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The Université de Montréal is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The francophone institution comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique (School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal (School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.
The university has Quebec’s largest sponsored research income and the fourth largest in Canada, allocating close to $447.2 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres as of 2007. It is also part of the U15 universities. 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.
The university’s main campus is located on the northern slope of Mont-Royal in the Outremont and Côte-des-Neiges boroughs. Its landmark Pavilion Roger-Gaudry, designed by noted architect Ernest Cormier, and named for former rector Roger Gaudry, can be seen from around the campus and is known for its imposing tower. It is built mainly in the Art Deco style, with some elements of International style.The campus is served by the Côte-des-Neiges, Université-de-Montreal, and Édouard-Montpetit metro stations.
Apart from its main Mont-Royal campus, the university also maintains four regional facilities in Lanaudière, Laval, Longueuil, Québec and Mauricie. The campus in Laval, just north of Montréal, was opened in 2006. It is Laval’s first university campus, and is located in the area near the Montmorency metro station. In October 2009, the university announced an expansion to its Laval satellite campus with the commissioning of its six-storey Cité du Savoir complex. 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.
Université de Montréal is a publicly funded research university, and a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.. Undergraduate students make the majority of the university community, accounting for 74 percent of the university student body, followed by mater students at 19 percent, and doctoral students at 7 percent.The full-time undergraduate programs comprise the majority of the school’s enrolment, made up of 42,684 undergraduate students. From the 1 June 2010 to the 31 May 2011, the university conferred 7,012 bachelor degrees, 461 doctoral degrees, and 3,893 master degrees.
In Research Infosource’s 2011 ranking of Canada’s 50 top research universities, the university was ranked third, with a sponsored research income of $524,133 million, the third largest in the country. The university has an average of $278,200 per faculty member, making it the fifth most research-intensive full-service university. In terms of research performance, High Impact Universities 2010 ranked the university 108th out of 500 universities, and sixth in the country. In the field of medicine, dentistry, pharmacology, and health sciences, the 2010 High Impact Universities ranking placed Université de Montréal in 68th in the World, and fifth nationally. In the field of life, agricultural and biological sciences, the 2010 High Impact Universities ranking placed the university 99th in the world, and fourth in Canada.
The Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), an organization which also evaluates universities based on their scientific paper’s performances, ranked the university 101st in the world, and sixth in Canada.In HEEACT’s 2011 rankings which focused on life sciences, the university was ranked 81st in the world, and fourth in Canada. In HEEACT’s rankings focusing on clinical medicines, the university was also ranked 81st in the world, and sixth in the country. The HEEACT rankings focusing on social sciences placed the university 83rd in the world and seventh in Canada.
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