Université Laval
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| Motto | Deo favente haud pluribus impar (By the grace of God, to no one equal) |
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| Established | 1663 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | $105.3 million |
| Rector | Michel Pigeon |
| Undergraduates | 28,902 |
| Postgraduates | 8,689 |
| Location | Quebec City, QC, Canada |
| Campus | Urban/Suburban |
| Sports teams | Rouge-et-Or |
| Website | ulaval.ca |
Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest centre of education in Canada, and was the first institution in America to offer higher education in French. It is ranked among the top ten Canadian universities in terms of research. Its main campus is located in Quebec City, Quebec (and not in the Montreal suburb of Laval as is sometimes assumed). It is one of the few places to get actuarial instruction in French in North America.
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History
The origins of the university are the Séminaire de Québec founded in 1663 by Monseigneur François de Laval, the first bishop of New France. The Séminaire de Québec was granted a Royal Charter in 1852 by Queen Victoria, creating Université Laval. In 1878, the university opened a second campus in Montreal, which later became the Université de Montréal (University of Montreal) in 1920. While the main campus moved out from Séminaire de Québec since then, the architecture school returned to that heritage building in 1989.
As of 2002, Laval has over 350 programmes, and more than 37,000 students, 20 per cent of whom are studying at the postgraduate level. The university also attracts more than 2,500 foreign students yearly, and has close to 1,000 students from other parts of the country. Many students are also drawn to the university by the Français pour non-francophones programme that offers instruction in French as a second language to students from across Canada and around the world.
Laval's main campus is considered one of the most striking in Quebec. It covers 1.2 km² and has over 30 buildings, all linked by 10 km of underground walkways, which are frequently used particularly in the winter, when temperatures drop below the freezing point. Of the campus lands, 56 per cent are wooded areas, grasslands, and sports fields. The campus is home to a plethora of different flora and fauna, including some 67 species of deciduous and coniferous trees and 60 different species of birds.
Faculties
- Urban planning, Architecture, and Visual arts
- Law
- Postgraduate Studies
- Forestry and Geomatic
- Literature
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Music
- Actuarial studies [1]
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Administration
- Agriculture and Food sciences
- Education
- Science and Engineering
- Science and Engineering
- Nursing
- Social Science
- Theology and Religious Studies
Famous alumni
- Main article: List of Université Laval alumni
- Marius Barbeau, anthropologist and folklorist
- Jean Bazin, Senator
- Conrad Black, Newspaper magnate
- Lucien Bouchard, 32nd Premier of Quebec
- Louis-Philippe Brodeur, Supreme Court Judge
- Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, Supreme Court Judge
- Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport
- Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, First Premier of Quebec
- Julien Chouinard, Supreme Court Judge
- Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- Michael Cogger, Senator
- Raoul Dandurand, Speaker of the Canadian Senate
- Esther Delisle, Historian and author
- Maurice Duplessis, 18th and 20th Premier of Québec
- Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Edmund James Flynn, 11th Premier of Quebec
- Michael Fortier, Senator and Cabinet Minister
- Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Supreme Court Judge
- Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Quebec poet, playwright and writer
- Louis LeBel, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Jean Lesage, 23rd Premier of Quebec
- René Lévesque, 27th Premier of Quebec (did not graduate)
- Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin, Supreme Court Judge
- Michael Meighen, Senator
- Ben Mulroney, Entertainment broadcast-journalist and son of Brian Mulroney
- Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada
- Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Supreme Court Judge
- Yves Pratte, Supreme Court Judge
- Thibaudeau Rinfret, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Quebec writer and judge
- Louis St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada
- Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Jean-Thomas Taschereau, Supreme Court Judge
- Robert Taschereau, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Alireza Tahmasbi, Iran's Minister of Mines and Industry
- Niklaus Wirth, Turing Award winner
See also
- List of universities in Quebec
- List of universities in Canada
- G10 (Canadian Universities)
- List of oldest universities by region
- Quebec City
- CHYZ campus radio station
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