Coordinates: 48°13′55″N 79°0′20″W / 48.23194°N 79.00556°W
| Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |
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| Motto: | Il faut le savoir (It must be known) |
| Established: | 1970 |
| Type: | Public |
| Students: | 3 000 full and part-time |
| Undergraduates: | available |
| Postgraduates: | available |
| Location: | 445, boul. de l’Université Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada |
| Campus: | Urban/Suburban, five campuses throughout Quebec, with campuses in Quebec City and Montreal, Laval, and Varennes. |
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| Colours: | black and Red |
| Nickname: | UQAT |
| Affiliations: | UACC |
| Website: | www.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.
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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 and social work, interactive multimedia, youth communications and art therapy. Students can choose to specialize in the following engineering disciplines: Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
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
Although the University does not offer a residence, rental accommodations are 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.[2]
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
- ^ Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation - University List
- ^ About Colleges and Institutes: Members of the ACCC
External links
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (French) – official website
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue AUCC
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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