Brescia University College
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- This article is about the women's college in London, Ontario. For the university in Owensboro, Kentucky, see Brescia University
Brescia University College is a Catholic liberal arts college for women located in London, Ontario, Canada. Affiliated with the University of Western Ontario, Brescia is the only university-level women's college in Canada. It has approximately 1,100 undergraduate students.
Brescia was founded in 1919 as Ursuline College by the Ursulines, who named the college after the Italian city of Brescia where their religious order was founded. It was renamed "Brescia University College" in 1963. Brescia's mascot is a Bee.
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