Université de Montréal
Encyclopedia
The Université de Montréal (UdeM) is a public francophone
research university in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique
(School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal
(School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.
The university has Quebec
's largest sponsored research income and the fourth largest in Canada
, allocating close to $
447.2 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres as of 2007. It is also part of the U15 universities. More than 55,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs, making it the second largest university in Canada in terms of student enrollment.
in Quebec City
founded a new branch in Montréal in 1878, which became known as the Université de Laval à Montréal. This initially went against the wishes of Montréal's prelate
, who advocated an independent university in his city.
Certain parts of the institution's educational facilities, such as those of the Séminaire de Québec, had already been established in Montréal as early as 1876.
The Vatican
granted the university some administrative autonomy in 1889, thus allowing it to choose its own professors and license its own diplomas. However it was not until May 8, 1919 that a papal charter from Pope Benedict XV
granted full autonomy to the university.
It thus became an independent Catholic university and adopted Université de Montréal as its name. Laval composed by Wilfrid Beaudry was dedicated to the students at Laval University and the Université de Montréal. The music for piano was published in Québec by J. Beaudry, circa 1906.
At the time of its creation, less than a hundred students were admitted to the university's three faculties, which at that time were located in Old Montreal. These were the faculty of theology (located at the Grand séminaire de Montréal
), the faculty of law (hosted by the Society of Saint-Sulpice
) and the faculty of medicine (at the Château Ramezay
).
Graduate training
based on German-inspired American models of specialized course work and completion of a research thesis was introduced and adopted.
Most of Québec's secondary education
establishments employed classic course methods of varying quality. This forced the university to open a preparatory school
in 1887 to harmonize the education level of its students. Named the "Faculty of Arts", this school would remain in use until 1972 and was the predecessor of Québec's current CEGEP
system.
The second provincial charter was passed in 1950.
The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s (following the Quiet Revolution
) was a response to popular pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals as well as society.
The third provincial charter, which was passed in 1967, defined the Université de Montréal as a public institution, dedicated to higher learning and research, in the administration of which students and teachers would have the right to participate.
From 1876 to 1895, most university classes took place in the Grand séminaire de Montréal
. From 1895 to 1942, it was housed in a building at the intersection of Saint-Denis
and Sainte-Catherine
streets in Montreal's eastern downtown Quartier Latin.
Unlike English language universities in Montréal, such as McGill University
, the university suffered a lack of funding for two major reasons: the relative poverty of the French Canadian
population and the complications ensuing from its remote management from Quebec City
. The downtown campus was hit by three different fires between 1919 and 1921, further complicating the university's already precarious finances and forcing it to spend much of its resources on repairing its own infrastructure.
By 1930, enough funds had been accumulated to start the construction of a new campus on the north west slope of Mount Royal
, adopting new plans designed by Ernest Cormier
. However, the financial crisis of the 1930s
virtually suspended all ongoing construction.
Many speculated that the university would have to sell off its unfinished building projects in order to ensure its own survival. Not before 1939 did the provincial government
directly intervene by injecting public funds.
Campus construction subsequently resumed and the mountain campus was officially inaugurated on June 3, 1943.
The university's former downtown facilities would later serve Montreal's second francophone university, the Université du Québec à Montréal
(UQAM).
by providing laboratory accommodations on its campus. Scientists there worked to develop a nuclear reactor, notably by conducting various heavy water
experiments. The research was part of the larger Manhattan Project
, which aimed to develop the first atomic bomb. Scientists here managed to produce the first atomic battery
to work outside of the United States
. One of the participating Québécois
scientists, Pierre Demers, also discovered a series of radioactive elements issued from Neptunium
.
Two distinct schools eventually became affiliated to the university. The first was the École Polytechnique
, a school of engineering, which was founded in 1873 and became affiliated in 1887. The second was the École des Hautes Études Commerciales
, or HEC, which was founded in 1907 and became part of the university in 1915.
The first francophone school of architecture in Canada opened in 1907 at the École Polytechnique.
Between 1920 and 1925, seven new faculties were added to the initial three: Philosophy, Literature, Sciences, Veterinary medicine, Dental surgery, Pharmacy and Social sciences.
