uOttawa

Sources

• Undergraduate programs https://www.uottawa.ca/study/undergraduate-studies/undergraduate-programs

  The official uOttawa page describes the undergraduate structure: the first main discipline is usually chosen at admission, while a minor and a second major in the relevant models are added after 24 units.

  The same page gives duration evidence: a 90 unit bachelor's degree is listed as 3 years, a 120 unit honours bachelor's degree as 4 years, and a double degree as a 4 or 5 year path.

  This is the key evidence for programChoice 4: students can add a second major after study has begun, while combinations remain predefined rather than open curriculum.

• Academic Regulation B-2: Program of Studies https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/leadership-governance/policies-regulations/b-2-program-studies

  The regulation defines main undergraduate program types, including an honours bachelor's degree with double major, an honours bachelor's degree with major and minor, joint honours, and a bachelor's degree with combinations of elective courses, options, minors or majors.

  A major is defined as at least 42 units and a minor as 30 units. This separates in degree study modules from separate certificates and microprograms.

  The source gives the formal frame for programChoice 4 and also sets the boundary: it does not create an individually designed open degree.

• Steps to make changes to your program of studies https://www.uottawa.ca/study/make-changes-undergraduate-program/steps

  The current student page confirms an ordinary process for adding or changing one or more study modules while remaining in or transferring to a bachelor's program.

  The examples cover double major, major and minor, joint honours, and adding or removing an option, profile or microprogram.

  The source clarifies that an accepted change appears in My Academic Requirements and affects course enrolment, so this is not only advising or an exceptional substitution.

• Undergraduate Programs https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/undergrad/

  The official catalogue lists undergraduate programs, minors, majors, joint honours programs, integrated programs and double degrees.

  The catalogue is used as an inventory of approved program structures and as context for verifying that major, minor and double degree labels are formal elements of the study architecture.

• Bachelor of Science https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/undergrad/bachelor-science-minor/

  The Bachelor of Science page shows a 90 unit program and includes optional science courses, 12 elective units from Arts, Education, Law, Social Sciences or the Telfer School of Management, and 33 elective units.

  This confirms broad internal course choice within the degree and the 3 year lower bound for an ordinary bachelor's path.

• Electives without prerequisites https://www.uottawa.ca/study/course-enrolment/electives-without-prerequisites

  The course enrolment page explains that elective units may be chosen from all disciplines offered by the university when the course has no prerequisites.

  The list is organized by faculties and disciplines, so the source confirms a broad internal catalogue rather than only a small choice block inside one program.

• University of Ottawa-Carleton University exchange program https://www.uottawa.ca/study/course-enrolment/carleton-enrolment

  The page describes a credit transfer program through which uOttawa students can take courses at Carleton University while remaining enrolled at uOttawa.

  The rules require admission to a uOttawa program, enrolment in the current term, good academic standing and faculty or school approval; completed courses receive letter grades, appear on the transcript and count in the GPA.

  This is evidence for courseChoice 4, although the external choice is constrained by program requirements and an approval process.

• Academic Regulation A-10: Unit Transfers https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/leadership-governance/policies-regulations/a-10-unit-transfers

  The regulation confirms that courses taken at Saint Paul University and Carleton University under agreements may count toward University of Ottawa program requirements.

  For Carleton University it describes letter grade conversion and inclusion in the grade point average, while universities without agreements require a letter of permission.

  Therefore courseChoice 4 is based on formal partner university agreements rather than a generic rule for recognizing courses already taken elsewhere.

• QS profile https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-ottawa

  The QS profile for University of Ottawa shows position =228 in QS World University Rankings.

  The stored catalogue value is normalized to 228 without the equality marker.

• THE World University Rankings 2026 table https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2026/world-ranking

  The official THE 2026 table from the supplied list rule gives University of Ottawa position =187.

  The stored catalogue value is normalized to 187 without the equality marker.

• 2023 quick facts https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/institutional-research-planning/facts-figures/quick-facts

  The official uOttawa Quick facts page, in the Enrolment Fall 2023 section, reports 40,054 Undergraduate students and 48,259 total students.

  The source does not split undergraduate enrollment into bachelor and first professional categories, so bachelor is stored as null. The specialist category does not apply to the Canadian model.