| Students | 45 000 students provides training for Canadian and international students who wish to learn or improve their knowledge of French. / / History The origin of the University dates back to 1663 with the founding of the Seminary of Quebec by Francois de Montmorency Laval , first bishop of New France. In 1852 , a Royal Charter of Queen Victoria is at Laval University, who will be managing the Seminary of Quebec. In 1878 , the Seminary opened a "branch" of Laval University in Montreal , which became the University of Montreal in 1920. In addition to being the first institution of higher education in Quebec and Canada, Laval University was also the first university speaking in America , and the fifth oldest (all languages) from the Autonomous University of St. Domingo ( 1538 ), National University of San Marcos ( 1551 ), the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( 1552 ) and Harvard University ( 1636 ). December 8, 1852, feast of the Immaculate Conception , Father Louis-Jacques Casault receives a royal charter granted by Queen Victoria , which has just officially set up at Laval University as a university. This will now this day to be the anniversary of the university. Located in the Latin Quarter of Old Quebec City during its first century of existence, it will relocate most of its activities on a large campus which is set in the neighborhood of University City in the borough of Sainte-Foy-Sillery- Cap-Rouge in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1971 a new charter is approved by the National Assembly of Quebec. The university is now nondenominational. Symbols The motto of the university is "haud pluribus impar favente Deo," which means: "With the grace of God, like no other." It is inspired by that of Louis XIV , "Nec pluribus impar." Weapons reproduce the features of the coat of arms of Montmorency-Laval , founder of the Seminary of Quebec : a shield bearing a cross charged with five shells and confined without sixteen eagles beak and feet, symbolizing the enemies defeated during pilgrimages which took part the ancestors of Laval. However, the colors of the blazon of the University are reversed from those of the arms of Montmorency-Laval. The University flag is a banner of arms of the shield. The anthem of the University is entitled "Knowledge and beauty," a work of Joan Landry, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Music. Campus  The shaded walkways on campus are numerous. The campus of Laval University, one of the most remarkable of Quebec, is composed of thirty pavilions covering a total area of 1.9 square kilometers in the heart of the city Quebec city within a city. The campus is roughly bounded on the north by Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois Chemin Sainte-Foy, south of the Laurier Boulevard, east by Avenue Myrand and west, by ' Autoroute Robert-Bourassa (the Pavilion of the Services and Envirotron are exceptions, these being located west of the highway). Many parking spaces are available near most of the pavilions. A bike path through campus, which is also served by several routes of buses. The campus has a security service 24/24 and 4 student residences (2,400 rooms total). Two residences are mixed and two unisex. 56% of the area of campus is covered with woods, parkland and sports fields. The campus hosts a flora and fauna very diverse, with about 67 species of hardwoods and conifers , 60 species of birds and 15 species of animals. It includes a botanical garden of 6 acres, the Botanical Garden Roger-Van den Hende. In addition, the campus of Laval University is located ten minutes walk from the Cgep de Sainte-Foy and Cgep Franois-Xavier-Garneau. The campus of Laval University saw the air on Google Maps and 3D in Google Earth. Public art Public art is "art located outside spaces and conventions galleries and museums" . In 2008, according to this definition, the public art collection at the University Laval had 96 works spread over its main campus located in Sainte-Foy and the site of the Fort Montmorency . This collection has been enriched by several works, for example when applying the policy to integrate the arts with architecture and environment of buildings and public and government sites as part of the expansion flag-Vandry Ferdinand in 2009. Several efforts of cataloging and development of this collection have been made over the years. The most recent initiatives have involved the publication in 2008, the directory "public art on the campus of Laval University" by the development and implementation . It also notes the establishment of a discovery tour of public art, led by the Office of Student Life at Laval University. This course can be done anytime, but is subject to an annual competition within the Culture Days held each year in September . The first public art on campus date back to 1949, during the construction of the flag of Surveying and Forest Engineering, the first to be built in Sainte-Foy . The collection includes contributions by renowned artists such as Jordi Bonet, Omer Parent or Armand Vaillancourt. Almost all of the collection is accessible at all times to visitors. The Underground  A tunnel between the flags Vachon, Pouliot and Bonenfant. Virtually all buildings are connected by a network of tunnels along over 10 km. These tunnels are very popular, especially in winter or during bad weather. In 2008, a survey of 2700 respondents showed that 30% of them, and 42% of women did not feel safe after 18:00 . A network of cameras and 40 emergency telephones will be installed and security guards patrolling them, crimes that occur there are actually harmful, breakage and vandalism . The buildings on campus The year in parentheses is the opening of the pavilion.  Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault in October 2007.  Pavillon Flix-Antoine Savard  Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry  Palasis-Prince in October 2007  Pavilion of Photonics optical laser - Pavillon Abitibi-Price (1950): It includes the Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, and the Department of Geography. He was named in honor of the company Abitibi-Price , generous donor. The monumental sculpture of a leaf in Corten steel adorns the building. This is the first pavilion was built on the campus
- Adrien Pouliot (1962): It includes several departments of Applied Science ( geniuses chemical, civil, metallurgy and materials, electrical and computer science, geology, engineering) and the departments of computer science and software engineering and geology at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. It also hosts centers and research chairs, including the Research Center on Concrete Infrastructures ( CRIB ), the Coalition Aluminium ( REGAL ) and the Industrial Research Chair in Infrastructure Operating subjected to freezing (CREIG). He was named in honor of the mathematician Adrien Pouliot , dean of the faculty between 1940 and 1956. A mosaic of the renowned Quebec artist Jordi Bonet adorns the front north of the building.
