Québec
Canada G1K 7P4

Universite Laval is considered one of the top research universities in canada. The Quebec university offers more than 350 undergraduate and graduate programs to approximately 40,000 students. About one-quarter of its students are post-graduates. Universite Laval has global appeal, drawing around 2,000 international students and about 1,000 out-of-province Canadians. With more than 125 research centers and about 1,200 faculty members receiving research grants, research is a significant part of Universite Laval's mission.

Universite Laval is also the oldest university in the country. Back in 1663, Monseigneur François de Laval opened the Seminaire de Quebec with the permission from Louis XIV. In 1852, Queen Victoria approved a Royal Charter for the institution, granting it university status as Universite Laval. Universite Laval branched out into the city of Montreal in 1878; this second campus would later become the Universite de Montreal.

The campus is about 1.2 square-kilometers with more than 30 buildings connected by 10 kilometers of underground tunnels. There are four student residences on campus with 2,300 rooms. Le Peps is the focal point of the local sports and recreation scene. Universite Laval have at their disposal five gymnasiums, an all-weather stadium, a climbing wall, a fitness center, an Olympic-size pool, soccer fields, basketball and tennis courts, a golf driving range, and sports medicine and physiotherapy clinics. The convertible Peps arena can hold 2,000 hockey or figure skating fans. Eleven teams compete in the Sport Excellence Program at Universite Laval.

Quick Facts:

A study tracking 5,400 students found that more than 85 percent of Universite Laval graduates find jobs within two years of graduation.

The placement rates of master's graduates surpassed 90 percent in 12 of 16 fields, while doctoral graduate had a 100 percent placement rate in 10 of 13 fields.

This Quebec university confers more than 2,000 graduate degrees a year.

Women comprise nearly 60 percent of the student population at the Quebec university.

The four residence halls are equipped with Internet access and connected to the rest of campus by underground tunnels.

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