Carleton University
Carleton University is a non-denominational co-educational
university in
Ottawa. It was founded in
1942 as
Carleton College. The first degrees, in
journalism and public
administration, were awarded in
1946. Property for the current site was acquired in
1952-
1953. Carleton now offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees, and enrolls both full- and part-time students.
Past chancellors include Nobel laureate Gerhard Herzberg and former Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson.
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