{"id":656,"date":"2024-09-06T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/?page_id=656"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:45:59","slug":"about-carleton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/about\/about-carleton\/","title":{"rendered":"About Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/09\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0732-scaled.jpg); background-position: 50% 37%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        About Carleton\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s roots as a non-denominational college supported in part by charitable donations from the Ottawa community make it unique among Ontario universities. Founded in 1942, Carleton was created in response to the need to help provide the young people in Ottawa, many of whom had taken on jobs to cope with the pressures of the Depression, with an opportunity to continue their formal education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From its humble beginnings on Ottawa\u2019s First Avenue, Carleton has grown into a dynamic research and teaching institution with a tradition of anticipating and leading change. Today, the university sits on more than 100 acres, on a site between the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal, just a short distance from downtown Ottawa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university provides an excellent education and experience to its full- and part-time students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Its academic staff are recognized internationally for their scholarship and cutting-edge research in more than 50 disciplines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s reputation is built on its strengths in the fields of journalism, public affairs, international affairs, architecture and high technology. Its students benefit from the interdisciplinary, active, hands-on approach to teaching and research practiced by its faculty members and from the numerous partnerships the university has with the federal government, other universities and private sector partners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"quick-facts\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Quick Facts\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100  border-l-8 border-l-cu-red \">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 px-6 py-4 overflow-hidden cu-card-stats\">\n                    <p class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-cu-black-800 group-hover:text-cu-red md:text-3xl @xs:lg:text-4xl\">\n                30,700+\n            <\/p>\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-600 @sm:md:text-lg\">\n                Students\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100  border-l-8 border-l-cu-red \">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 px-6 py-4 overflow-hidden cu-card-stats\">\n                    <p class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-cu-black-800 group-hover:text-cu-red md:text-3xl @xs:lg:text-4xl\">\n                1058\n            <\/p>\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-600 @sm:md:text-lg\">\n                Faculty Members\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100  border-l-8 border-l-cu-red \">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 px-6 py-4 overflow-hidden cu-card-stats\">\n                    <p class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-cu-black-800 group-hover:text-cu-red md:text-3xl @xs:lg:text-4xl\">\n                190,000+\n            <\/p>\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-600 @sm:md:text-lg\">\n                Alumni\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University\u2019s roots as a non-denominational college supported in part by charitable donations from the Ottawa community make it unique among Ontario universities. 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