- Pavillon Agathe-Lacerte (1965): The flag Lacerte is a residence for women and includes a daycare center. Its name celebrates the memory of Agathe Lacerte , first professor of the University.
- Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon (1962): There are several pure science departments of the Faculty of Engineering and Science (physics, engineering physics and optics, biochemistry and microbiology, biology, chemistry (including the Centre for Research in Science and Engineering of Macromolecules said CERSIM), Mathematics and Statistics), School of Actuarial Science and the scientific library. It also includes the Centre for Research on the properties of interfaces and catalysis (CERPIC) and the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL). It is named in honor of Alexander Vachon , president of the University in 1939-1940. The supercomputer (module GIANT CLUMEQ), located in the old tower of the particle accelerator, is located northwest of the pavilion.
- Alphonse-Marie Parent: This is a mixed residential and there is a daycare. His name was given in memory of Alphonse-Marie Parent , president of the University from 1954 to 1964 and president of the Royal Commission on Education in Quebec from 1961 to 1966 (the Parent Commission ).
- Flag-H.-Biermans Moraud L. (1955): It includes student residences. It was named in honor of two generous donors, Senator Lucien Moraud businessman and Belgian Jean-Hubert Biermans. This is a residence for men.
- Pavillon Jean-Charles Bonenfant (1968): It comprises the Faculty of Graduate Studies, the Institute of Classical Studies, the Department of Finance, Human Resources, the Vice-President HR, etc.. But mostly the Library of the University. It also reflected the Institute of Classical Studies Jean-Charles Bonenfant was a professor at the University but also a librarian at the library of the Quebec legislature.
- Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault (1960): Created first as the major seminary, he was part of the University in 1978. Work of the famous Quebec architect Ernest Cormier , its shape recalls the clean lines of a church and is a symbol of the identity of Laval University. Its name recalls the name of the first rector of the University, Louis-Jacques Casault. It includes the Faculty of Music, Department of Information and Communication Faculty of Arts and the Department of Geomatics and Centre for Research in Geomatics, Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics. In addition, Library and Archives nationales du Qubec ( Quebec National Archives ) are located in this vast building. The museum center of Laval University ("The origins of the museum") was also located there from 1986 until its closure in 2000. Since May 2007, the space of the former center is occupied by the museum LAMIC (Laboratory of Museology and engineering culture), the first Canadian experimental museology.
- Pavillon Grard Bisaillon (formerly Central Power): It houses the power plant and the Service Building (formerly known as Service land and buildings). A central chilled water was also completed in 2004 to meet the needs of new buildings for air conditioning.
- Pavillon Charles-De Koninck (1966): Named in honor of Charles De Koninck , dean of the Faculty of Philosophy from 1939 to 1956 and 1965, it houses many of the faculties and departments of Humanities: Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences (part), School of Languages, departments of anthropology, history, literature, languages, linguistics and translation, political science, sociology. It contains more the Quebec Institute of International Studies and the Inter-University Centre for Quebec Studies.
- Pavillon Charles-Eugne-Marchand (1994): Named after Charles-Eugene Marchand (1897-1993), businessman and philanthropist, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Fondation de l'Universit Laval. This is a flag for Research in Life Sciences houses the Institute of Integrative Biology and Systems ( IBIS ). Besides the IBIS, it houses the Centre for Research on the function, structure and protein engineering ( PROTEO ), the Canada Research Chair in genomics and conservation of aquatic resources, the Canada Research Chair in Forest Genomics and Environmental Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Protein Engineering, the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology , the Animal Care Committee of Laval University (CPAUL), the Herbier Louis-Marie , the microscopy service and histology- platform genomic analysis of Laval University.
- Pavillon Paul-Comtois (1966): It bears the name of Paul Comtois , agronomist and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1961 to 1966. It includes the premises of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food and the Faculty of Nursing. It contains more the Study Group on Public Health Nutrition (GENUP), the Centre for Research in Dairy Science and Technology (STELA), the Centre for Research in Agricultural Economics (CREA) and the Group for Research in Economics and agricultural policy (GREPA).
- Pavillon J.-A.-DeSve (1990): It includes the departments of economic and industrial relations , in addition to the General Directorate of Continuing Education. His name was given in honor of a posthumous donor DeSve Joseph Alexander, businessman and founder of the first private television station in Qubec: Tl-Mtropole.
