Council of Ontario Universities

Canadian provincial educational membership organization

Council of Ontario Universities

Established	1962
President	Steve Orsini
Address	180 Dundas Street West Suite 1800 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8 , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
Affiliations	Universities Canada, IAU, COU
Website	cou.ca

The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) provides a forum for Ontario's universities to collaborate and advocate in support of their shared mission to the benefit and prosperity of students, communities and the province of Ontario. A membership organization consisting of Ontario's 20 publicly assisted universities and one associate member, the Royal Military College of Canada, COU works with members to find consensus on a wide range of university issues and advances them with government and other stakeholders.^[1]

The Ontario Universities' Application Centre, a division of COU, is the processing centre for all of the province's universities. It collects and distributes applications for undergraduate, professional and selected graduate programs. The centre's website provides data on applications each year.

Member Institutions

Algoma University
Brock University
Carleton University
University of Guelph
Lakehead University
Laurentian University
McMaster University
Nipissing University
OCAD University
Ontario Tech University
University of Ottawa
Queen's University
Toronto Metropolitan University
Trent University
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
Western University
Wilfrid Laurier University
University of Windsor
York University

Associate Member Institution

Royal Military College of Canada

Provisional Member Institutions

Northern Ontario School of Medicine University
Université de Hearst
Université de l'Ontario français

External links

Council of Ontario Universities' website
Ontario's Universities
Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC)
eINFO - a guide to Ontario's universities
Accessible Campus

Post-secondary education in Ontario

Degree-granting institutions
Public universities^[1]	Algoma Brock Carleton Guelph Hearst^‡ Lakehead Laurentian/Laurentienne^* Laurier McMaster Nipissing NOSM^* OCAD U Ontario Tech Ottawa^* Queen's RMC/CMR^* Sudbury^* TMU Toronto Trent UOF^‡ Waterloo Western Windsor York
Private universities^[2]	Canada Christian Emmanuel FaithWay Baptist Great Lakes Heritage Huntington Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Institute for Christian Studies Master's Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Redeemer St. Philip's Talpiot Thorneloe Toronto Baptist Tyndale Yeshivas Ner Yisroel
Public universities grant degrees under the authority of an Act of the Legislative Assembly or a Royal Charter.^[3] Private universities grant degrees under the authority of an Act of the Legislative Assembly or may provide individual degree programs with the consent of the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.^[4]
Degree programs offered^{under Ministerial Consent}	Adler Toronto CCNM CMCC Glenn Gould RCC/Yorkville
Affiliated/federated schools	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Concordia Conrad Grebel Dominican/Dominicain^* Glendon^* Huron Iona King's Martin Luther OAC Renison Saint Paul^* St. Jerome's United
^‡French-language institution; ^*bilingual institution (English/French).^[5]

Colleges
Colleges of applied arts and technology	Algonquin^† Boréal^‡ Cambrian^† Canadore Centennial^† Confederation^† Durham Fanshawe^† Fleming^† George Brown^† Georgian^† La Cité^†‡ Lambton^† Loyalist^† Mohawk^† Niagara^† Northern St. Clair^† St. Lawrence^† Sault Seneca^†
Institutes of technology and advanced learning	Conestoga^† Humber^† Sheridan^†
Defunct	Grands-Lacs^‡
^†Degree programs offered ^‡French-language institution^[5]

Other recognized institutions
Specialist institutions	Michener Institute

Aboriginal institutes
Anishinabek FNTI Kenjgewin Teg Iohahi:io Akwesasne Negahneewin Ogwehoweh Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Seven Generations Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic