L'Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal
University of Montreal

Latin: Universitas Montis Regii
Former name	Université Laval à Montréal
Motto	Fide splendet et scientia (Latin)
Motto in English	It shines by faith and knowledge
Type	Public
Established	1878
Endowment	$339.730 million
Budget	$1.05 billion
Rector	Guy Breton
Academic staff	7,329
Administrative staff	4,427
Students	67,542 total (46,725 without its affiliated schools)
Undergraduates	34,335
Postgraduates	11,925
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Campus	Urban, park, 60 ha (150 acres)
Language	French
Colours	Royal blue, white and black
Athletics	15 varsity teams
Nickname	Carabins
Affiliations	AUCC, IAU, AUF, AUFC, ACU, U Sports, QSSF, IFPU, U15, CBIE, CUP.
Mascot	Carabin
Website	www.umontreal.ca

Coordinates: 45°30′17″N 73°36′46″W / 45.50472°N 73.61278°W / 45.50472; -73.61278

The Université de Montréal (UdeM; French pronunciation: ​[ynivɛʁsite də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located on the northern slope of Mount Royal in the Outremont and Côte-des-Neiges boroughs. The francophone institution comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the Polytechnique Montréal (School of Engineering; formerly the École Polytechnique de Montréal) and HEC Montréal (School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.

The university was founded as a satellite campus of the Université Laval in 1878. It became a independent institution after it was issued a papal charter in 1919, and a provincial charter in 1920. Université de Montréal moved from Montreal's Quartier Latin to its present location at Mount Royal in 1942. It was made a secular institution with the passing of another provincial charter in 1967.