Université Laval Information
Located in the Canadian provence of Quebec Université Laval (Laval University) was founded in the mid 17th century and was the first educational facility in Northern America to offer university study in the French language. The Université Laval ranking is joint 19th best in Canada, and in the 365 to 390 range in the world. Similarly rated establishments in the Canadian colleges list include Carleton University, York University, University of Saskatchewan, and University of Quebec.
The university has grown in size and nowadays caters to over thirty seven thousand students. Lave is currently overseen by the rector Denis Briere.
The Université Laval is a large institution that offers study of over 350 subjects (these are largely taught in French); some of the major topic areas are in the following fields: Agriculture; Architecture; Dentistry; Education; Food sciences; Literature; Medicine; Music; Nursing; Pharmacy; Philosophy; Science; Social science; and Theology.
Being one of the oldest French speaking universities in Canada has enabled Université Laval to build up an impressive list of former faculty and alumni; these include people such as Niklaus Wirth, Marius Barbeau, Jean Chrétien, Louis Laurent and Brian Mulroney (prime ministers of Canada), Esther Delisle (author), and Louis-Honoré Fréchette (poet).
Université Laval Address
The Laval University is located at the following address:
Université Laval
2325 Rue de l’Université
Quebec City
Quebec
G1V 0B4
Canada
Ranking and Quick Facts
Motto: Deo favente haud pluribus impar (English: By the grace of God, to no one equal).
| University world Ranking – Times 200 (UK) |
280
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| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
203 to 304
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| American Rank (Jiaotong) |
99 to 138
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Laval University Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) |
28,902
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8,689
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37,591
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| Established |
1663
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| Endowment |
$105,300,000
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| Endowment per student |
$2,800
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| Number of foreign students (if known) |
2,500
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| Affiliations |
ACU, AUCC, IAU, UArctic
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