Notably, the Faculty of Social sciences was founded in 1920 by Édouard Montpetit
, the first laic
to lead a faculty. He thereafter fulfilled the role of secretary-general until 1950.
In 1965, the appointment of the university's first secular rector, Roger Gaudry
, paved the way for modernization. The university established the first adult education degree program offered by a French Canadian
university in 1968.
An important event that marked the university's history was the École Polytechnique massacre
. On December 6, 1989, a gunman armed with an automatic rifle entered the École Polytechnique building, killing 14 people, all of whom were women, before taking his own life.
Since 2002, the university has embarked on its largest construction projects since the late 1960s, with five new modern buildings planned for advanced research in pharmacology, engineering, aerospace, cancer studies and biotechnology.
The university's main campus is located on the northern slope of Mont-Royal in the Outremont
and Côte-des-Neiges
boroughs. Its landmark Pavilion
Roger-Gaudry
, which was designed by the noted architect Ernest Cormier
, can be seen from around the campus and is known for its imposing tower. It is built mainly in the Art Deco
style, with some elements of International style
.
The campus is served by the Côte-des-Neiges
, Université-de-Montreal
, and Édouard-Montpetit
metro
stations.
Apart from its main Mont-Royal campus, the university also maintains four regional facilities in Lanaudière
, Laval
, Longueuil
, Québec
and Mauricie
. The campus in Laval, just north of Montréal, was opened in 2006. It is Laval's first university campus, and is located in the area near the Montmorency
metro station. In October 2009, the university announced an expansion to its Laval satellite campus with the commissioning of its six-storey Cité du Savoir complex. In order to solve the problem of lack of space on its main campus, the university is also planning to open a new campus in Outremont
.
The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
are the two teaching hospital networks of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Hôpital Sacré-Coeur and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.
s.
The campus offers various student-run newspapers, the largest being Quartier Libre, a member of the Canadian University Press
(CUP). The campus also has its own student-run radio station, CISM-FM
.
The Université de Montréal officially recognized one fraternity on the campus: Sigma Thêta Pi
.
18th Annual Ranking issue, which ranks Canadian universities only. The Medical Doctoral category ranks universities that have a broad range of Ph.D. programs and research, as well as medical schools. Furthermore, since Maclean's began ranking Canadian law schools in 2007, it has placed Universite de Montréal's law school first overall civil law
school for the second year in a row. Meanwhile, the Gourman Ranking of Canadian Universities ranked Universite de Montréal 12th (over 60 universities in Canada) in its 1998 report on undergraduate programs.
ranked the university 137th in the world (and sixth in Canada), dropping back 29 places from its position of 107th in the THE-QS World University Rankings. The same research ranked Université de Montréal 81st in the world for arts and humanities, 83rd for life sciences
, 86 for social sciences
, 117 for engineering and technology, and 128 for natural sciences. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities
2011, Université de Montréal ranked 5th to 6th in Canada and 102nd to 150st in the world. The Global University Ranking 2009 placed Université de Montréal 72-73rd in the world and 3rd in Canada. The Newsweek
Top 100 Global Universities ranking does not include Universite de Montréal as one of the top 100 universities in the world. In 2009, Forbes
ranked Université de Montréal's business school, HEC Montréal
, 10th in the world among non-U.S. universities for its one-year MBA program. Université de Montréal ranked 1st in Canada in the one-year MBA program category.
by the Carabins. The Carabins, whose origins date back to 1922, currently rank among the top 10 university teams in Canada. The organization has over 350 student athletes organized in 17 different teams and 10 disciplines: badminton, football
, golf, swimming, alpine skiing, soccer, tennis, hockey, cheerleading and volleyball. Following the establishment of a Club of Governors in June 2002, the Carabins are now partly financed through private funds. Initially led by Formula One
Grand Prix president Normand Legault, the Club is composed of various business personalities and is currently headed by Rona
CEO Robert Dutton.
On January 31, 2008, the Carabins announced the creation of its first female hockey team, which after training and preparation should officially start competing by fall 2009.
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
research university in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique
École Polytechnique de Montréal
The École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...
(School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal
HEC Montréal
HEC Montréal , is the independent affiliated business school of the Université de Montréal, and the oldest management School in Canada. It holds accreditations from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one of three schools in North America to hold triple accreditation in management education...
