PO Box 6128, Station Centre-ville
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3C 3J7

The Universite de Montreal and its two affiliated schools--the Ecole Polytechnique and the HEC Montreal--were founded in 1878 and form the largest university in Quebec and the second largest in the country. More than 30 buildings, many designed in the Art Deco style, dot the Universite de Montreal campus, located on Mount Royal in Montreal. The Universite de Montreal's 13 faculties and 80 departments and schools serve more than 55,000 students from throughout the French-speaking world.

Most courses at the Universite de Montreal are taught in French, so non-francophone applicants are offered a unique French-immersion experience studying in Montreal. The city of Montreal offers plenty of cultural experiences with a vibrant music scene, theaters, art galleries, plenty of restaurants and boutiques and a population with roots from all over the world.

The Universite de Montreal is one of the foremost research institutions in canada, allotting more than $400 million a year to research initiatives. The Universite de Montreal and its affiliated schools and hospitals employ about 2,300 professors and researchers. Students have access to a network of 18 libraries housing more than two and a half million books, two million audiovisual documents, 45,000 periodicals and 450 computer stations.

The Universite de Montreal's Faculty of Graduate and Post Graduate studies offers more than 150 programs, including health services administration, audiology, criminology, film studies, health technology assessment, mathematic and computational finance, physiological optics, biomedical sciences, veterinary sciences and translation.

Quick Facts:

The Quebec university fields varsity athletics teams in the following sports: badminton, football, golf, swimming, downhill skiing, soccer, tennis and volleyball.

The Universite de Montreal has many dual degree options, allowing students to earn master's in two disciplines.

There are more than 1,200 computer work stations on the Universite de Montreal campus.

More than 5,000 foreign students enroll at the Quebec university every year.

The Universite de Montreal is home to one of the largest sports facilities in the province. Available for use to members of the university community and the general public, CEPSUM features an indoor pool and rink, training room, racquetball courts, gyms, indoor track, stadium and an outdoor field.

The Faculty of Music organizes more than 500 events, drawing more than 100,000 people a year.

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