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The Université de Montréal (UdeM) (translated into English commonly as (the) University of Montreal) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The University comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools - École Polytechnique (School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal (School of Management). UdeM offers more than 250 undergraduate programs and more than 250 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. It is also the second largest French language university in the world, after the Sorbonne in Paris. Nearly 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 is served by Côte-des-Neiges, Université-de-Montréal, and Édouard-Montpetit metro stations.

The university is planning to open a campus in Laval, just north of Montreal, in 2006. It will be Laval's first university campus, and is planned for the area around the future Montmorency metro station, where a high school and the Montmorency CEGEP are also located. * 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 universitaire de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine are the two teaching hospital networks of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medecine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.

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

List of faculties and schools

Noted alumni

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Affiliated research centers

Art Deco | University of Montreal | Nursing schools in Canada

Université de Montréal | Universiteit van Montréal | Universidade de Montreal | Монреальский университет | 蒙特利尔大学

 

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