Université de Montréal

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Université de Montréal
Motto:	Fide splendet et scientia (Latin: "It shines by faith and knowledge")
Established:	1878
Type:	Public
Endowment:	$89.5 million [1]
Rector:	Luc Vinet
Undergraduates:	41,055
Postgraduates:	14,485
Location:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Campus:	Urban, park, 0.6 km² (150 acres)
Sport Teams:	Carabins
Nickname:	Carabins
Mascot:	Carabin
Affiliations:	AUCC, IAU, AUFC, ACU, CIS, QSSF
Website:	http://www.umontreal.ca

The Université de Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The other three are Concordia (English), McGill (English) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (French).

Contents 1 Overview 2 Buildings and facilities 3 History 4 Sport 5 Rankings 6 List of faculties 7 List of schools 8 Noted faculty 9 Noted alumni 10 See also 11 References 12 External links 13 Affiliated research centers

[edit] Overview

The university comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: École Polytechnique (School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal (School of Management). Université de Montréal offers more than 650 undergraduate programs and graduate programs, including 71 doctoral programs. It is Quebec's largest research institution and one of the largest in Canada, allocating close to $394 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres.^[2] More than 55,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs, making it the second largest university in Canada in terms of student enrolment.

[edit] Buildings and facilities

The institution's large campus, dominated by the imposing tower of the main building, is located on the northern slope of Mount Royal in Côte-des-Neiges. The main building was designed by the noted architect Ernest Cormier. It is mainly in the Art Deco style, with some elements of International style.

The university is served by Côte-des-Neiges, Université-de-Montréal, and Édouard-Montpetit metro stations.

The university opened a campus in Laval, just north of Montreal, in 2006. It is Laval's first university campus, and is located in the area around the Montmorency metro station, where a high school and the Montmorency CEGEP are also located. [1] 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 [2]. The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine are the two teaching hospital networks of the University of Montreal's Faculty of Medicine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.

[edit] History

University of Montreal/Université de Montréal is Canada's largest French-language university. ^[3] A branch of the Séminaire de Québec was established in Montreal, Quebec in 1876. The Séminaire de Québec became Université de Montréal in 1920. ^[4] Pope Benedict XV made the branch established by Laval University in Montreal in 1876 an autonomous Roman Catholic institution. ^[5] From 1876-95, the university was housed in the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. It was housed in a building on St-Denis St from 1895-1942. The University was housed in the Mount Royal location since 1942.

The first French-language school of architecture in Canada opened in 1907 at the École Polytechnique de Montréal (later the Université de Montréal). ^[6]

In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced. ^[7]

The Université de Montréal mountain campus was inaugurated on June 3, 1943. The second provincial charter was passed in 1950. ^[8]

The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. ^[9]

The third provincial charter, which was passed in 1967, defined the University of Montreal as a public institution, dedicated to higher learning and research, in the administration of which students and teachers would have the right to participate. ^[10]

The university offers undergraduate and graduate studies leading to master's and doctoral degrees.

[edit] Sport

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Carabins.

[edit] Rankings

Université de Montreal appears 93rd in the 2007 Times Higher World University Rankings.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] List of faculties

• Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Design and Urban Planning
• Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Faculty of Law
• 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

[edit] List of schools

• HEC Montréal (School of Management)
• École Polytechnique (School of Engineering)
• École d'Optométrie (School of Optometry)

[edit] Noted faculty

• Jacques Bouchard, professor of Modern Greek [3]
• Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (2006 – present).
• James R. Taylor, professor emeritus at the Department of Communication.
• Michel Seymour, professor of philosophy [4]
• Dale C. Thomson, Ph.D. DFC - Professor and departmental director. Also 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 International Studies in Washington, D.C. and the author of several important historical works.

[edit] Noted alumni

• Stéphanie Allard-Gomez, diplomat
• Louise Arbour, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1999–2004), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004–present)
• Denys Arcand, filmmaker
• Michel Bastarache, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1997–present)
• Josephat T. Benoit, nine-term Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
• Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Premier of Quebec (1968–1970)
• Robert Bourassa, Premier of Quebec (1970-1976, 1985-1994)
• Louis R. Chênevert, CEO of United Technologies Corporation
• Marie Deschamps, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (2002–present)
• Dédé Fortin, singer
• Lomer Gouin, Premier of Quebec (1905–1920)
• Roger Guillemin, Nobel Prize Laureate (Medicine, 1977)
• Michaëlle Jean, journalist, Governor General of Canada
• Daniel Johnson, Jr, Premier of Quebec (1994)
• Daniel Johnson, Sr, Premier of Quebec (1966–1968)
• Pierre-Marc Johnson, Premier of Quebec (1985)
• Antonio Lamer, Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice (1990–2000)
• Bernard Landry, Premier of Quebec (2001–2003)
• Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec Liberal Party Leader (1950–1958)
• Elsie Lefebvre, Deputy of Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding (b.1979)
• Isabelle Mercier (b.1975), Professional Poker Player
• Claude Meunier, comedian
• Anne Montminy, competitive diver, lawyer
• Jacques Parizeau, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996)
• Pierre-Karl Péladeau, CEO of Quebecor
• Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec (1959–1960)
• Lucille Teasdale-Corti, surgeon and international humanitarian aid worker (1929-1996)
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984)

[edit] See also

• List of Quebec universities
• CISM, Université de Montréal's student-run radio station.
• Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)
• Canal Savoir
• Education in Montreal
• Montreal Laboratory (for nuclear research, World War II)

[edit] References

1. ^ University of Western Ontario: Annual Report to the Board of Governors (pg.49) [Accessed 19th May 2006]
2. ^ Research Infosource Inc. (2004) "Canada's University Innovation leaders"
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5. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003530
6. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009565 <ref> Although a branch of [[Université Laval]] was planned as Montreal's first French-language university, it was not until [[February 14]], [[1920]], that the law founding the university was passed. The first provincial charter was passed in 1920. <ref> http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003530</li> <li id="cite_note-6">'''[[#cite_ref-6|^]]''' http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242</li> <li id="cite_note-7">'''[[#cite_ref-7|^]]''' http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003530</li> <li id="cite_note-8">'''[[#cite_ref-8|^]]''' http://*www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242</li> <li id="cite_note-9">'''[[#cite_ref-9|^]]''' http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003530</li></ol></ref>

   [edit] External links

   • Université de Montréal
   • Video Tour of UdeM
   • Univalor - Technology Transfer Company of Université de Montréal

   [edit] Affiliated research centers

   • Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes
   • Centre de Recherche en Éthique de L'Université de Montréal
   • Centre de Recherche sur les Transports
   • Centre de recherche en droit public
   • Institut de recherche en Immunologie et en Cancerologie
   

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