Université de Montréal

The {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} was founded in 1878 as a new branch of Université Laval from Quebec City. It was then known as the Université Laval à Montréal.{{cite book |title=Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates |last=Pound |first=Richard W. |publisher=Fitzhenry and Whiteside |year=2005}} The move initially went against the wishes of the Bishop of Montréal, Édouard-Charles Fabre, who advocated an independent university in his city.[http://www.125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1878-a.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}} Certain parts of the institution's educational facilities, such as those of the Séminaire de Québec and the Faculty of Medicine (founded as the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery), had already been established in Montréal in 1876 and 1843, respectively.[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university/ The Canadian Encyclopedia – University]

The Vatican granted the university some administrative autonomy in 1889, thus allowing it to choose its own professors and license its own diplomas. However, it was not until 8 May 1919 that a papal charter from Pope Benedict XV granted full autonomy to the university.[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/universite-de-montreal/ The Canadian Encyclopedia – {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}}] It thus became an independent Catholic university and adopted {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} as its name.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1878-f.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}} {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} was granted its first provincial charter on 14 February 1920.

At the time of its creation, fewer than a hundred students were admitted to the university's three faculties, which at that time were located in Old Montreal. These were the Faculty of Theology (located at the Grand séminaire de Montréal), the Faculty of Law (hosted by the Society of Saint-Sulpice), and the Faculty of Medicine (at the Château Ramezay).[http://www.umontreal.ca/english/overview/brief_history.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – English – Brief History][http://www.umontreal.ca/infogen/en_bref/historique.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Information générale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913135914/http://www.umontreal.ca/infogen/en_bref/historique.html |date=13 September 2008 }} {{in lang|fr}}

Graduate training based on German-inspired American models of specialized coursework and completion of a research thesis was introduced and adopted. Most of Québec's secondary education establishments employed classic course methods of varying quality. This forced the university to open a preparatory school in 1887 to harmonize the education level of its students. Named the "Faculty of Arts", this school would remain in use until 1972 and was the predecessor of Québec's current CEGEP system.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1878-a.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}}

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Two distinct schools eventually became affiliated to the university. The first was the École Polytechnique, a school of engineering, which was founded in 1873 and became affiliated in 1887. The second was the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, or HEC (a business school), which was founded in 1907 and became part of the university in 1915. In 1907, {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} opened the first francophone school of architecture in Canada at the École Polytechnique.[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/architectural-education/ The Canadian Encyclopedia – Architectural Education]

Between 1920 and 1925, seven new faculties were added: Philosophy, Literature, Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Surgery, Pharmacy, and Social Sciences. Notably, the Faculty of Social Sciences was founded in 1920 by Édouard Montpetit, the first laic to lead a faculty.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1919-b.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}} He thereafter was named secretary-general, a role he fulfilled until 1950.

From 1876 to 1895, most classes took place in the Grand séminaire de Montréal. From 1895 to 1942, the school was housed in a building at the intersection of Saint-Denis and Sainte-Catherine streets in Montreal's eastern downtown Quartier Latin. Unlike English-language universities in Montréal, such as McGill University, {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} suffered a lack of funding for two major reasons: the relative poverty of the French Canadian population and the complications ensuing from its being managed remotely, from Quebec City. The downtown campus was hit by three different fires between 1919 and 1921, further complicating the university's already precarious finances and forcing it to spend much of its resources on repairing its own infrastructure.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1919-a.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}}

By 1930, enough funds had been accumulated to start the construction of a new campus on the northwest slope of Mount Royal, adopting new plans designed by Ernest Cormier. However, the financial crisis of the 1930s virtually suspended all ongoing construction.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1919-d.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}} Many speculated that the university would have to sell off its unfinished building projects to ensure its own survival. Not until 1939 did the provincial government directly intervene by injecting public funds.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1919-f.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}}

