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

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Motto Il faut le savoir (It must be known)
Type Public
Established 1970 (legally 1983)
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, Montreal, Laval, and Varennes.
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.

Mission

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

Programs

The 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 disciplines of Electromechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. [1]

History

The Université was founded in 1970 as Services universitaires dans le Nord-Ouest québécois. The university was subsequently renamed Direction des études universitaires dans l’Ouest québécois (1972), Centre d’études universitaires dans l’Ouest québécois (1976), and Centre d’études universitaires en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (1981). The university has been known as l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue since 1983, when it split away from the administration of UQTR.

Residences

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

Campuses

The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue is based in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Additional satellite campuses are located in Val-d'Or (Centre d'Etude Supérieures Lucien-Cliche), which includes a pavilion for First Nations studies, and in Amos (Pavilion des Rapides), which specializes in forestry with a research center focusing on ligniculture and sylviculture, and in hydrogeology with a laboratory for groundwater research.

UQAT also has smaller learning centres in Notre-Dame-du-Nord, 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". Archived from the original on 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ (fr) Announcement of the new residences (Fall 2010)
  3. ↑ About Colleges and Institutes: Members of the ACCC
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