrial Mathematics
- BSc (Hons) in Biological Science
- Complementary Studies
- Environmental Toxicology specialization
- Life Sciences specialization
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology specialization
- BSc (Hons) in Chemistry
- Chemistry Comprehensive program
- Biological Chemistry specialization
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry specialization
- BSc (Hons) in Computing Science
- Computing Science Comprehensive program
- Digital Forensics specialization
- Digital Media specialization
- BSc (Hons) in Forensic Science
- BSc (Hons) in Physical Science
- BSc (Hons) in Physics
- Physics Comprehensive program
- Energy and the Environment specialization
- Forensics Physics specialization
- Medical Physics specialization
- BSc and Mgt (Hons) in Biological Science and Management
- Complementary Studies
- Environmental Toxicology specialization
- Life Sciences specialization
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology specialization
- BSc and Mgt (Hons) in Physical Science and Management
- BSc (Hons)/BEd (Concurrent) (Intermediate/Senior)
- Applied Bioscience
- Master of Science (MSc)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Computer Science
- Master of Science (MSc)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Materials Science
- Modelling and Computational Science
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[edit] Research
Faculty members are involved in research in a variety of areas. These include:
- Statistical and Array Processing
- Wireless Communications and Signal Processing
- Satellite Communications
- Pervasive Computing
- Sensor and Information Networks
- Computer Forensics and Network Security
- Web Modelling and Optimization
- Computer Networking
- Networked and Distributed Control Systems
- Haptics and Virtual Reality (Laboratory for Advanced User Interfaces and Virtual Reality)
- Medical and Mobile Robotics
- Automatic/Intelligent Sensing and Control
- Power Engineering
- Vehicle dynamics
- Fuel cells and hydrogen
- Automotive aerodynamics
- Noise, vibrations and harshness
- Automotive materials and manufacturing
- Chassis design
- Automotive software and system modeling
- Alternative fuels
- Hybrid vehicles
- Automotive systems
- Dynamics, vibration and noise
- Engineering design
- Energy, thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics
- Manufacturing and materials
- Mechanics of solids and structures
- Robotics, automation and controls
- Semiconductor physics and nanotechnology
- Solar cells
[edit] Student Housing Controversy
In the last week of September 2007, the Durham Regional Police Service entered the homes of university and college students living off campus in search of leasing agreements. The city of Oshawa, Ontario obtained 17 warrants to search these homes, police and bylaw officers picking the locks and arriving unannounced. This all took place under the suspicion that the residences were illegal boarding houses.[8]
As well the City of Oshawa introduced a new bylaw on February 18, 2008 limiting the number of bedrooms in a rental home to four and forcing landlords to pay a $1,000 fee, driving up the cost of affordable housing for students. The bylaw did not take into account landlords who live on the property, and only pertained to the areas directly surrounding the school. As well families renting to students were exempt from the bylaw.[9]
These actions have been seen by the student community as outright discrimination. In an open letter to the Toronto Star, Barbara Hall, chief of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, stated "I urge Oshawa City Council members to look closely at what has been proposed, to apply a sound city-wide planning rationale, and to consider the human rights impact of its decision." Many students have seen this as encouragement to file human rights complaints against the city for age discrimination.[10]
Some local residents however, are still unhappy with the growing student population and have also begun protesting of a planned student housing apartment. Accusing the new construction of cramming too many students in too small an area.[11][12]
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology plans on building a new on-campus residence that will be able to house an additional 350 students.[13]
[edit] Name Controversy
Much debate has been made over the name choice of the school as renaming the university has been in review for more than a year. "It's quite confusing to the public because it contains the words `university' and `institute' and the public doesn't really understand why it's necessary to have both these words and what the differences are between those two words," says Ron Bordessa, president of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. [14] The name also has been part of a legal dispute. Oshawa city counselor, Robert Lutczyk, registered a copyright for the "University of Ontario Institute of Technology" in 2005, and recently tried to forbid several publications from printing the name under threat of legal action. [15]
[edit] Campus Facilities
- Campus Library 2004
- Business and Information Technology 2005
- Gordon Wiley Building
- Science Building 2004
- Simcoe Building
- Ontario Power Generation Engineering building 2006
- University Pavilion (UP Building)
- Campus Tennis Centre 2003
- Campus Ice Centre 2005
- Campus Athletic Centre
- Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre 2007
- Polonsky Commons
- The Automotive Centre of Excellence (open by mid-2010)
- Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (open 2010)
[edit] Board Members
[edit] Presidents/Vice-Chancellor
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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