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The campus's construction subsequently resumed and the mountain campus was officially inaugurated on 3 June 1943.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1943-a.html {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}} The Côte-des-Neiges site includes property expropriated from a residential development along Decelles Avenue, known as Northmount Heights.{{cite web|title=Publicité de la Northmount Land|url=http://www.cjecdn.qc.ca/bibliotheque/societe/12-dev/12a-a72.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702012117/http://www.cjecdn.qc.ca/bibliotheque/societe/12-dev/12a-a72.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2004|work=1698–1998 CÔTE-DES-NEIGES AU FIL DU TEMPS|publisher=La société du troisième centenaire de la Côte-des-Neiges 1698–1998|access-date=9 January 2012|language=fr|date=6 July 2000}} The university's former downtown facilities would later serve as Montreal's second francophone university, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

In 1943, the university assisted the Western Allies by providing laboratory accommodations on its campus. Scientists there worked to develop a nuclear reactor, notably by conducting various heavy water experiments. The research was part of the larger Manhattan Project, which aimed to develop the first atomic bomb. Scientists working on the school's campus eventually produced the first atomic battery to work outside of the United States. One of the participating Québec scientists, Pierre Demers, also discovered a series of radioactive elements issued from Neptunium.[http://125.umontreal.ca/histoire/1943-a.html#b {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} – Fêtes du 125^e – 125 ans d'histoire (1878–2003)] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} was issued its second provincial charter in 1950. A new government policy of higher education during the 1960s (following the Quiet Revolution) came in response to popular pressure and the belief that higher education was key to social justice and economic productivity. The policy led to the school's third provincial charter, which was passed in 1967. It defined the {{Lang|fr|Université de Montréal|italic=no}} as a public institution, dedicated to higher learning and research, with students and teachers having the right to participate in the school's administration.

In 1965, the appointment of the university's first secular rector, Roger Gaudry, paved the way for modernization. The school established its first adult-education degree program offered by a French Canadian university in 1968. That year the Lionel-Groulx and 3200 Jean-Brillant buildings were inaugurated, the former being named after Quebec nationalist Lionel Groulx. The following year, the Louis Collin parking garage—which won a Governor General's medal for its architecture in 1970—was erected.

An important event that marked the university's history was the École Polytechnique massacre. On 6 December 1989, a gunman armed with a rifle entered the École Polytechnique building, killing 14 people, all of whom were women, before taking his own life.

Since 2002, the university has embarked on its largest construction project since the late 1960s, with the construction of five new buildings planned for advanced research in pharmacology, engineering, aerospace, cancer studies and biotechnology.

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The university's main campus is located on the northern slope of Mount Royal in the Outremont and Côte-des-Neiges boroughs. Its landmark Pavilion Roger-Gaudry (named for former rector Roger Gaudry)—known until 2003 as Pavillon principal{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://collections.banq.qc.ca:8008/lapresse/src/pages/2003/P2003-06/12/17/A/82812_20031217LPA14.pdf|title=Le pavillon principal de l'UdeM devient le pavillon Roger Gaudry|publisher=La Presse|date=17 December 2003|access-date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508171151/http://collections.banq.qc.ca:8008/lapresse/src/pages/2003/P2003-06/12/17/A/82812_20031217LPA14.pdf|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=dead}}—can be seen from around the campus and is known for its imposing tower. It is built mainly in the Art Deco style with some elements of International style and was designed by noted architect Ernest Cormier. On 14 September 1954, a Roll of Honour plaque on the wall at the right of the stairs to the Court of Honour in Roger-Gaudry Pavillon was dedicated to alumni of the school who died in while in the Canadian military during the Second World War.http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=7904 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525083536/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=7904 |date=25 May 2013 }} Alumni – World War II Honour Roll In November 1963, a memorial plaque was dedicated to the memory of those members of the Université de Montréal who served in the Armed Forces during the First and Second World Wars and Korea.http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=7905 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525092311/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=7905 |date=25 May 2013 }} Alumni – war service The Mont-Royal campus is served by the Côte-des-Neiges, Université-de-Montréal, and Édouard-Montpetit metro stations.

The J.-Armand-Bombardier Incubator{{cite web|title=J.-Armand Bombardier Incubator|url=http://www.polymtl.ca/incubateur/en/index.php|website=Polytechnique Montréal|access-date=26 January 2015}} is among buildings jointly erected by the Université de Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal. The incubator is part on the main campus of Université de Montréal and was built in the fall of 2004 with the aim of helping R&D-intensive startup companies by providing complete infrastructures at advantageous conditions. The environment helps promote collaboration between industries and academics while encouraging Quebec entrepreneurship. Since its creation the Incubator has hosted more than fifteen companies, mainly in the biomedical field, in the field of polymer/surface treatment, in optics/photonics (like Photon etc.) and in IT security (like ESET).

