University of Western Ontario

About University of Western Ontario:

Founded in 1878, University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada.  The university has 23,383 undergraduate students, 2,977 masters students, 2,026 PHDs, and 1,410 full-time staff, for a student to full-time staff ratio of 24:1.  The university offers more than 400 different specializations, majors, and minors at the undergraduate level.  The university has  12 schools and 3 affiliated university colleges.  In F2015, only 3% of total revenue came from donations and 32% of total revenue came from student fees.  The university has raised $642m for its $750m 'Be Extraordinary' fundraising campaign as of 2016.  The $750m will be allocated as follows: $277m or 37% to student awards and programs, $199m or 27% to attracting and retaining top faculty members, $182m or 24% to academic research, and $92m or 12% to infrastructure. 

Financial Review:

In F2015, University of Western Ontario's administrative costs were 2% of revenues while fundraising costs were 12% of donations. Total overhead costs of 14% fall within Ci's reasonable range. The university has funding reserves of $1,069m, including donor-endowed funds of $532m. This funding reserve can cover annual programs for 13 months or 6 months excluding  donor-endowed funds.

Analysis updated by Ruoxi Gao in 2016, currently under review by  University of Western Ontario.