Université de Montréal

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Université de Montréal

Motto Fide splendet et scientia
(Latin: "It shines by faith and knowledge")
Established 1878
Type Public
Endowment $89.5 million [1]
Rector Luc Vinet
Undergraduates 41,340
Postgraduates 13,125
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Campus Urban, park, 0.6 km² (150 acres)
Nickname Carabins
Mascot Carabin
Website http://www.umontreal.ca
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"UdeM" redirects here. For the unrelated UdeM Universidad de Monterrey, see Universidad de Monterrey.

The Université de Montréal, University of Montreal in English, is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The others are Concordia (English), McGill (English) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (French).

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The University comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools - École Polytechnique (School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal (School of Management). The University of Montreal (UdM) 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[citation needed]. 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 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 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. [1] 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 [2].

The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine are the two teaching hospital networks of the University of Montreal's Faculty of Medicine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.

The symbol of the university of Montreal is the Tower of the Roger-Gaudry pavillon. It is known by the montreal residents as "the university's phallus".

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

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