(School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.
The university has Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
's largest sponsored research income and the fourth largest in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, allocating close to $
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
447.2 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres as of 2007. It is also part of the U15 universities. More than 55,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs, making it the second largest university in Canada in terms of student enrollment.
Early years
As an institution, the university was first founded when the Université LavalUniversité Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City 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 Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
founded a new branch in Montréal in 1878, which became known as the Université de Laval à Montréal. This initially went against the wishes of Montréal's prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
, who advocated an independent university in his city.
Certain parts of the institution's educational facilities, such as those of the Séminaire de Québec, had already been established in Montréal as early as 1876.
The Vatican
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
granted the university some administrative autonomy in 1889, thus allowing it to choose its own professors and license its own diplomas. However it was not until May 8, 1919 that a papal charter from Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV , born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope from 3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922...
granted full autonomy to the university.
It thus became an independent Catholic university and adopted Université de Montréal as its name. Laval composed by Wilfrid Beaudry was dedicated to the students at Laval University and the Université de Montréal. The music for piano was published in Québec by J. Beaudry, circa 1906.
At the time of its creation, less than a hundred students were admitted to the university's three faculties, which at that time were located in Old Montreal. These were the faculty of theology (located at the Grand séminaire de Montréal
Grand séminaire de Montréal
The Grand séminaire de Montréal is the sacerdotal school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal. The institution was founded by the sulpicians in 1840 on the demands of Ignace Bourget. A branch of Université Laval's faculty of theology was installed in the seminar in 1878...
), the faculty of law (hosted by the Society of Saint-Sulpice
Society of Saint-Sulpice
The Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...
) and the faculty of medicine (at the Château Ramezay
Château Ramezay
The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall.Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the...
).
Graduate training
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
based on German-inspired American models of specialized course work and completion of a research thesis was introduced and adopted.
Most of Québec's secondary education
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
establishments employed classic course methods of varying quality. This forced the university to open a preparatory school
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
in 1887 to harmonize the education level of its students. Named the "Faculty of Arts", this school would remain in use until 1972 and was the predecessor of Québec's current CEGEP
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
system.
Founding by provincial charter
Although a branch of Laval University was planned as Montreal's first French-language university, it was not until February 14, 1920, that the first provincial charter founding the university was passed.The second provincial charter was passed in 1950.
The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s (following the Quiet Revolution
Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was the 1960s period of intense change in Quebec, Canada, characterized by the rapid and effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state and a re-alignment of politics into federalist and separatist factions...
) was a response to popular pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals as well as society.
The third provincial charter, which was passed in 1967, defined the Université de Montréal as a public institution, dedicated to higher learning and research, in the administration of which students and teachers would have the right to participate.
Campus relocation
Grand séminaire de Montréal
The Grand séminaire de Montréal is the sacerdotal school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal. The institution was founded by the sulpicians in 1840 on the demands of Ignace Bourget. A branch of Université Laval's faculty of theology was installed in the seminar in 1878...
. From 1895 to 1942, it was housed in a building at the intersection of Saint-Denis
Rue Saint-Denis
Rue Saint-Denis may refer to:*Rue Saint-Denis , Montreal*Rue Saint-Denis , Paris...
and Sainte-Catherine
Rue Sainte-Catherine
Streets named the Rue Sainte-Catherine, French for Saint Catherine Street, are found in the following cities:*Rue Sainte-Catherine *Rue Sainte-Catherine, Lyon*Rue Sainte-Catherine...
streets in Montreal's eastern downtown Quartier Latin.
Unlike English language universities in Montréal, such as McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, the university suffered a lack of funding for two major reasons: the relative poverty of the French Canadian
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
population and the complications ensuing from its remote management from Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City 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 Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. The downtown campus was hit by three different fires between 1919 and 1921, further complicating the university's already precarious finances and forcing it to spend much of its resources on repairing its own infrastructure.
By 1930, enough funds had been accumulated to start the construction of a new campus on the north west slope of Mount Royal
Mount Royal
Mount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
, adopting new plans designed by Ernest Cormier
Ernest Cormier
thumb|Église Sainte-Marguerite-Marie-Alacoque, Montréal, thumb|Église Saint-Ambroise, Montréal, Ernest Cormier, OC was a Canadian engineer and architect who spent much of his career in the Montreal area, erecting notable examples of Art Deco architecture.-Life and career:He was born in Montreal,...
