Université de Montréal

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Université de Montréal is a leading research-intensive institution in Canada, renowned for its comprehensive academic offerings and significant contributions to fields like artificial intelligence, health sciences, and law. It boasts a vibrant international community, with over 10,000 students from more than 140 countries, supported by a dedicated International Students Office (BEI) that assists with immigration, integration, and academic success. While primarily a French-speaking university, UdeM offers some English-taught graduate programs and robust French language support for international learners. A distinctive characteristic is its pivotal role in the global AI research ecosystem, notably through its affiliation with MILA, making it a hub for innovation in a dynamic, bilingual city.

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The Université de Montréal (English: University of Montreal; UdeM; French pronunciation: [ynivɛʁsite də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Mount Royal near the Outremont Summit (also called Mount Murray), in the borough of Outremont. The 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, formerly École des Hautes études commerciales). 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 an independent institution after it was issued a papal charter in 1919 and a provincial charter in 1920. Université...

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