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{{Short description|Public university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada}} {{For|the Caribbean medical school|Windsor University School of Medicine}} {{Infobox university | image = Coat of Arms of the University of Windsor.png | image_upright = .7 | image_alt = The Coat of Arms of the University of Windsor | name = University of Windsor | motto = {{native name|la|Bonitatem, disciplinam, scientiam}} | motto_lang = la | mottoeng = Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge | established = {{start date and age|1857|9|df=y}}{{notetag|This date was when Assumption College was established. The University of Windsor was incorporated on 19 December 1962.}} | academic_affiliations = [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries|CARL]], [[Council of Ontario Universities|COU]], [[Universities Canada]] | caption = [[Coat of arms]] of the university | former_names = Assumption College (1857β1956)<br />Assumption University of Windsor (1956β1963) | type = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]] | president = Robert Gordon | chancellor = [[Mary Jo Haddad]] | city = [[Windsor, Ontario]] | country = Canada | coordinates = {{Coord|42|18|24|N|83|3|57|W|display=title, inline|type:edu}} | academic_staff = 524 | students = 17,520 (2022) | undergrad = 11,691 (2022) | postgrad = 5,829 (2022) | campus = Urban | campus_size = {{convert|51|ha|acre|}} | free_label = Newspaper | free = ''The Lance'' | mascot = Winston<ref>{{cite web|title=Lancers staff directory for "Win Ston"|url=https://golancers.ca/staff-directory/win-ston/434|access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> | colours = Blue and Gold {{scarf|start}} {{cell|#005596}}{{cell|#FFCE00}}{{scarf|end}} | endowment = [[Canadian dollar|CAD$]]139 million (2023) | budget = [[Canadian dollar|CAD$]]345 million (2023) | athletics_affiliations = [[U Sports]] - [[Ontario University Athletics|OUA]] | sports_nickname = [[Windsor Lancers|Lancers]] | website = {{URL|https://www.uwindsor.ca|uwindsor.ca}} | logo = Logo of the University of Windsor.svg | logo_upright = }} The '''University of Windsor''' ('''UWindsor''', '''U of W''', or '''UWin''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the University | University of Windsor |url=https://www.uwindsor.ca/about-the-university |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207143402/https://www.uwindsor.ca/about-the-university |archive-date=7 December 2023 |access-date=2011-10-15 |publisher=University of Windsor}}</ref> It is Canada's southernmost university.<ref name="aucc.ca">{{cite web |title=Our Universities |url=http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/index_e.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031233354/http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/index_e.html |archive-date=2008-10-31 |publisher=[[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada]]}}</ref> It has approximately 17,500 students.<ref name="intldoem" /> The university was incorporated by the provincial government in 1962 and has more than 150,000 alumni.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020 |title=View |url=https://publications.uwindsor.ca/view-winter-2020-resilience/class-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228213220/https://publications.uwindsor.ca/view-winter-2020-resilience/class-news/ |archive-date=28 February 2021 |access-date=30 December 2023 |publisher=University of Windsor Alumni Association}}</ref> The University of Windsor has nine faculties, including the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Engineering, [[Odette School of Business]], the Faculty of Graduate Studies, the Faculty of Human Kinetics, the [[University of Windsor Faculty of Law|Faculty of Law]], the Faculty of Nursing, and the Faculty of Science. Through its faculties and independent schools, the university has demonstrated its primary research focuses of automotive, environmental, social justice, and international trade research. In recent years, it has increasingly begun focusing on health, natural science, and entrepreneurship research.<ref name="UWindsor Research">{{cite web |title=Welcome to Research and Innovation at the University of Windsor |url=https://www.uwindsor.ca/vp-research/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215120500/https://www.uwindsor.ca/vp-research/ |archive-date=15 December 2023 |access-date=December 28, 2018 |publisher=University of Windsor}}</ref>
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