. However, the financial crisis of the 1930s
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
virtually suspended all ongoing construction.
Many speculated that the university would have to sell off its unfinished building projects in order to ensure its own survival. Not before 1939 did the provincial government
Politics of Quebec
The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside.The...
directly intervene by injecting public funds.
Campus construction subsequently resumed and the mountain campus was officially inaugurated on June 3, 1943.
The university's former downtown facilities would later serve Montreal's second francophone university, the Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
(UQAM).
Nuclear research
In 1943, the university assisted the Western AlliesWestern Allies
The Western Allies were a political and geographic grouping among the Allied Powers of the Second World War. It generally includes the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth, the United States, France and various other European and Latin American countries, but excludes China, the Soviet Union,...
by providing laboratory accommodations on its campus. Scientists there worked to develop a nuclear reactor, notably by conducting various heavy water
Heavy water
Heavy water is water highly enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium; e.g., heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction...
experiments. The research was part of the larger Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
, which aimed to develop the first atomic bomb. Scientists here managed to produce the first atomic battery
Atomic battery
The terms atomic battery, nuclear battery, tritium battery and radioisotope generator are used to describe a device which uses the emissions from a radioactive isotope to generate electricity. Like nuclear reactors they generate electricity from atomic energy, but differ in that they do not use a...
to work outside of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. One of the participating Québécois
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
scientists, Pierre Demers, also discovered a series of radioactive elements issued from Neptunium
Neptunium
Neptunium is a chemical element with the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A radioactive metal, neptunium is the first transuranic element and belongs to the actinide series. Its most stable isotope, 237Np, is a by-product of nuclear reactors and plutonium production and it can be used as a...
.
Growth and expansion
École Polytechnique de Montréal
The École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...
, a school of engineering, which was founded in 1873 and became affiliated in 1887. The second was the École des Hautes Études Commerciales
HEC Montréal
HEC Montréal , is the independent affiliated business school of the Université de Montréal, and the oldest management School in Canada. It holds accreditations from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one of three schools in North America to hold triple accreditation in management education...
, or HEC, which was founded in 1907 and became part of the university in 1915.
The first francophone school of architecture in Canada opened in 1907 at the École Polytechnique.
Between 1920 and 1925, seven new faculties were added to the initial three: Philosophy, Literature, Sciences, Veterinary medicine, Dental surgery, Pharmacy and Social sciences.
Notably, the Faculty of Social sciences was founded in 1920 by Édouard Montpetit
Édouard Montpetit
-Biography:Called to the bar in 1904, Montpetit worked as a lawyer and taught political economy before he obtained a scholarship in 1907, which made him the first holder of such a scholarship to be officially sent by the province of Quebec to Paris. In Paris he studied political and social science,...
, the first laic
Laïcité
French secularism, in French, laïcité is a concept denoting the absence of religious involvement in government affairs as well as absence of government involvement in religious affairs. French secularism has a long history but the current regime is based on the 1905 French law on the Separation of...
to lead a faculty. He thereafter fulfilled the role of secretary-general until 1950.
In 1965, the appointment of the university's first secular rector, Roger Gaudry
Roger Gaudry
Roger Gaudry, was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and former rector of the Université de Montréal....
, paved the way for modernization. The university established the first adult education degree program offered by a French Canadian
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
university in 1968.
An important event that marked the university's history was the École Polytechnique massacre
École Polytechnique massacre
The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, was a hate crime perpetrated on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five-year-old Gamil Rodrigue Liass Gharbi, who had changed his name to Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained...
. On December 6, 1989, a gunman armed with an automatic rifle entered the École Polytechnique building, killing 14 people, all of whom were women, before taking his own life.
Since 2002, the university has embarked on its largest construction projects since the late 1960s, with five new modern buildings planned for advanced research in pharmacology, engineering, aerospace, cancer studies and biotechnology.
