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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.
While residence and registration at Brescia are restricted to females, all courses are accessible to UWO students, male or female, including students from Western's two other affiliated university colleges. As such, it is not uncommon for male students from Main Campus, Huron University College or King's University College to take courses at Brescia.
Brescia also offers a Pre-University Year programme. According to the Brescia website, the Preliminary Year is a one-year university preparatory programme taught by university professors on the College campus. The programme is a bridge; students are able to acquire the academic courses required for successful entry into university. This programme is co-educational.
The College also offers and English as a Second Language programme called CultureWorks.
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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