Education in Montreal
With access to six universities and twelve junior colleges in an 8 kilometer (5 mi) radius, Montreal, Quebec (Canada) has the highest proportion of post-secondary students of all major cities in North America. This represents roughly 248,000 post-secondary students, one of the largest numbers in the world.
Urban francophone universities
- Université du Québec: (About 66,000 students)
- Université de Montréal: (About 55,000 students)
- École Polytechnique de Montréal
- HEC Montréal - École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal
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McGill University
Urban anglophone universities
- Concordia University: (About 44,000 students)
- Loyola Campus (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)
- Sir George Williams Campus (Downtown Montreal)[1]
- McGill University: (About 32,000 students)
- Downtown Campus (Downtown Montreal)[2]
- Macdonald Campus (West Island)
Suburban universities
- Université de Sherbrooke (Located in Sherbrooke, campus in Longueuil)
- Université Laval (Located in Quebec City, campus in Longueuil)
College
High school graduates who wish to go on to university must first complete two years of college (as an alternative, some students spend two years in American prep school)
- English language Colleges
- Champlain Regional College (2,500 students at St. Lambert Campus)
- Dawson College (10,000 students)
- John Abbott College (7,400 students)
- Marianopolis College (1,700 students)
- Vanier College (6,100 students)
- French language Colleges
- Collège Ahuntsic (10,100 students)
- Collège André-Grasset
- Cégep André-Laurendeau (2,700 students)
- Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (2,600 students)
- Collège Édouard-Montpetit (6,700 students in Longueuil)
- Collège Gérald-Godin (1,100 students)
- Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
- Collège de Maisonneuve (5,600 students)
- Collège Montmorency (5,800 students in Laval)
- Cégep Marie-Victorin
- Collège de Rosemont (2,800 students)
- Cégep de Saint-Laurent (3,000 students)
- Cégep du Vieux Montréal (9,000 students)
Other post-secondary institutions
- LaSalle College
- Herzing College
- Delta College
Miscellaneous education
The Chinese language supplemental school JiaHua School of Montreal (French: École JiaHua de Montréal, simplified Chinese: 佳华学校; traditional Chinese: 佳華學校; pinyin: Jiā Huá Xuéxiào) operates in Montreal. As of 2004 it has 800 students, who attend francophone and anglophone day schools, and 51 teachers. It offers mathematics, French, and English remedial classes in addition to Chinese classes. Most of the teachers are parents who have university degrees; they volunteer at the school.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Campus map", "Concordia University". Accessed May 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Campus Maps", "McGill University". Accessed May 17, 2008.
- ↑ Leon, Rocky. "Learning their mother tongue: Thousands takes classes in Montreal. Community-based groups strive to preserve Chinese culture in sea of English and French." The Gazette.January 18, 2004 Sunday Final Edition. News: Faces of Montreal; Pg. A9. Available on LexisNexis.
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