Campus
Outremont (borough)
Outremont is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada...
and Côte-des-Neiges
Côte-des-Neiges
Côte-des-Neiges is a working class neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, situated at the geographic center of the Island of Montreal on the western slope of Mount Royal. The neighbourhood is part of the borough Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
boroughs. Its landmark Pavilion
Pavilion (structure)
In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...
Roger-Gaudry
Roger Gaudry
Roger Gaudry, was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and former rector of the Université de Montréal....
, which was designed by the noted architect Ernest Cormier
Ernest Cormier
thumb|Église Sainte-Marguerite-Marie-Alacoque, Montréal, thumb|Église Saint-Ambroise, Montréal, Ernest Cormier, OC was a Canadian engineer and architect who spent much of his career in the Montreal area, erecting notable examples of Art Deco architecture.-Life and career:He was born in Montreal,...
, can be seen from around the campus and is known for its imposing tower. It is built mainly in the Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
style, with some elements of International style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
.
The campus is served by the Côte-des-Neiges
Côte-des-Neiges (Montreal Metro)
Côte-des-Neiges is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada .- Overview : It is a normal side...
, Université-de-Montreal
Université-de-Montréal (Montreal Metro)
Université-de-Montréal is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce of Montreal, Quebec, Canada .- Overview :It is a normal...
, and Édouard-Montpetit
Édouard-Montpetit (Montreal Metro)
Édouard-Montpetit is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal...
metro
Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
stations.
Apart from its main Mont-Royal campus, the university also maintains four regional facilities in Lanaudière
Lanaudière
Lanaudière is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population of 429,053 inhabitants.-Geography:...
, Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
, Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
, Québec
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City 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 Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
and Mauricie
Mauricie
Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents...
. The campus in Laval, just north of Montréal, was opened in 2006. It is Laval's first university campus, and is located in the area near the Montmorency
Montmorency (Montreal Metro)
Montmorency is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides area of Laval, Quebec, Canada . The station is part of an extension to the line to Laval and opened on April 28, 2007,...
metro station. In October 2009, the university announced an expansion to its Laval satellite campus with the commissioning of its six-storey Cité du Savoir complex. In order to solve the problem of lack of space on its main campus, the university is also planning to open a new campus in Outremont
Outremont (borough)
Outremont is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada...
.
The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
The Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine is a pediatric university health centre affiliated with the Université de Montréal, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
are the two teaching hospital networks of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Hôpital Sacré-Coeur and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.
Student life
There are various student groups, clubs and associations on the university's campus, the largest of them being the FAÉCUM, a federation of students' unionStudents' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
s.
The campus offers various student-run newspapers, the largest being Quartier Libre, a member of the Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Founded in 1938, CUP is the oldest student newswire service in the world and the oldest national student organization in North America. Many...
(CUP). The campus also has its own student-run radio station, CISM-FM
CISM-FM
CISM-FM is the official radio station of Université de Montréal. It is student-run on a volunteer basis and can be heard in Montreal, Canada, and its outlying regions, or by internet users around the world through live-streaming technology...
.
The Université de Montréal officially recognized one fraternity on the campus: Sigma Thêta Pi
Sigma Thêta Pi
Sigma Thêta Pi , is an international student fraternity based in Quebec and France, which was founded in 2003.-History:In 2003, four students decided to create a fraternity in the French educational system which doesn't possess any....
.
Faculties
- Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Design and Urban Planning. The Faculty of Architecture offers a program in architecture accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board at both the bachelor level (B.Arch.) and the master's level (M.Arch.).
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of LawUniversité de Montréal Faculty of LawThe Faculty of Law at Université de Montréal was officially founded in 1892. It has consistently been in first position in Maclean’s magazine’s Canadian civil law schools rankings, until 2010. In addition to its civil law degree , the Law School offers a one-year J.D...
- Faculty of Continuing Education
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty of Music
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Nursing
- Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
- Department of Kinesiology
- School of Optometry
Affiliated schools
- HEC MontréalHEC MontréalHEC Montréal , is the independent affiliated business school of the Université de Montréal, and the oldest management School in Canada. It holds accreditations from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one of three schools in North America to hold triple accreditation in management education...
(School of Management) - École PolytechniqueÉcole Polytechnique de MontréalThe École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...
