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Université de Montréal
A renowned university
Founded in 1878, the
Université de Montréal, with its two affiliated schools, the École
Polytechnique and the HEC Montréal, is now the largest university in Quebec and
the second largest in Canada. With over 55,000 students from around the world
and some 10,000 employees, the Université de Montréal awards close to 10,000
diplomas at every university level. Deeply rooted in Montreal and dedicated to
its international mission, the Université de Montréal is one of the top
universities in the French-speaking world.
An ideal
location
Situated on the northern slope of Mount Royal, the Université de
Montréal boasts an exceptional natural setting. Combining green space and
modern architecture, the campus is steeped in the great tradition of North
American universities. With over 30 buildings, some of which are connected by an
underground network, the campus is dominated by the majestic Art-Deco tower of
the Roger Gaudry Building-a distinctive feature of Montreal's unique silhouette.
CĂ´te des Neiges, one of the city's most cosmopolitan and vibrant districts,
offers the university community a wide range of shops and services, including a
cultural centre, bookstores, boutiques, restaurants and cafes.
A
variety of innovative programs
With its 13 faculties and 80 departments and
schools, the Université de Montréal offers programs in almost all academic
fields. UdeM is the only Quebec university that teaches the full range of
disciplines in health sciences, boasts the province's only faculty of veterinary
medicine and houses one of Canada's largest faculty of arts and sciences.
Whether you have a passion for international politics, cyberspace law, Asian
social history or nanotechnologies, you'll find a department that best suits
your needs. Flexible and varied, our programs include many bi-disciplinary
bachelor degrees; this would give you access to master's programs in two
disciplines, such as communications and politics, or physics and information
technology.
A leader in research
The Université de Montréal is
one of Canada's major research centres. With its two affiliated schools-the
École Polytechnique and the HEC Montréal-and its network of affiliated
hospitals, it brings together 2,300 professors and researchers from all the
fundamental disciplines, some 300 research units, and one of Canada's largest
student bodies at the master's and doctoral levels. The University earmarks
close to $400 million for basic and applied research each year, making it
Canada's second most active university in the field. At UdeM, students launch
into a unique scientific adventure, working alongside internationally renowned
specialists and participating in exciting new
breakthroughs.
Libraries network
Some two and a half million
books, two million audiovisual documents, 45,000 periodicals and 450 computer
stations make up the Université de Montréal's library resources available to
users throughout the campus. UdeM's 18 libraries, which are all specialized as
well as complimentary to one another, are linked by Atrium, a computerized
catalogue that helps students quickly locate documents and avoid needless
running around. The arts and humanities library located in the Samuel Bronfman
Building is UdeM's largest library in terms of the number of publications and
users, and houses the University's well-conserved rare books and equally rich
collection of archives.
Sophisticated technological infrastructure
The Université de Montréal has a large technological infrastructure to
support its teaching and research missions. In addition to its high-tech
multimedia rooms, UdeM's computer resources include over 1,200 work stations
especially reserved for educational activities. The University also offers
state-of-the-art multimedia rooms.
Physical education
The
Université de Montréal boasts one of Quebec's largest sports complexes. Open
to the university community and the general public, CEPSUM offers users of all
ages an impressive sports facility: indoor pool and rink, training room,
racquetball courts, gyms, indoor track, stadium and outdoor field. Each season
offers members and non-members a full range of activities for adults and
children alike: swimming, gymnastics, aerobics, team sports and more. CEPSUM is
also proud of its outstanding sports teams, the Carabins It's pretty much
everything you need to get into shape for exam period!
A thriving
musical hub
For musicians and music lovers alike, UdeM is tuned in to
Montreal's music scene. It has one of Canada's most vibrant faculties of music
and organizes over 500 public events which attract over 100,000 people each
year. The Faculty's talented professors and students play in a variety of
musical genres, from the Baroque period to contemporary composers; jazz,
calypso, opera and Gregorian chant can all be heard through the faculty's halls.
One of Quebec's only true concert halls dedicated exclusively to musical
performance, the Salle Claude-Champagne also serves as a creative piazza for
various musical groups, including the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Atelier de
musique contemporaine.
An international community
With over 5,000
foreign students enrolled last year, UdeM is considered one of Canada's most
cosmopolitan universities. Its foreign student office (Bureau des Ă©tudiants
internationaux) provides guidance and information to foreign students, while
English-speaking students from other Canadian provinces receive help and advice
from the coordinator of the Anglophone Student Support Program. UdeM students
who wish to complete their education abroad can obtain information at the Maison
internationale on our many exchange programs with universities around the
world.
Brief history
The Université de Montréal first opened its
doors on January 6th, 1878. At the time, less than a hundred students were
admitted to three faculties-theology, law and medicine-in various locations
around the city. In 1895, new premises were acquired on Saint Denis St., in the
heart of the Latin Quarter, and all of its faculties were moved to one location.
Formerly a branch of the Université Laval de Québec, the Université
de Montréal officially became a self-governing and independent institution on
May 8th, 1919. With its affiliated schools (the École Polytechnique, founded in
1873 and affiliated in 1887, and the École des Hautes Études Commerciales,
founded in 1907 and affiliated in 1915), it became for Montreal a prestigious
and much-awaited Francophone university.
After a fire destroyed the
facilities on Saint Denis St., Ernest Cormier was commissioned to design the
plans for a new campus on the north side of Mount Royal. In 1926, he unveiled
the result of all his hard work-a modern institution in the Art Deco style
characterized by simplicity of form.
The University was hit hard by the
Depression of the 1930s. Construction halted for a decade, and the University
almost closed is doors. It survived this dark period, however, and in 1943 the
Université de Montréal inaugurated its new campus, 15 years after construction
had first began.
In 1965, during the Quiet Revolution, the appointment
of Roger Gaudry, the first secular rector, paved the way for modernization and
the University took a decisive step in higher education and research. During the
1980s, the Université de Montréal carved out a place for itself on the
international stage and became one of the world's top institutions of higher
learning.
In 2002, the University embarked on its largest construction
projects since the late '60s. Financed by public and private fundraising, the
project involves the construction of five ultra-modern buildings for advanced
research and teaching in the fields of pharmacology, engineering, aerospace,
cancer research and biotechnology. Once this ambitious project is completed, the
University will be poised to rise to the challenges facing the world of
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