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Stats Dashboard 2019/20

Below you will find a general reflection of the 2019-20 academic year.

People

The OAC community includes:

  • 590 associate diploma students
  • 2,535 undergraduate students
  • 385 thesis-based master's students
  • 145 course-based master's students
  • 235 PhD students
  • 600 staff
  • 147 faculty

Enrollment Data

7.7 % of our student community are international students. 

Our students identify as:

  • 66.4% Female
  • 32.6% Male
  • 1% Other

They are studying in the following areas:

  • Animals (32%)
  • Environment (17%) 
  • Agriculture (16%)
  • Communities (11%)
  • Food (7%)
  • Business/Economics (7%)
  • Plants (6%)
  • Equine (4%)

Graduation Data

In 2019-20, we celebrated the graduation of :

  • 263 associate diploma students
  • 461 bachelor's degree students
  • 210 graduate diploma and master's degree students
  • 36 PhD students

New Student Awards

  • 15 new awards created worth $50,000
  • 212 donors supported these new awards
  • 18+ students will be annually supported by these new awards

Research Activity During COVID-19

  • MARCH 17, 2020:The Province declared state of emergency and U of G closed; access to research facilities permitted only for maintenance and preservation of critical infrastructure and living organisms.
  • APRIL 13 – JUNE 15: 63 OAC principal investigators (+ 295 students and research staff) were given permission to undertake research activities deemed timesensitive and/or critical.
  • JUNE 29 – AUG 20: 62 OAC principal investigators (+ 300 students and research staff) received approvals to phase in more research activities.
  • Since the start of the pandemic, 100 OAC principal investigators have been able to conduct research, not including research that continued remotely without interruption. Many OAC researchers have also:
    • Participated in response committees
    • Conducted COVID-19 research
    • Given media interviews
    • Published special COVID-19 resources

COVID-19 Research Funding

Our researchers have also secured $604,570 in funding toward COVID-19 related research: 

  • $401,250 in external funding for 7 research projects
  • $203,320 in U of G (internal) funding for 12 research projects

About

The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) of the University of Guelph is internationally renowned for its research, teaching and knowledge extension. Our community has a strong sense of shared purpose: To Improve Life by inspiring leaders, generating knowledge and creating innovative solutions for food, agriculture, communities and the environment.

Land Acknowledgement.

Ontario Agricultural College
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
519-824-4120

Academic Units

  • Department of Animal Biosciences
  • Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Department of Food Science
  • School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
  • School of Environmental Sciences
  • Department of Plant Agriculture

Campuses

  • Guelph
  • Ridgetown

Centres and Institutes

  • The Arboretum
  • Aquaculture Centre
  • Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre
  • Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
  • Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety
  • Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability
  • Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
  • Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility
  • Dairy at Guelph
  • Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation
  • Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming
  • Guelph Turfgrass Institute
  • Honey Bee Research Centre
  • Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy

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