(School of Engineering)
Research centres
Several research-dedicated organizations can also be found on the university's campus, such as the Centre for International Studies and the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques.Rankings
National
The Université de Montréal was ranked 13th (among 15 universities) in Canada in the category "Medical Doctoral" in the Maclean'sMaclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
18th Annual Ranking issue, which ranks Canadian universities only. The Medical Doctoral category ranks universities that have a broad range of Ph.D. programs and research, as well as medical schools. Furthermore, since Maclean's began ranking Canadian law schools in 2007, it has placed Universite de Montréal's law school first overall civil law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
school for the second year in a row. Meanwhile, the Gourman Ranking of Canadian Universities ranked Universite de Montréal 12th (over 60 universities in Canada) in its 1998 report on undergraduate programs.
International
International rankings have been comparatively generous to Université de Montréal. However, in 2011 QS World University RankingsQS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
ranked the university 137th in the world (and sixth in Canada), dropping back 29 places from its position of 107th in the THE-QS World University Rankings. The same research ranked Université de Montréal 81st in the world for arts and humanities, 83rd for life sciences
Life sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
, 86 for social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
, 117 for engineering and technology, and 128 for natural sciences. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...
2011, Université de Montréal ranked 5th to 6th in Canada and 102nd to 150st in the world. The Global University Ranking 2009 placed Université de Montréal 72-73rd in the world and 3rd in Canada. The Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 100 Global Universities ranking does not include Universite de Montréal as one of the top 100 universities in the world. In 2009, Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
ranked Université de Montréal's business school, HEC Montréal
HEC Montréal
HEC Montréal , is the independent affiliated business school of the Université de Montréal, and the oldest management School in Canada. It holds accreditations from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one of three schools in North America to hold triple accreditation in management education...
, 10th in the world among non-U.S. universities for its one-year MBA program. Université de Montréal ranked 1st in Canada in the one-year MBA program category.
Athletics
The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity SportCanadian 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...
by the Carabins. The Carabins, whose origins date back to 1922, currently rank among the top 10 university teams in Canada. The organization has over 350 student athletes organized in 17 different teams and 10 disciplines: badminton, football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, golf, swimming, alpine skiing, soccer, tennis, hockey, cheerleading and volleyball. Following the establishment of a Club of Governors in June 2002, the Carabins are now partly financed through private funds. Initially led by Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
Grand Prix president Normand Legault, the Club is composed of various business personalities and is currently headed by Rona
Rona (company)
Rona Inc. is a Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, home improvement and gardening products. Rona was founded in 1939. Rona operates a network of some 700 stores and is the leading distributor and retailer in its market with approximately 51,594 employees. The Rona network represents...
CEO Robert Dutton.
On January 31, 2008, the Carabins announced the creation of its first female hockey team, which after training and preparation should officially start competing by fall 2009.
Noted faculty
- Stéphane DionStéphane DionStéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...
, former professor of political science, leader of the Liberal Party of CanadaLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
(2006–2008). - Hubert LacroixHubert LacroixHubert T. Lacroix is a Canadian lawyer and the President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the national public radio and television broadcaster....
, associate professor with Faculty of Law - James R. TaylorJames R. TaylorJames Renwick Taylor is Professor Emeritus at the of the Université de Montréal, which he founded in the early 1970s.Drawing from research in fields such as organizational psychology James Renwick Taylor (born in 1928) is Professor Emeritus at the of the Université de Montréal, which he founded...
, professor emeritus at the department of communication. - Michel SeymourMichel SeymourMichel Seymour is a Québécois philosopher and professor at the Université de Montréal, where he has been teaching analytical philosophy since 1990.-Biography:After hhhhhhaving obtained a Ph.D...
, professor of philosophy. - Dale C. ThomsonDale C. ThomsonDale Cairns Thomson Ph.D. DFC was a professor and departmental director at the Université de Montréal, professor and Vice-Principal of McGill University and a professor of international relations and Director of the Center of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced...
, DFCDistinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against...
, professor and departmental director. Also professor and Vice-Principal of McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
and a professor of international relations and Director of the Center of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University'sJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
School of Advanced International StudiesPaul H. Nitze School of Advanced International StudiesThe Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies , a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's leading and most prestigious graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and...
in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
and the authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of several important historical works. - Jean-Daniel LafondJean-Daniel LafondJean-Daniel Lafond CC is a French-born Canadian filmmaker, and the husband to the former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, making him the Viceregal Consort of Canada during her service.-Biography:...
