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Universite de Montreal is
5143436111, 5143437076 .
Universite de Montreal - UdeM is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique (School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal (School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.
The Universite de Montreal - UdeM is Quebec's largest research institution and the second largest in Canada, allocating close to $447.2 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres as of 2007. It is also part of the Group of Thirteen universities. More than 55,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs, making it the second largest Universite de Montreal - UdeM in Canada in terms of student enrolment.
As an institution, the Universite de Montreal - UdeM was first founded when the Université Laval in Quebec City founded a new branch in Montréal in 1878, which became known as the Université de Laval à Montréal. This initially went against the wishes of Montréal's prelate, who advocated an independent university in his city. Certain parts of the institution's educational facilities, such as those of the Séminaire de Québec, had already been established in Montréal as early as 1876. The Vatican granted the university some administrative autonomy in 1889, thus allowing it to choose its own professors and license its own diplomas. However it was not until May 8, 1919 that a papal charter from Pope Benedict XV granted full autonomy to the university. It thus became an independent Catholic university and adopted Universite de Montreal - UdeM as its name. Laval composed by Wilfrid Beaudry was dedicated to the students at Laval University and the University of Montréal. The music for piano was published in Québec by J. Beaudry, circa 1906.
Although a branch of Laval University was planned as Montreal's first French-language university, it was not until February 14, 1920, that the first provincial charter founding the university was passed. The second provincial charter was passed in 1950. The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s (following the Quiet Revolution) was a response to popular pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals as well as society. The third provincial charter, which was passed in 1967, defined the Universite de Montreal - UdeM as a public institution, dedicated to higher learning and research, in the administration of which students and teachers would have the right to participate.
From 1876 to 1895, most university classes took place in the Grand séminaire de Montréal. From 1895 to 1942, it was housed in a building on the intersection of Rues Saint-Denis and Sainte-Catherine in Montréal's downtown Quartier Latin. Unlike anglophone universities in Montréal, such as McGill University, the Universite de Montreal - UdeM suffered a lack of funding for two major reasons: the relative poverty of the French Canadian population and the complications ensuing from its remote management from Québec City. The downtown campus was hit by three different fires between 1919 and 1921, further complicating the Universite de Montreal - UdeM already precarious finances and forcing it to spend much of its resources on repairing its own infrastructure.
By 1930, enough funds had been accumulated to start the construction of a new campus on Mont-Royal, adopting new plans designed by Ernest Cormier. However, the financial crisis of the 1930s virtually suspended all ongoing construction. Many speculated that the Universite de Montreal - UdeM would have to sell off its unfinished building projects in order to ensure its own survival. Not before 1939 did the provincial government directly intervene by injecting public funds. Campus construction subsequently resumed and the mountain campus was officially inaugurated on June 3, 1943. The Universite de Montreal - UdeM former downtown facilities would later serve Montréal's second francophone university, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Two distinct schools eventually became affiliated to the Universite de Montreal - UdeM. The first was the École Polytechnique, a school of engineering, which was founded in 1873 and became affiliated in 1887. The second was the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, or HEC, which was founded in 1907 and became part of the university in 1915. The first francophone school of architecture in Canada opened in 1907 at the École Polytechnique.
Between 1920 and 1925, seven new faculties were added to the initial three: Philosophy, Literature, Sciences, Veterinary medicine, Dental surgery, Pharmacy and Social sciences. Notably, the Faculty of Social sciences was founded in 1920 by Édouard Montpetit, the first laic to lead a faculty. He thereafter fulfilled the role of secretary-general until 1950.
In 1965, the appointment of the Universite de Montreal - UdeM first secular rector, Roger Gaudry, paved the way for modernization. The university established the first adult education degree program offered by a French Canadian university in 1968.
An important event that marked the Universite de Montreal - UdeM history was the École Polytechnique massacre. On December 6, 1989, a gunman armed with an automatic rifle entered the École Polytechnique building, killing 14 people, all of whom were women, before taking his own life. Since 2002, the university has embarked on its largest construction projects since the late 1960s, with five new modern buildings planned for advanced research in pharmacology, engineering, aerospace, cancer studies and biotechnology.
Universite de Montreal - UdeM main campus is located on the northern slope of Mont-Royal in the Outremont and Côte-des-Neiges boroughs. Its landmark Pavilion Roger-Gaudry , which was designed by the noted architect Ernest Cormier, can be seen from around the campus and is known for its imposing tower. It is built mainly in the Art Deco style, with some elements of International style. The campus is served by the Côte-des-Neiges, Universite de Montreal - UdeM, and Édouard-Montpetit metro stations.
Apart from its main Mont-Royal campus, the Universite de Montreal - UdeM also maintains four regional facilities in Lanaudière, Laval, Longueuil, Québec and Mauricie. The campus in Laval, just north of Montréal, was opened in 2006. It is Laval's first university campus, and is located in the area near the Montmorency metro station. In October 2009, the Universite de Montreal - UdeM announced an expansion to its Laval satellite campus with the commissioning of its six-storey Cité du Savoir complex. 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.
The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine are the two teaching hospital networks of the Universite de Montreal - UdeM Faculty of Medicine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.
There are various student groups, clubs and associations on the Universite de Montreal - UdeM campus, the largest of them being the FAÉCUM, a federation of students' unions. The campus offers various student-run newspapers, the largest being Quartier Libre, a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP). The campus also has its own student-run radio station, CISM-FM.
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