University of Moncton

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Université de Moncton

Motto: Surge illuminare
Established: 1963
Type: Public
Chancellor: Louis R. Comeau1
Rector: Yvon Fontaine1
Staff: Teaching staff: 3771
Other staff: 434
Students: Total full-time students: 51781
Moncton campus: 4187
Edmunston campus: 549
Shippagan campus: 442
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Campus: Urban
Colours: blue      and gold     
Mascot: Blue Eagle (Fr:Aigles Bleu
Affiliations: AUCC, IAU, AUFC, AUS
Website: http://www.umoncton.ca
  1. From the Rapport Annuel 2005-2006
Université de Moncton Aigles Bleu
Université de Moncton Aigles Bleu

The University of Moncton (Fr: Université de Moncton) is a French language university in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada. It is the only francophone university in New Brunswick and is one of only two such universities in the Maritime Provinces, the other being the Université Sainte-Anne in neighbouring Nova Scotia.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1963, the modern University of Moncton is an amalgamation of six colleges, including the Collège Saint-Joseph (founded at Memramcook in 1864), the Collège du Sacré-Coeur de Bathurst, and the Collège Saint-Louis d'Edmundston. [1]

It has campuses in Edmundston and Shippagan in addition to the primary campus in Moncton.

The university is a member of L'Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne, a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie. [2]

[edit] Faculties

The main campus at Moncton has eight faculties:

  • Administration
  • Arts and Social Sciences
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Graduate Studies
  • Health Sciences and Community Services
  • law
  • Sciences

[edit] Athletics

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Moncton Aigles Bleus.

[edit] Noted Faculty and Alumni / Alumnae

Université de Moncton
Université de Moncton

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003529
  2. ^ AUFC

[edit] External links

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