, former professor and former Viceregal consort of CanadaViceregal consort of CanadaThe viceregal consort of Canada is the spouse of the serving governor general of Canada, assisting the viceroy with ceremonial and charitable work, accompanying him or her to official state occasions, and occasionally undertaking philanthropic work of their own...
. - Igor Melchuk, former professor of linguistics and translation.
- Jocelyn FaubertJocelyn FaubertProf. Jocelyn Faubert is a psychophysicist best known for his work in the fields of visual perception, vision of the elderly, and neuropsychology. Professor Faubert holds the NSERC-Essilor Industrial Research Chair in Visual Perception and Presbyopia. He is the director of the Laboratory of...
, Director of the Visual Perception and psychophysics laboratory at the School of Optometry.
Noted alumni
An Order of Merit is appointed to particularly successful alumni on annual basis.- Modjtaba SadriaModjtaba SadriaModjtaba Sadria is an Iranian-born philosopher and socio-cultural theorist. Professor Sadria is a specialist in cross-cultural relations and East Asian studies...
, Philosopher, Honorary Professor of Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society in Monash University, Australia - Ishfaq AhmadIshfaq AhmadIshfaq Ahmad , D.Sc., Minister of State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, and well-known educationist and academic from Pakistan...
, nuclear physicist and pioneer of Pakistani nuclear program - Stéphanie Allard-GomezStéphanie Allard-GomezStéphanie Allard-Gomez is a current Canadian diplomat. She is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to El Salvador since July 13, 2006. She graduated from the University of Montreal in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and has become a career diplomat for Canada.-External links:* *...
, diplomat - Carlos Alvarado-LarroucauCarlos Alvarado-LarroucauCarlos Alvarado-Larroucau is a novelist, poet and essayist, born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina in 1964. After he completed his secondary education in the province of Tucumán, he settled in Buenos Aires, where he studied Languages, Philosophy and Law...
, francophone author, poetry, novel, essay. - Louise ArbourLouise ArbourLouise Arbour, is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda...
, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1999–2004), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004–2008) - Denys ArcandDenys ArcandGeorges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...
, filmmaker - Michel BastaracheMichel BastaracheJ. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada....
, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1997–2008) - Josephat T. BenoitJosephat T. BenoitJosephat T. Benoit was the 41st mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire from 1944 to 1961. A New Deal Democrat, he held that office for a record nine consecutive terms.-Early life and career:...
, nine-term Mayor of Manchester, New HampshireManchester, New HampshireManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which... - Jean-Jacques BertrandJean-Jacques BertrandJean-Jacques Bertrand was the 21st Premier of Quebec, Canada, from October 2, 1968 to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party.-Member of the legislature:...
, Premier of Québec (1968–1970) - André BoisclairAndré BoisclairAndré Boisclair is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and separatist party in Quebec....
, leader of the Parti Québécois (2005–2007) - Robert BourassaRobert BourassaJean-Robert Bourassa, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.-Early...
, Premier of Québec (1970–1976, 1985–1994) - Louis R. ChênevertLouis R. ChênevertLouis R. Chênevert is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation. He was elected to be UTC's CEO in succession of George David and has assumed that role effective April 9, 2008...
, CEOChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of United Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in the United Technologies Building in Hartford, Connecticut... - Marie DeschampsMarie DeschampsMarie Deschamps is a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.-Education:She studied law at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1974 and completing a Masters in 1983 at McGill.-Career:...
, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (2002–present) - Maurice DuplessisMaurice DuplessisMaurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre...
, Premier of Québec (1936–1939, 1944–1959) - Dédé FortinDédé FortinAndré "Dédé" Fortin was the leader and singer of the Québecois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.-Early life:...
, singer - Armand FrappierArmand FrappierArmand Frappier, was a physician, microbiologist and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec, Canada....
, physician and microbiologist - Lomer GouinLomer GouinSir Jean Lomer Gouin, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician.-Biography:He was born in Grondines, Quebec and served as 13th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.On May 24, 1888, he married...
