UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL L-10

CP 6128, Succursale Centre-ville
Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
Tel: (514)343-6111
Admissions: (514)343-7076
Fax: (514)343-5788
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.umontreal.ca/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Administratively affiliated with L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, HEC Montreal. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1920. Setting: 150-acre urban campus. Endowment: $837 million. Total enrollment: 54,465. Retention: 83% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: trimesters. ESL program, services for LD students, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study at Quebec Interuniversity Exchange.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: Common Application. Required: Diploma of Collegiate Studies (and transcript) or equivalent. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: 5/15.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 50 open to all. Most popular organization: Federation des Associations Etudiantes du Campus. Major annual events: Winter Carnival, Multicultural Week, Inter-University Photograph Exhibition. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, cameras, alarm systems, crime prevention programs. 1,122 college housing spaces available. Option: coed housing available. Bibliothique des lettres et sciences humaines plus 18 others with 1.7 million microform titles, 18,330 serials, 178,528 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 1,500 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.