The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine are the two teaching hospital networks of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine, although the latter is also affiliated with other medical institutions such as the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Hôpital Sacré-Coeur and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. A plaque dedicated to the personnel of the "Hôpital Général Canadien No. 6 (Université Laval de Montréal)" from 1916 to 1920 was donated by Mr. Louis de Gonzague Beaubien in 1939.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=5998 |title=Hôpital Général Canadien No. 6 (Université Laval de Montréal) |access-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021144951/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=5998 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{wide image|Université de Montréal vue de la Ville Mont-Royal.jpg|700px|View of Université de Montréal's main campus, taken in June 2017. The majority of the university's facilities are located on this campus.|alt=Panoramic Image of Université de Montréal}}

Apart from its main Mont-Royal campus, the university also maintains five regional facilities in Terrebonne, Laval, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe and Mauricie.[http://plancampus.umontreal.ca/ Université de Montréal – Plan Campus] {{in lang|fr}} The campus in Laval, just north of Montréal, was opened in 2006. It is Laval's first university campus and is located in the area near the Montmorency metro station and opposite to Collège Montmorency. In October 2009, the university announced an expansion of its Laval satellite campus with the commissioning of the six-storey Cité du Savoir complex.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/education/200910/14/01-911374-nouveau-campus-de-ludm-a-laval.php|title=Nouveau campus de l'UdM à Laval|last=Croteau|first=Martin|work=La Presse|location=Montreal|language=fr|date=14 October 2009|access-date=16 October 2009}} The Mauricie campus in the city of Trois-Rivières is known for its association with the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and as a satellite campus for the university's faculty of medicine. To solve the problem of lack of space on its main campus, the university is also planning to open a new campus in Outremont, known as the MIL campus.[http://www.siteoutremont.umontreal.ca/ Université de Montréal – Outremont facility project page] {{in lang|fr}}

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The university's master plan includes the construction of new institutional spaces in the borough of Outremont, Montreal. The campus accessible by two metro stations (Outremont and Acadie), will include teaching and research rooms. The premises are built in accordance with LEED eco-certification.

The MIL campus (which derives its name from "Milieu", which means middle in French{{Cite web|title=Campus MIL {{!}} Campus MIL|url=https://campusmil.umontreal.ca/|access-date=25 June 2020|language=fr-CA}}) has been under construction since 2016.{{Cite web|last=Fortin|first=Jean-Frédérick|title=Complexe des sciences de l'Université de Montréal: opération séduction|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/04/10/operation-seduction|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Le Journal de Montréal}} At the centre of the campus lies the Science Complex, which opened in 2019.

The opening of the MIL Campus generated controversy and attracted criticism from various community organizations in Parc-Extension, one of the poorest boroughs in Montreal.{{Cite web|last=Goudreault|first=Zacharie|date=2 June 2020|title=Parc-Extension: hausse des évictions en raison du campus MIL|url=https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2457648/parc-extension-hausse-des-evictions-et-des-loyers-en-raison-du-campus-mil/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} In the fall of 2019, the opening of the campus was disrupted by the Parc-Extension Action Committee (CAPE) to denounce the increasing number of tenants who are evicted from their apartments to make more units available for students in the borough.{{Cite news|last=CBC|date=20 September 2019|title=Take a tour of Université de Montréal's sparkling new campus|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/universite-de-montreal-new-campus-1.5291237|access-date=25 June 2020}} More recently, these organizations claimed that the arrival of the campus has encouraged a significant increase in evictions and rental prices in Parc-Extension.