, Premier of Québec (1905–1920) - Roger GuilleminRoger GuilleminRoger Charles Louis Guillemin received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.Completing his undergraduate work at the University of Burgundy, Guillemin...
, Nobel Prize Laureate (Medicine, 1977) - Michaëlle JeanMichaëlle JeanMichaëlle Jean is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation, from 2005 to 2010....
, journalist, Governor General of Canada - Daniel Johnson, Jr., Premier of Québec (1994)
- Daniel Johnson, Sr., Premier of Québec (1966–1968)
- Pierre-Marc JohnsonPierre-Marc JohnsonPierre-Marc Johnson, , is a Quebec lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th Premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985.- Early background :...
, Premier of Québec (1985) - Antonio LamerAntonio LamerJoseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Personal life:...
, Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice (1990–2000) - Blanche Lamontagne-BeauregardBlanche Lamontagne-BeauregardBlanche Lamontagne-Beauregard was a Canadian poet, and the first published female poet of the Québec region of Canada. She is also the first woman to have faced literary criticism without using a pseudonym....
, first published female poet in Québec - Bernard LandryBernard LandryBernard Landry, is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician, who served as the 28th Premier of Quebec , leader of the Opposition and leader of the Parti Québécois .-Personal:...
, Premier of Québec (2001–2003) - Georges-Émile LapalmeGeorges-Émile LapalmeGeorges-Émile Lapalme was a politician in Quebec, Canada, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.-Background:...
, leader of the Québec Liberal Party (1950–1958) - Elsie LefebvreElsie LefebvreElsie Lefebvre is a Quebec politician. She was the Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding from 2004 to 2007, and currently serves on Montreal City Council. She is trilingual, speaking French, Spanish and English.-Background:Lefebvre has been involved in politics, with the...
, PM for the Laurier-Dorion county - Isabelle MercierIsabelle MercierIsabelle Mercier is a professional poker player.Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child, but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months...
, professional poker player - Anne MontminyAnne MontminyAnne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...
, competitive diver, lawyer - Jacques ParizeauJacques ParizeauJacques Parizeau, is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.-Early life and career:...
, Premier of Québec (1994–1996) - Pierre-Karl Péladeau, CEO of Québecor
- Hubert ReevesHubert Reeves-External links: *...
, astrophysicist - Paul SauvéPaul SauvéJoseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé was a Quebec lawyer, World War II veteran and politician. He was the first Quebec Premier to be born in the 20th century.-Life:...
, Premier of Québec (1959–1960) - Lucille Teasdale-CortiLucille Teasdale-CortiLucille Teasdale-Corti, was a Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who worked in Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.-Early life in Canada:...
, surgeon and international humanitarian aid worker (1929–1996) - Pierre Eliott TrudeauPierre TrudeauJoseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
, Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979, 1980–1984)
See also
- Canal Savoir
- Education in Montréal
- Fédération des associations étudiantes du campus de l'Université de MontréalFédération des associations étudiantes du campus de l'Université de MontréalThe Fédération des associations étudiantes du campus de l'Université de Montréal is an accredited federation of students' associations on Université de Montréal's campus. It encompasses 85 different students' associations and represents a total of 37,500 members. Its objective is to promote and...
- List of Québec universities
- List of universities with accredited dietetic programs
- Higher education in QuébecHigher education in QuebecHigher education in Quebec differs from the education system of other provinces in Canada. Instead of entering university or college directly from high school, students in Quebec leave secondary school after Grade 11 , and enter post-secondary studies at the collegiate level, either in CEGEPs...
- Canadian Interuniversity SportCanadian 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...
- Canadian government scientific research organizationsCanadian government scientific research organizationsExpenditures 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 organizationsCanadian university scientific research organizationsExpenditures 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 organizationsCanadian industrial research and development organizationsExpenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007....
- Centre for International Studies
- Poly-WorldPoly-WorldPoly-World - is a student committee based in a French-Canadian engineering school, École Polytechnique de Montréal, in Montreal ....
Further reading
- Bizier, Hélène-Andrée. 1993. L'Université de Montréal: la quête du savoir. Montréal: Libre expression. 311 pp. ISBN 2891115228 http://openlibrary.org/b/OL14721366M