UQTR

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Type	Public
Established	March 19, 1969
Rector	Daniel McMahon
Administrative staff	1,781 employees
Students	14,500 students
Undergraduates	281 programs (total for university)
Postgraduates	available
Location	3351, boulevard des Forges Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada G9A 5H7
Campus	Trois-Rivières (pavillon Ringuet), Victoriaville, Drummondville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec City, Sorel-Tracy, Joliette & Centre Universitaire des Appalaches
Sports teams	UQTR Patriotes
Colours	Green      Orange      &White
Affiliations	UACC; CIS, QSSF, CBIE
Website	http://www.uqtr.ca

Coordinates: 46°21′2.04″N 72°34′34.67″W / 46.3505667°N 72.5762972°W / 46.3505667; -72.5762972

Green      Orange     

The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) (English: University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières), established in 1969 and located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, is a public university within the Université du Québec network. As of April 2016, the university had 14,500 students in 9 different campuses, including the main one in Trois-Rivières. About 788 of them come from overseas, from 50 countries. The university has given more than 88,000 diplomas since its founding. The Trois-Rivières campus also holds a large library with about 400,000 documents.

UQTR was created in 1969 with the merger of the "Centre d'Études universitaires de Trois-Rivières" and "L'école normale d'État Maurice Duplessis" (named after Maurice Duplessis). The first major campus, Ringuet, was opened in 1973 and is located in the vicinity of Des Forges and Des Récollets boulevards near downtown Trois-Rivières. Over the following years, UQTR has expanded outside of the city into several towns in the Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Lanaudière, Quebec and Chaudière-Appalaches regions. Over the 1973-2009 time period the university has enjoyed a period of long term growth punctuated by several periods of short term fluctuation.