Researchers from three Montreal universities – McGill University, Concordia University and Université du Quebec à Montreal – implemented the Parc-Extension anti-eviction mapping project in 2019, in collaboration with CAPE.{{Cite web|last=International|first=Radio Canada|date=1 June 2020|title=Projet de cartographie anti-éviction dans un quartier défavorisé de Montréal|url=https://www.rcinet.ca/fr/2020/06/15/projet-de-cartographie-anti-eviction-dans-un-quartier-defavorise-de-montreal/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=RCI {{!}} Français|language=fr-FR}} A report documenting the gentrification of Parc-Extension was published in June 2020 by the Parc-Extension anti-eviction mapping project and the CAPE. The authors conclude that the average rent for two-bedroom apartment ads between February and May 2020 was almost twice the estimates made by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in October 2019.{{Cite web|title=Embourgeoisement de Parc-Extension: le campus MIL montré du doigt|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/580081/embourgeoisement-de-parc-extension-le-campus-mil-montre-du-doigt|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Le Devoir|date=3 June 2020 |language=fr}}{{Cite web|last=Cyr|first=Guillaume|title=Campus MIL: le prix des logements continue de bondir dans Parc-Ex|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/06/03/campus-mil-le-prix-des-logements-continue-de-bondir-dans-parc-ex|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=3 June 2020}} Organizations have also criticized the Université de Montréal for excluding the construction of student residences from the master plan of the new campus.

The Université de Montréal is a publicly funded research university and a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/our-universities/universite-de-montreal|title=Université de Montréal|publisher=Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221111013/http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/our-universities/universite-de-montreal|archive-date=21 February 2012|url-status=dead}} Undergraduate students make up the majority of the university community, accounting for 74 per cent of the university student body, whereas graduate students account for 24 per cent of the student body.{{cite web|url=https://www.umontreal.ca/en/udem/in-figures/|title=In figures|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=12 March 2019|year=2019}} The university presently has 66,768 students (including students from affiliated institutions HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal). More than 9,500 university students are international students, while another 8,000 are considered permanent residents of Canada. From the 1 June 2010 to the 31 May 2011, the university conferred 7,012 bachelor's degrees, 461 doctoral degrees, and 3,893 master's degrees.

Depending on a student's citizenship, they may be eligible for financial assistance from the Student Financial Assistance program, administered by the provincial Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports, and/or the Canada Student Loans and Grants through the federal and provincial governments. The university's Office of Financial Aid acts as intermediaries between the students and the Quebec government for all matters relating to financial assistance programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.baf.umontreal.ca/AFQ.htm|title=Aide financière du Québec|publisher=Université de Montréal|language=fr|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224225232/http://www.baf.umontreal.ca/AFQ.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}} The financial aid provided may come in the form of loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships fellowships and work programs.

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Université de Montréal has consistently been ranked in a number of university rankings. In the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university ranked 101–150 in the world and sixth in Canada. The 2023 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 116th in the world and fifth in Canada. The 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed the university 111th in the world, and fifth in Canada. In U.S. News & World Report 2022–23 global university rankings, the university placed 156th in its world rankings, and sixth in Canada. In Maclean's 2023 Canadian university rankings, the university was ranked 10th in their Medical-Doctoral university category. The university was ranked in spite of having opted out from participation in Maclean's graduate survey since 2006.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/11-universities-bail-out-of-maclean-s-survey-1.570771|title=11 universities bail out of Maclean's survey|access-date=17 August 2017|work=CBC News|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=14 April 2006}}

Université de Montréal also placed in a number of rankings that evaluated the employment prospects of graduates. In QS's 2022 graduate employability ranking, the university ranked 191–200 in the world, and eighth in Canada. In the Times Higher Education's 2022 global employability ranking, the university's graduate business school, HEC Montréal, placed 63rd in the world, and fourth in Canada.

File:Institut de recherche en biologie végétale de l'Université de Montréal - panoramio.jpg houses the university's Plant Biology Research Institute.]]

Université de Montréal is a member of the U15, a group that represents 15 Canadian research universities. The university includes 465 research units and departments. In 2018, Research Infosource ranked the university third in their list of top 50 research universities; with a sponsored research income (external sources of funding) of $536.238 million in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://researchinfosource.com/top-50-research-universities/2018/list|title=Canada's Top 50 Research Universities 2018|publisher=Re$earch Infosource|year=2018|access-date=10 March 2019}} In the same year, the university's faculty averaged a sponsored research income of $271,000, while its graduates averaged a sponsored research income of $33,900.

