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Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest centre of education in Canada, and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French. It is ranked among the top ten Canadian universities in terms of research. Its main campus is located in Quebec City, Quebec (and not in the Montreal suburb of Laval as is sometimes assumed). It is one of the few places to get actuarial instruction in French in North America.

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History

The university was founded in 1663 as the Séminaire de Québec by Monseigneur François de Laval, the first bishop of New France. The Séminaire de Québec was granted a Royal Charter in 1852 by Queen Victoria, creating Université Laval. In 1878, the university opened a second campus in Montreal, which later became the Université de Montréal (University of Montreal) in 1920. While the main campus moved out from Séminaire de Québec since then, the architecture school returned to that heritage building in 1989.

As of 2002, Laval has over 350 programmes, and more than 37,000 students, 20 per cent of whom are studying at the postgraduate level. The university also attracts more than 2,500 foreign students yearly, and has close to 1,000 students from other parts of the country. Many students are also drawn to the university by the Français pour non-francophones programme that offers instruction in French as a second language to students from across Canada and around the world.

Laval's main campus is considered one of the most striking in Quebec. It covers 1.2 km² and has over 30 buildings, all linked by 10 km of underground walkways, which are frequently used particularly in the winter, when temperatures drop below the freezing point. Of the campus lands, 56 per cent are wooded areas, grasslands, and sports fields. The campus is home to a plethora of different flora and fauna, including some 67 species of deciduous and coniferous trees and 60 different species of birds.

Faculties

A view of the Laval University campus
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A view of the Laval University campus

A view of Quebec City from Laval University campus.
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A view of Quebec City from Laval University campus.

An underground walkway at Laval University.
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An underground walkway at Laval University.

Famous alumni

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 Quebec City

Boroughs
La Cité (1st) · Les Rivières (2nd) · Ste-Foy--Sillery (3rd) · Charlesbourg (4th) 

Beauport (5th) · Limoilou (6th) · La Haute-Saint-Charles (7th) · Laurentien (8th) 
Districts
Gay · Latin/Old Quebec · Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Saint-Roch
Val-Bélair
See also
[Quebec City on Wikitravel]
List of presidents of districts of Quebec City · Quebec City Council
List of mayors of Quebec City · Agglomeration of Quebec
Greater Quebec City Area · Quebec City Area


Website about the 400th birthday of Quebec City in 2008 : [http://www.quebec400.qc.ca]

G-10 Universities
Alberta | UBC | Laval | McGill | McMaster
Montréal | Queen's | Toronto | Waterloo | Western

Quebec universities

Université du Québec
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Chicoutimi | Montréal | Outaouais | Rimouski | Trois-Rivières
ENAP | ETS | INRS | TELUQ

Bishop’s | Concordia | Laval | McGill | Montréal | Sherbrooke

 

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