Why UWindsor?

We have strong student-faculty relationships, exceptional award-winning faculty and innovative staff. With comparatively small class sizes and a comprehensive array of student services, clubs and associations, UWindsor provides students with a friendly and supportive learning environment.

UWindsor’s Strategic Plan

UWindsor’s strategic plan has five priorities that directly impact our students:

• providing an exceptional undergraduate experience;
• pursuing strengths in research and graduate education;
• recruiting and retaining the best faculty and staff;
• engaging and building the community through partnerships; and
• promoting international engagement.

The New Era of UWindsor

Windsor Hall — which retains the historic facade of the former Windsor Star newspaper building — houses the School of Social Work and the Centre for Executive and Professional Education.

The second phase of the downtown campus is home to the School of Creative Arts, located in the century-old site of the Windsor Armouries and the adjacent Alan Wildeman Centre for Creative Arts.

The university overlooks the Detroit River on one of Canada’s most beautiful waterfronts and is minutes away from North America’s busiest international border crossing. This location speaks to UWindsor’s strength as an internationally oriented, multi-disciplined institution that actively enables a broad diversity of students, faculty and staff to make a better world through education, scholarship, research and engagement.

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About UWindsor

Our History

• In 1857, Assumption College welcomed its first students. This small, liberal arts college was the original predecessor of the modern university.
• In 1963, it affiliated with Essex College, Canterbury College, Iona College and Holy Redeemer College to incorporate as the University of Windsor, a non-denominational, autonomous degree-granting institution.
• In 2013, the University of Windsor celebrated its 50th anniversary.
• For more in-depth history, check out Our History.

Our Campus

• The University of Windsor is a safe, urban campus covering 51 hectares (125 acres) in Windsor, Ontario.
• The main campus takes up just a few city blocks, making it ideal for walking or biking.
• The $112-million Centre for Engineering Innovation opened to students in 2012. Construction of a new parking structure and adjacent Innovation Centre was completed in fall 2013.
• A downtown campus in heritage buildings in the city centre was completed in 2015 with the opening of the Centre for Executive and Professional Education, as well as the School of Social work in the former Windsor Star building. Major reconstruction on the former Armouries building is now complete and has preserved and restored architectural elements of the building, now home to the School for Creative Arts. The newly-built Alan Wildeman Centre for Creative Arts is adjacent to the Armouries and completes the arts precinct.

Our Towns

• Windsor is one of Canada’s most ethnically diverse cities, with varied restaurants, friendly shops and ample cultural offerings just a quick walk, bike or bus ride away from campus.
• The bustling metropolis of Detroit is right across the river. Take the Tunnel Bus to Detroit for an afternoon of shopping, a big concert or a professional hockey, baseball, football, or basketball game.
• Our location at the intersection of North America gives our students the best of both worlds: a safe, small-town school with big-city amenities.

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Our Vision

The University of Windsor is a progressive, student-centred university, where the challenges of communities and of a world in transition inform the education we provide, the research we do, and the creative endeavours we pursue.

Our Mission

Enabling people to make a better world through education, scholarship, research, and engagement.

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Source: James Brittain, 2020