Université de Montréal

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Université de Montréal

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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)
Nickname Carabins
Mascot Carabin
Website http://www.umontreal.ca
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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).

Basic facts

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 (UdM) 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 (source: Research Infosource Inc. (2004) "Canada's University Innovation leaders") to research conducted in more than 150 research centres. More than 55,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs there.

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.

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, and another 23 years passed before the mountain campus's inauguration on June 3, 1943. The University's architecture is of very original Art-Deco type achieved by Ernest Cormier. The main entrance and the Dean's office are two major masterpieces worth mentionning.

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.

The symbol of Université de Montréal is the Tower of the Roger-Gaudry pavillon. It is known by the Montreal residents as "the university's phallus".

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

Even though Oppenheimer was the Inventor of the Atomic Bomb, it is in the physics department of Université de Montréal where the atomic bomb was secretely designed during the Second World War in close relationship with the Manhattan Project.

Another important breakthrough, the department of computer science realised the research that led to the invention of modern graphic animation software such as Softimage and Discreetlogic which allowed companies like Lucasfilm to push the limits of science fiction movies.

List of faculties

List of Schools

Noted faculty

Noted alumni

See also

References


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Affiliated research centers

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