Concordia University

Concordia University

Université Concordia  (French)
Type	Public University
Established	1974 by the merger of Loyola College (1896) and Sir George Williams University (1926).
Endowment	C$ 156.4 million
Chancellor	Jonathan Wener
President	Alan Shepard
Provost	Graham Carr
Academic staff	1,904 (as of 2014-15)
Administrative staff	3,401 (as of 2014-15)
Students	46,378 (as of 2014-15)
Undergraduates	36,068 (as of 2014-15)
Postgraduates	7,835 (as of 2014-15)
Address	Sir George Williams Campus: 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec, CanadaH3G 1M8 / Loyola Campus: 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Campus	Sir George Williams Campus: Urban Loyola Campus: Suburban, 40 acres (16 ha)
Continuing education	2,475 (as of 2014-15)
Colours	Maroon, Gold, Black and White
Athletics	CIS – RSEQ
Nickname	Stingers
Mascot	Buzz
Affiliations	AUCC, IAU, ACU, ATS, CARL, CIS, QSSF, CUSID, CBIE, CFS, CUP, IAU.
Website	Concordia.ca

Sir George Williams Campus: Urban

Maroon, Gold, Black and White

Concordia University (commonly referred to as Concordia) is a public comprehensive university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the three universities in Quebec where English is the primary language of instruction. As of the 2014-2015 academic year, there were 46,378 students enrolled at Concordia, making the university among the largest in Canada by enrolment. The university has two campuses, set approximately 7 kilometres (4 miles) apart: Sir George Williams Campus is the main campus in the downtown core of Montreal, in an area known as Quartier Concordia, and Loyola Campus in the residential district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. With four faculties, a school of graduate studies and numerous colleges, centres and institutes, Concordia offers over 300 undergraduate and 100 graduate programs and courses.

The university's John Molson School of Business is consistently ranked within the top 10 Canadian business schools, and within the top 100 worldwide. Moreover, Concordia was ranked 7th among Canadian and 229th among world universities in the International Professional Classification of Higher Education Institutions, a worldwide ranking compiled by the École des Mines de Paris that uses as its sole criterion the number of graduates occupying the rank of Chief Executive Officer at Fortune 500 companies.