
L'Université de Montréal (UdeM) est l'un des quatre établissements d'enseignement supérieur de Montréal au Québec. Elle est l'une des dix grandes universités du Canada (la deuxième en terme du nombre d'étudiants) et parallèlement la plus importante au Québec pour le nombre d'étudiants ainsi que pour la recherche.
En 1878, l'Université Laval de Québec ouvre une annexe à Montréal avec une charte papale. C'est la première université francophone de Montréal et elle compte trois facultés, toutes situées dans le Vieux-Montréal : théologie (au Grand Séminaire de Montréal) ; droit (au Cabinet de lecture des Sulpiciens) ; médecine (au château Ramezay).
L'Université de Montréal compte aujourd'hui deux écoles affiliées, une spécialisée en ingénierie et l'autre en administration des affaires : École polytechnique de Montréal et École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal). L'UdeM, c'est aussi : - 67 000 étudiants dans 16 facultés et écoles; - 2 640 professeurs-chercheurs qui proviennent de partout à travers le monde - plus de 250 programmes au 1er cycle et quelques 350 programmes aux 2e et 3e cycles; - 27 établissements de santé affiliés, 450 chaires et unités de recherche et un grand réseau de bibliothèques.
L’UdeM se hisse au 113e rang du classement du prestigieux Times Higher Education World University Rankings et est la seule université francophone canadienne à figurer parmi les 150 meilleurs établissements universitaires dans tous les classements internationaux.
Founded in 1878, Université de Montréal, with its two affiliated schools, École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal, is now the largest university in Quebec and the second largest in Canada. With over 60,000 students from around the world, Université de Montréal awards more than 11,000 diplomas every year. Deeply rooted in Montreal and dedicated to its international mission, Université de Montréal is one of the top universities in the French-speaking world.
With its 16 faculties and 80 departments and schools, Université de Montréal offers programs in almost all academic fields. UdeM is the only Quebec university that teaches the full range of disciplines in health sciences, boasts the province’s only faculty of veterinary medicine and houses one of Canada’s largest faculty of arts and sciences. Whether you have a passion for international politics, cyberspace law, Asian social history or nanotechnologies, you’ll find a department that best suits your needs. Flexible and varied, our programs include many bi-disciplinary bachelor degrees; this would give you access to master’s programs in two disciplines, such as communications and politics, or physics and information technology.
Université de Montréal is one of Canada’s major research centres. With its two affiliated schools - École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal-and its network of affiliated hospitals, it brings together 2,600 professors and researchers from all the fundamental disciplines, some 465 research units, and one of Canada’s largest student bodies at the master’s and doctoral levels. The University earmarks more than $500 million for basic and applied research each year, making it one of Canada’s most active university in the field. At UdeM, students launch into a unique scientific adventure, working alongside internationally renowned specialists and participating in exciting new breakthroughs.
Some two and a half million books, two million audiovisual documents, 45,000 periodicals and 450 computer stations make up Université de Montréal’s library resources available to users throughout the campus. UdeM’s 18 libraries, which are all specialized as well as complimentary to one another, are linked by Atrium, a computerized catalogue that helps students quickly locate documents and avoid needless running around. The arts and humanities library located in the Samuel Bronfman Building is UdeM’s largest library in terms of the number of publications and users, and houses the University’s well-conserved rare books and equally rich collection of archives.
With over 7,000 foreign students enrolled last year, UdeM is considered one of Canada’s most cosmopolitan universities. Its foreign student office (Bureau des étudiants internationaux) provides guidance and information to foreign students, while English-speaking students from other Canadian provinces receive help and advice from the coordinator of the Anglophone Student Support Program. UdeM students who wish to complete their education abroad can obtain information at the Maison internationale on our many exchange programs with universities around the world.