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Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Coordinates: 48°13′55″N 79°0′20″W / 48.23194°N 79.00556°W / 48.23194; -79.00556
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48°13′55″N 79°0′20″W / 48.23194°N 79.00556°W / 48.23194; -79.00556

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
File:UQAT.png
MottoIl faut le savoir (It must be known)
TypePublic
Established1970
Students3 000 full and part-time
Undergraduatesavailable
Postgraduatesavailable
Location
445, boul. de l’Université Rouyn-Noranda
,
Quebec
,
Canada
CampusUrban/Suburban, five campuses throughout Quebec, with campuses in Quebec City and Montreal, Laval, and Varennes.
Coloursblack   and Red  
NicknameUQAT
AffiliationsUACC
Websitewww.uqat.ca/

The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, sometimes informally known as UQAT, is a public university within the Université du Québec network, with campuses in Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda.

Mission

The mission of l'UQAT is to transfer learning and to help students develop their own tools to better understand the universe.

Programs

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue offers 95 programs in : administration, accounting, teaching, engineering, multimedia, psychology, nursing, social work, interactive multimedia, youth communications and art therapy. Students can choose to specialize in the following engineering disciplines: Electromechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

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History

The Université was founded in 1970 as Services universitaires dans le Nord-Ouest québécois. The university was renamed Direction des études universitaires dans l’Ouest québécois (1972); Centre d’études universitaires dans l’Ouest québécois (1976); Centre d’études universitaires en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (1981). The university has been known as l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue since 1983.

Residence

On-campus residences are now available in Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or [2]. Rental accommodations are also available in the communities.

Campus

The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue is based in Rouyn-Noranda with other satellite campus, the principal ones being in Val-d'Or (Centre d'Etude Supérieures Lucien-Cliche) which includes a pavilion for First Nation superior studies, and a smaller one in Amos,(Pavillion des Rapides) which is specialised in forestry with research center in ligniculture and sylviculture.

UQAT also has smaller learning centres in Ville-Marie, La Sarre, Matagami and Duparquet.[3]

Further reading

  • Ferretti, Lucia. L'Université en réseau: les 25 ans de l'Université du Québec. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1994.

References

  1. ^ Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation - University List
  2. ^ (fr) Announcement of the new residences (Fall 2010)
  3. ^ About Colleges and Institutes: Members of the ACCC
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