The
Université du Québec à Montréal (
UQAM) is one of four
universitiesA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
,
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the
Université du QuébecThe Université du Québec is a system of ten provincially-run public universities in Quebec, Canada. Its headquarters are in Quebec City. The university has more than 87,000 students, making it the largest university in Canada. It offers more than 300 programs. The government of Quebec founded the...
(UQ), a public university system with other branches in
GatineauGatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada, the third largest by population in the province. It is situated on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and is located within Canada's National Capital Region...
(an Ottawa suburb),
RimouskiRimouski is a Canadian city in the central part of Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Rimouski River, north-east of Quebec City....
,
Rouyn-NorandaRouyn-Noranda is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada.The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec of the same name...
,
Quebec CityQuébec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
,
ChicoutimiChicoutimi is one of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, and was a separate city in its own right until 2002. Chicoutimi had a population of 59,764 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Chicoutimi was counted as a separate city....
, and
Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières may refer to:*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec*Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe, a commune of Guadeloupe...
. UQAM was founded on April 9 1969 by the government of Quebec, through the merger of the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, a fine arts school; the Collège Sainte-Marie, a classical college; and a number of smaller schools.
The
Université du Québec à Montréal (
UQAM) is one of four
universitiesA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
,
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Basic facts
The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the
Université du QuébecThe Université du Québec is a system of ten provincially-run public universities in Quebec, Canada. Its headquarters are in Quebec City. The university has more than 87,000 students, making it the largest university in Canada. It offers more than 300 programs. The government of Quebec founded the...
(UQ), a public university system with other branches in
GatineauGatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada, the third largest by population in the province. It is situated on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and is located within Canada's National Capital Region...
(an Ottawa suburb),
RimouskiRimouski is a Canadian city in the central part of Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Rimouski River, north-east of Quebec City....
,
Rouyn-NorandaRouyn-Noranda is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada.The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec of the same name...
,
Quebec CityQuébec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
,
ChicoutimiChicoutimi is one of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, and was a separate city in its own right until 2002. Chicoutimi had a population of 59,764 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Chicoutimi was counted as a separate city....
, and
Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières may refer to:*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec*Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe, a commune of Guadeloupe...
. UQAM was founded on April 9 1969 by the government of Quebec, through the merger of the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, a fine arts school; the Collège Sainte-Marie, a classical college; and a number of smaller schools. Although part of the UQ network, UQAM possesses a relative independence which allows it to print its own diplomas and choose its rector.
In 2004, UQAM had a student population of 42,257 in six faculties (Arts, Education, Literature, Language and Communications, Political Science and Law, Science, and Social science) and one school (Management). It offers Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral degrees. It is one of Montreal's two
French-languageFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
universities, along with the
Université de MontréalUniversité de Montréal is a public francophone university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
, and only 1% of its student population is Anglophone. With the addition of the
Télé-universitéTélé-université is a component of the Université du Québec à Montréal. Sometimes abbreviated to Téluq, it became a component of UQAM in June 2005.-Programs:...
in June 2005, UQAM, with a current student population of about 60,000, is the largest French-speaking university in the world.
On December 11, 2008, a pavillion of UQAM was entirely closed down after a series of "gunshots" were heard in and around the campus. A suspicious bag containing ammunition and knives was also found. Sainte-Catherine Street was also partly closed for hours as a result of the chaos. The "gunshots" turned out to be firecrackers. No one was injured.
Campus
UQAM's campus was designed by Dimitri Dimakopoulos and is located in downtown Montreal, with most of its buildings in the
Quartier LatinThe Quartier Latin is an area in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, surrounding UQAM and lower Saint-Denis Street, between downtown and the Gay Village...
neighbourhood near the
Berri-UQAM metro stationBerri-UQAM is the central station of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the Quartier Latin in the borough of Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the...
and the newer Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau near
Place des Artsright|frame|View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the rightPlace des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
. The University is also involved in the troubled Îlot Voyageur project, a 13-storey student residence and intercity bus terminal, but has had to scale back its involvement due to financial problems.
Faculties
- Faculté des arts (Faculty of Arts)
- Faculté des sciences de l'éducation (Faculty of Education)
- Faculté des lettres, langues et communications (Faculty of Literature, Language, and Communications)
- Faculté de science politique et de droit (Faculty of Political Science and law)
- Faculté des sciences (Faculty of Sciences)
- École des sciences de la gestion (School of Management Sciences)
- Faculté des sciences humaines (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Schools and institutes
- École supérieure de mode de Montréal (Montreal Graduate School of Fashion Design)
- Institut de recherches et d'études féministes (Institute of Feminist Studies)
- Institut des sciences cognitives (Institute of Cognitive Sciences)
- Institut des sciences de l'environnement (Institute of Environmental Sciences)
- Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (Montreal Institute of International Studies)
- Institut Santé et société (Health and Society Institute)
The University is represented in
Canadian Interuniversity SportCanadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
by the
UQAM CitadinsThe UQAM Citadins are the athletic teams that represent the Université du Québec à Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-External links:*...
.
Distance and online learning
UQAM has a distance learning component called
Télé-universitéTélé-université is a component of the Université du Québec à Montréal. Sometimes abbreviated to Téluq, it became a component of UQAM in June 2005.-Programs:...