Université de Montréal research performance has been noted in several bibliometric university rankings, which uses citation analysis to evaluate the impact a university has on academic publications. In 2019, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked the university 104th in the world, and fifth in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/ByCountry/2019/CA|title=World University Rankings By 2019|publisher=NTU Rankings|year=2019|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-date=2019-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708041729/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/ByCountry/2019/CA|url-status=dead}} The University Ranking by Academic Performance 2018–19 rankings placed the university 99th in the world, and fifth in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2018/country.php?ccode=CA|title=2018–2019 RANKING BY COUNTRY|publisher=Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University|year=2018|access-date=12 March 2019|archive-date=2018-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050258/http://www.urapcenter.org/2018/country.php?ccode=CA|url-status=dead}}

Since 2017, Université de Montréal has partnered with the McGill University on Mila (research institute), a community of professors, students, industrial partners and startups working in AI, with over 500 researchers making the institute the world's largest academic research center in deep learning. The institute was originally founded in 1993 by Professor Yoshua Bengio.{{Cite web|title=Mila|url=https://mila.quebec/en/mila/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Mila|language=en-US}}

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The school's two main student unions are the Fédération des associations étudiantes du campus de l'Université de Montréal (FAÉCUM), which represents all full-time undergraduate and graduate students, and the Association Étudiante de la Maîtrise et du Doctorat de HEC Montréal (AEMD), which defends the interests of those enrolled in HEC Montréal.{{cite web|url=http://www.faecum.qc.ca/la-faecum/mission|title=Qu'est-ce que la FAÉCUM?|publisher=FAÉCUM|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301170027/http://www.faecum.qc.ca/la-faecum/mission|archive-date=1 March 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aemdhec.com/ |title=Welcome to AEMD! |access-date=8 March 2012 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324164522/http://www.aemdhec.com/ |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=usurped }} FAÉCUM traces its lineage back to 1989, when the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) was founded, and is currently the largest student organization in Québec.{{cite web|url=http://www.faecum.qc.ca/la-faecum/histoire-de-la-federation|title=Histoire de la Fédération|publisher=FAÉCUM|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218050247/http://www.faecum.qc.ca/la-faecum/histoire-de-la-federation|archive-date=18 February 2012|url-status=dead}} Accredited organizations and clubs on campus cover a wide range of interests ranging from academics to cultural, religion and social issues. FAÉCUM is currently associated with 82 student organizations and clubs.{{cite web|url=http://www.faecum.qc.ca/associations-etudiantes-membres|title=Associations membres|publisher=FAÉCUM|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524151446/http://www.faecum.qc.ca/associations-etudiantes-membres|archive-date=24 May 2013|url-status=dead}} Four fraternities and sororities are recognized by the university's student union: Sigma Thêta Pi, Nu Delta Mu, Zeta Lambda Zeta, and Eta Psi Delta.{{cite web|url=http://www.sae.umontreal.ca/groupes.htm|title=Groupes d'intérêt|publisher=FAÉCUM|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}}

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The university's student population operates a number of news media outlets. The Quartier Libre is the school's main student newspaper.{{cite web|url=http://quartierlibre.ca/|title=Quartier Libre|publisher=Quartier Libre|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}} CISM-FM is an independently owned radio station of the students of the Université de Montréal and operated by the student union.{{cite web|url=http://www.cism.umontreal.ca/about.php|title=A Propos|publisher=CISM 89.3 FM|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}} The radio station dates back to 1970; it received a permit from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on 10 July 1990 to transmit on an FM band. On 14 March 1991, CISM's broadcasting antenna was boosted to 10 000 watts. With a broadcasting radius of 70 km, CISM is now the world's largest French-language university radio station.{{cite web|url=http://www.cism.umontreal.ca/historic.php|title=Historique|publisher=CISM 89.3 FM|year=2012|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}} The CFTU-DT television station also receives technical and administrative support from the student body.{{cite web|url=http://www.canalsavoir.tv/historique.php|title=Historique|publisher=Canal Savoir|year=2009|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}}

