University of Montreal

Motto: Fide splendet et scientia (Latin: "May it shine with truth and knowledge")
Founded	1878
School type	Public
Rector	Robert Lacroix
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Enrollment	40,128 undergrad, 12,503 grad (including Polytechnique and Hautes Études Commerciales)
Campus surroundings	Urban, park
Campus size	150 acres
Sports teams	Carabins
Mascot	Carabin
University of Montreal campus, with the main building's imposing tower in the distance

The University of Montreal (Université de Montréal) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada's second largest research institution, allocating close to $200 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres. It is also the second largest French-speaking university in the world, after the Sorbonne in Paris.

The French language institution's large campus, dominated by the imposing tower of the main building, is located on the northern slope of Mount Royal near Université-de-Montréal metro station in Côte-des-Neiges.

Although a branch of Laval University 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 13 years passed before the mountain campus's inauguration on June 3, 1943.

The university is composed of thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools (École Polytechnique; and École des Hautes Études Commerciales;), and offers more than 250 undergraduate programs and more than 250 graduate programs, including 71 doctoral programs.

The university's École Polytechnique was the scene of a tragedy, the École Polytechnique Massacre;, on December 6, 1989.

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

The main building was designed by the noted architect Ernest Cormier. It is mainly in the Art Deco style, with a touch of the International style.

See also Concordia University, McGill University, UQAM.

The university is planning to open a campus in Laval, Quebec, just north of Montreal, in 2006. It will be that city's first university campus, and is planned for the area around the future Montmorency metro station, where a high school and the Montmorency Cégep are also located. [1]

External links

• Université de Montréal