Collège Édouard-Montpetit
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| Motto | Jamais trop grand pour te connaître |
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Motto in English
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Never too big to know you |
| Type | Public College |
| Established | 1967 |
| Students | 16 000 (est.) |
| Location | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
| Campus | Suburban |
| 16 Sports teams | Lynx |
| Colours | Red and Black |
| Affiliations | CICAN, Fédération des CégepsCCAA, QSSF |
| Website | www.college-em.qc.ca/ |
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit is a public Francophone college in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Approximately 7 300 (fall 2016) students (as much in the Conitnuing Education programs) are enrolled in the 2 campuses, the main one located in Longueuil and the École natioanle d'aérotechnique in St-Hubert campuses. The Cégep is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.
The school was established in 1950 as a religious owned school called Externat classique de Longueuil. In 1967, several institutions were merged and became public ones, when the Quebec system of public colleges was created, including the Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, named after the Quebec lawyer and academic, Édouard Montpetit
The Cégep Édouard-Montpetit 16 athletic teams are known as the Lynx.
The CEGEP offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matter which roughly corresponds to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three years to complete, applies to students who wish to pursue a skill trade. In addition, Continuing Education for adults and services to businesses are provided.
The CEGEP is ranked among the top 10 in research and is located in an impoverished neighborhood of Longueuil.
L'École nationale d'aérotechnique (ÉNA) is a campus of Cégep Édouard-Montpetit located in the vicinity of Saint-Hubert Airport in Saint-Hubert. It is located in close proximity to numerous aeronautical enterprises.
The institution is the largest aerotechnical college in North America and the only institution in Quebec to offer comprehensive training in avionics, Aerospatiale Engineering and aircraft maintenance (including an aircraft maintenance program offered in English ).
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