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Université de Montréal's sports teams are known as the Carabins. The Carabins participate in the U Sports' Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference for most varsity sports. Varsity teams include rugby, badminton, Canadian football, cheerleading, golf, hockey, swimming, alpine skiing, soccer, tennis, track and field, cross-country, and volleyball.{{cite web|url=http://www.carabins.umontreal.ca/|title=Carabins|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}} The athletics program at the university dates back to 1922.{{cite web|url=http://www.carabins.umontreal.ca/pages/APropos/historique.aspx?lang=FR-CA|title=Historique|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}} The university's athletic facilities is open to both its varsity teams and students. The largest sports facility is the Centre d'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université de Montréal (CEPSUM), which is also home to all of the Carabin's varsity teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.carabins.umontreal.ca/pages/CEPSUM/installations.aspx?lang=FR-CA|title=Centre sportif – CEPSUM – Installations|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=8 March 2012|language=fr}} The CEPSUM's building was built in 1976 in preparation for the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montréal. The outdoor stadium of the CEPSUM, which hosts the university's football team, can seat around 5,100 people.

{{Main|List of Université de Montréal people}}

File:Michaëlle Jean 1 11072007.jpg|Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor General of Canada

File:Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 1975 (UPI press photo) (cropped).jpg|Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada

File:Robert Bourassa01.jpg|Robert Bourassa, 22nd Premier of Quebec

File:Pierre Karl Péladeau Février 2024 (cropped).jpg|Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor

File:Louise Arbour - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg| Louise Arbour, 5th United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

File:Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad.png|Ishfaq Ahmad, nuclear physicist known for his work with Pakistan's nuclear weapons program

File:Yoshua Bengio - 2017.jpg|Yoshua Bengio, computer scientist, co-recipient of the 2018 Turing Award for his work in deep learning

File:Gilles Brassard (2019).jpg|Gilles Brassard, computer scientist, co-recipient of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Physics in quantum information science

The university has an extensive alumni network, with more than 300,000 members.{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomes.umontreal.ca/association/presentation.html|title=Diplômés de l'Université de Montréal|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Throughout the university's history, faculty, alumni, and former students have played prominent roles in a number of fields. Several prominent business leaders have graduated from the university. Graduates include Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, founder and CEO of Telemedia,{{cite web|url=http://www.businessfamilies.org/en/about-us/bffs-board-directors/philippe-de-gaspe-beaubien|title=Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien|publisher=Business Families Foundation|year=2010|access-date=23 February 2012}} Louis R. Chênevert, chairman and CEO of the United Technologies Corporation,{{cite web|url=http://www.utc.com/About+UTC/Executive+Leadership/Louis+R.+Ch%C3%AAnevert|title=Louis R. Chênevert, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer|publisher=United Technologies Corporation|year=2014|access-date=11 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200527/http://www.utc.com/About+UTC/Executive+Leadership/Louis+R.+Ch%C3%AAnevert|archive-date=28 June 2011|url-status=dead}} and Pierre Karl Péladeau, former president and CEO of Quebecor.{{cite web|url=http://www.quebecor.com/en/content/pierre-karl-p%C3%A9ladeau|title=PIERRE KARL PÉLADEAU|publisher=Quebecor|year=2012|access-date=23 February 2012}}

A number of students have also gained prominence for their research and work in a number of scientific fields. Roger Guillemin, a graduate of the university, would later be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with neurohormones.{{Cite book|title=Endocrine Psychiatry: Solving the Riddle of Melancholia|url=https://archive.org/details/endocrinepsychia00shor|url-access=limited|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|last1=Shorter|first1=Edward|last2=Fink|first2=Max|page=[https://archive.org/details/endocrinepsychia00shor/page/n121 107]|isbn=978-0-19-973746-8}} Alumnus Ishfaq Ahmad would also gain prominence for his work with Pakistan's nuclear weapon's program.{{cite book|title=Pakistan's nuclear underworld: an investigation|publisher=Saṁskṛiti in association with Observer Research Foundation|year=2005|last=John|first=Wilson|page=88|isbn=81-87374-34-9}} Jocelyn Faubert, known for his work in the fields of visual perception, is currently a faculty member of the university.{{cite web|url=http://vision.opto.umontreal.ca/English/Membres/jocelynfaubert.html|title=Jocelyn Faubert|publisher=Université de Montréal|year=2010|access-date=23 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203533/http://vision.opto.umontreal.ca/English/Membres/jocelynfaubert.html|archive-date=19 March 2012|url-status=dead}} Gilles Brassard, best known for his fundamental work in quantum cryptography, quantum teleportation, quantum entanglement distillation, quantum pseudo-telepathy, and the classical simulation of quantum entanglement.[http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Herzberg-Herzberg/Profiles-Profils/GillesBrassard_eng.asp Herzberg runner-up: Gilles Brassard], Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2010. Ian Goodfellow is a thought leader in the field of artificial intelligence.