(Teluq) offering courses and degrees in
computer scienceComputer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems. It is frequently described as the systematic study of algorithmic processes that create, describe and transform...
,
educationEducation in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual...
,
communication Communication is a process of transferring information from one entity to another. Communication processes are sign-mediated interactions between at least two agents which share a repertoire of signs and semiotic rules. Communication is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of...
,
environmental scienceEnvironmental science is an interdisciplinary field that involves both the physical sciences and the social sciences . It encompasses the surrounding conditions that affect man and other organisms...
, and
managementManagement in all business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading, directing, facilitating and controlling or manipulating an organization or effort for...
. University of Québec has improved geographical accessibility through multiple campuses spread throughout the province and by offering distance education by Télé-Université.
Notable academics
- Louise Beaudoin
Louise Beaudoin is a Canadian politician.-Biography:Beaudoin earned a master's degree in history from Université Laval and a master's degree in sociology at the Sorbonne....
, former Quebec minister of international relations
- Pierre Bourgault
Pierre Bourgault was a politician and essayist as well as an actor and journalist from Quebec, Canada. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated sovereignty for Quebec from Canada.- Profile :...
, former leader of the RINThe Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale was a political organization dedicated to the promotion of Quebec national independence from Canada.-History:...
party and Quebec independence activist
- Yvan Conoir, programme Coordinator for the E-Learning for Peacekeepers (ELP) UNITAR
The acronym UNITAR may refer to:* the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.* Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, an institution of tertiary education in Malaysia.In music:*The unitar, a one stringed guitar...
- Charles-Philippe David, political scientist (Holder Raul-Dandurand Chair)
- Pierre Dansereau
Pierre Dansereau, CC, GOQ, FRSC is a Canadian ecologist known as one of the "fathers of ecology".Born in Outremont, Quebec , he received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1936 and a PH.d. in Science in 1939 from the University of Geneva. From 1939 until 1942 he worked at the Montreal...
, pioneer of ecology
- Michel Freitag, Sociologist
- Stevan Harnad
thumb|right|Professor Stevan HarnadProfessor Stevan Harnad is a cognitive scientist.He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He did his undergraduate work at McGill University and his graduate work at Princeton University's Department of Psychology...
, Open Access activist
- Bernard Landry
Bernard Landry, GOQ is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician, who served as Premier of Quebec, Canada, , leader of the Opposition and leader of the Parti Québécois .-Personal:...
, former Quebec premier
- Léo-Paul Lauzon, left-wing activist and former NDP candidate
- Gérald Larose
Gérald Larose is a Quebec activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union...
, union leader
- Peter Leuprecht, Director of the "Institut d'études internationales de Montréal", United Nations Special Representative on Human Rights in Cambodia, Director of Human Rights (Council of Europe) 1980-1993,
- Jacques Lévesque, political scientist
- Gilbert Paquette
Gilbert Paquette is a researcher at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le téléapprentissage , which he founded in 1992, and a Quebec politician...
, former Quebec minister of science and technology
- Régine Robin
Régine Robin is a novelist, writer, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the sociological practice of literature, have earned a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award in 1986...
, well-known novelist
- Yves Séguin
Yves Séguin is a former Canadian politician in Quebec.He was first elected as the Quebec Liberal Party member for Montmorency in 1985. He was the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Revenue from 1985 to 1987. He was then made the Minister of Revenue himself in 1987. He was also made the...
, former Quebec minister of finance
- Léa Pool
Léa Pool moved to Quebec in 1978. She is a filmmaker who has also taught film at the Université du Québec à Montréal.- Selected filmography :* À corps perdu * The Blue Butterfly * Lost and Delirious...
, filmmaker
- Jovette Marchessault, writer
- Nancy Desjardins, writer
- Michel Cartier, communication
Communication is a process of transferring information from one entity to another. Communication processes are sign-mediated interactions between at least two agents which share a repertoire of signs and semiotic rules. Communication is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of...
expert
Reputation
- Charles-Rousseau competition in international law. Third victory in a row (2007)
- School of business is ranked 6th in Canada by EFMD-EQUIS
Finances
A commissioned report by
PricewaterhouseCoopersPricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the world's largest professional services firms. It was formed in 1998 from a merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, both formed in London....
has called for cost-cutting measures at UQAM to help the university out of a financial crisis, brought on by $100 million in construction cost overruns for its sciences centre and costs for Îlot Voyageur, which soared from $226 million to more than $400 million when the Quebec government pulled out of the project, citing unauthorized design changes. The Quebec government has said that unless UQÀM cuts costs, the university's total project-related debt could be $500 million by 2012
See also
- List of universities in Quebec
- Education in Montreal
- Higher education in Quebec
Higher education in Quebec differs from the education system in other provinces in Canada. Instead of entering university or college directly from high school, Quebec students leave secondary school at Grade 11 and enter post-secondary studies at the collegiate level in institutions called...
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
- Canadian government scientific research organizations
Expenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006...
- Canadian university scientific research organizations
Expenditures by Canadian universities on scientific research and development accounted for about 40% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2006....
- Canadian industrial research and development organizations
Expenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007....
Further reading
- Ferretti, Lucia. L'Université en réseau: les 25 ans de l'Université du Québec. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1994.
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