Université de Montréal
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The University of Montreal[6] (UdeM; French pronunciation: [ynivɛʁsite də mɔ̃ʁeal]; translates to Université de Montréal)[7][note 2] is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Mount Royal near the Outremont Summit (also called Mount Murray), in the borough of Outremont. The institution comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two[8] affiliated schools: the Polytechnique Montréal (School of Engineering; formerly the École polytechnique de Montréal) and HEC Montréal (School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.
Université de Montréal (French) | |
Latin: Universitas Montis Regii | |
Former name | Université Laval à Montréal |
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Motto | Fide splendet et scientia (Latin) |
Motto in English | It shines by faith and knowledge |
Type | Public |
Established | 1878; 146 years ago (1878) |
Academic affiliation | AUF, IFPU, Universities Canada, U15 |
Endowment | $403.054 million[1] |
Budget | $886.1 million[2] |
Chancellor | Frantz Saintellemy |
Rector | Daniel Jutras |
Academic staff | 7,329[3] |
Administrative staff | 4,427[3] |
Students | 66,972 total (44,106 without its affiliated schools) |
Undergraduates | 34,335[4] |
Postgraduates | 11,925[4] |
Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[note 1] 45°30′14.8″N 73°36′51.5″W |
Campus | Urban, park, 60 ha (150 acres) |
Language | French, English |
Newspaper | Quartier Libre |
Colours | Royal blue, white and black |
Nickname | Carabins |
Sporting affiliations | U Sports, QSSF |
Mascot | Carabin |
Website | www |
The university was founded as a satellite campus of the Université Laval in 1878. It became an independent institution after it was issued a papal charter in 1919 and a provincial charter in 1920. University of Montreal moved from Montreal's Quartier Latin to its present location at Mount Royal in 1942. It was made a secular institution with the passing of another provincial charter in 1967.
The school is co-educational, and has 34,335 undergraduate and 11,925 post-graduate students (excluding affiliated schools). Alumni and former students reside across Canada and around the world, with notable alumni serving as government officials, academics, and business leaders.