Many former students have gained local and national prominence for serving in government, including Former Supreme Court of Canada Judge and UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour. Michaëlle Jean served as Governor General of Canada and as Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie,{{cite book|title=Succeeding from the Margins of Canadian Society: A Strategic Resource for New Immigrants, Refugees and International Students|publisher=CCB Publishing|year=2009|last1=Adu-Febiri|first1=Francis|last2=Everett|first2=Ofori|page=8|isbn=978-1-926585-27-7}} Ahmed Benbitour served as the Prime Minister of Algeria,{{cite web|url=http://www.lexpressiondz.com/actualite/171564-six-ex-chefs-dde-gouvernement-sur-la-ligne-de-depart.html|title=Six ex-chefs de gouvernement sur la ligne de départ?|work=L'Expression|publisher=Sarl Fattani Communication and Press|access-date=11 January 2014|date=1 April 2013|first=Aïssa|last=Hireche|language=fr}} and Pierre Trudeau served as the Prime Minister of Canada.{{cite book|title=Canada's Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation|publisher=Pembroke Publishers Limited|year=2005|last=Coucill|first=Irma|page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasprimemini0000couc/page/38 38]|isbn=1-55138-185-0|url=https://archive.org/details/canadasprimemini0000couc/page/38}} Eleven Premiers of Quebec have also graduated from Université de Montréal, including Jean-Jacques Bertrand,{{cite book|title=Your Worship: the lives of eight of Canada's most unforgettable mayors|publisher=James Lorimer & Company|year=1989|last=Levine|first=Allan Gerald|page=152|isbn=1-55028-209-3}} Robert Bourassa,{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/bourassa-robert-2231/biographie.html|title=Robert BOURASSA|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=April 2009|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Maurice Duplessis,{{cite book|title=Maurice Duplessis: powerbroker, politician|publisher=Dundurn Press Limited|year=2005|last=Paulin|first=Marguerite|page=[https://archive.org/details/mauriceduplessis0000paul/page/2 2]|isbn=1-894852-17-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mauriceduplessis0000paul/page/2}} Lomer Gouin,{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/gouin-lomer-3491/biographie.html|title=Lomer GOUIN|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=March 2009|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Daniel Johnson, Jr.,{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/johnson-(fils)-daniel-3723/biographie.html|title=Daniel JOHNSON (FILS)|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=June 2010|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Daniel Johnson Sr., Pierre-Marc Johnson,{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/johnson-pierre-marc-3721/biographie.html|title=Pierre Marc JOHNSON|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=May 2010|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Bernard Landry,{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/landry-bernard-3937/biographie.html|title=Bernard LANDRY|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=April 2009|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Jacques Parizeau,{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/parizeau-jacques-4781/biographie.html|title=Jacques PARIZEAU|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=December 2011|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} Paul Sauvé{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/sauve-joseph-mignault-paul-5305/biographie.html|title=Joseph-Mignault-Paul SAUVÉ|publisher=Assemblee Nationale de Quebec|date=July 2009|access-date=23 February 2012|language=fr}} and Philippe Couillard.

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• Bizier, Hélène-Andrée (1993). L'Université de Montréal: la quête du savoir. Montréal: Libre expression. 311 pp. {{ISBN|2-89111-522-8}}.{{Cite book|url=https://openlibrary.org/b/OL14721366M|isbn = 9782891115223|title = L' Université de Montréal: La quête du savoir|year = 1993|publisher = Libre expression| ol=14721366M }}

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