- Alphonse-Desjardins (1995): This comprehensive service pavilion was named in honor of Alphonse Desjardins Gabriel , founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins who have contributed financially to its construction with the University and CADEUL. This pavilion is now one with the Pavillon Maurice-Pollack. It contains numerous venues (Atrium Jean-Guy Paquet, University Pub, Grand Salon, amphitheater Hydro-Quebec) and services (local associations and unions, the Service Center Desjardins-Pollack, Entrepreneurship Laval, an exhibition rooms, auditoriums and conference rooms, meeting rooms, the placement service, the Office of Student Affairs, the Department of Student Services, Communications Branch, Office of Fellowships and financial assistance, imageothque, etc.). This pavilion is the perfect place to hold conventions, seminars or other community activities.
- Flag of Physical Education and Sport (1970): The "FIFO" is the sports center of Laval University. It includes the physical education department of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Division of Kinesiology , Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, in addition to sports medicine clinics, physiotherapy and kinesiology and a sports equipment shop. The sports department is located and offers both sports for students and the general public, as well as elite university sports teams, the teams of Red and Gold. The FIFO is the largest sports center eastern Quebec. It has a pool of Olympic size, two ice rinks for skating and hockey , an indoor stadium comprising a track for athletics indoor 200 meters, four tennis courts , an outdoor soccer and indoor walls of climbing , a large gymnasium divisible into three areas (total: three golf basketball and six volleyball or badminton ), a dojo ( martial arts ), four tennis squash , four tennis racquetball / wallyball , multi-sports venues, room yoga , dance hall and training rooms. On its outdoor fields, one finds a field of practice course , a stage of football / soccer , running track of 400 m, playgrounds, volleyball on the sand , the softball / baseball , from tennis , the soccer and ' Ultimate Frisbee.
- Envirotron (1993): It houses the Centre for Research in Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture and Food, where researchers are working on quality and safety of horticultural products and on the use of technology environmentally friendly. It is also the entrance to the Botanical Garden Roger-Van den Hende open to the public.
- Pavillon Ernest-Lemieux (1962): This is a mixed residential, office and entertainment religious service safety and prevention. He was named dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Ernest Lemieux , who was also superintendent of the first construction on the present campus.
- Pavillon de l'Est (1975): It is the abode of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.
- Eugene home-Roberge (1928): Acquired by the University in 1948, this house is named after its former owner, Eugene Roberge , legislative counsel of the Government of the Province of Quebec from 1912 to 1935. We find the international office of the University.
- Pavillon Flix-Antoine Savard (1972): One of the twin towers of the campus, its name is reminiscent of Felix-Antoine Savard , Dean of the Faculty of Arts between 1950 and 1957. It houses some services but especially the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies. The pavilion also includes the School of Psychology and the School of Planning and Regional Development.
- Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry (1957): Ferdinand Vandry was rector of the University from 1945 to 1954. Found in this pavilion, Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy. A major construction project will double its surface in 2008 and welcome the other faculties of health science as the Faculty of Nursing.
- Laurentian chalet (1990): This flag serves as a Continuing Education Centre of the University; usually keep classrooms, conference and videoconference. Indeed, videoconferencing systems are used Tandberg brand and enable communication with, among others, to other universities. The pavilion is named after the insurance company Laurentian which helped fund the university.
- Little City (1990): This house has a center of early childhood (child care).
- Home John Michael Brophy: The University had acquired the house of Michael John Brophy in 1958. The secretariat of the Research Ethics and the Union of Professional and Occupational Research of Laval University found there.
- Sirois Marie-house: This house is home to the Association of Graduate Students (Aelia). His famous name than the first woman to graduate from Laval University in 1904.
- Pavillon Maurice-Pollack (1957): This flag, which now forms a unit with the Alphonse-Desjardins, is one of the service buildings of the university, and celebrates the memory of Maurice Pollack , a businessman Quebec and generous donor. It includes a plethora of services including reception services and information associations whose CADEUL (Confederation of students and students from Laval University), medical clinic, a cooperative Zone Laval University offices of the student newspaper Impact Campus, the issues of Laval University Press, the printing service, service orientation, etc..
- Flag of Dentistry (1975): This pavilion houses, as its name suggests, the Faculty of Dentistry. His facility also houses the Research Group in Oral Ecology (grebes).
- Palasis Prince (1952): Named after Palasis Prince , founder of the Faculty of Administration, it includes all the departments under this faculty. It teaches the various disciplines to business management. It includes the Theatre of the City University (TCU), which may contain more than 600 people.
- Pavilion Services (1963): It houses the Division of Laboratory Animal Vice-rector of research and INAF (Institute of Nutraceuticals and functional foods). This institute is linked to the Faculty of Agriculture and Food. Pavilion Services has been completely renovated a few years ago. A large butterfly adorns the front of the pavilion.
- Pavillon des Sciences Education (1968): One of the twin towers of the University, it houses the Faculty of Education, Office of the President and the Vice-President for Administration and Finance, the Vice-Rector for Research and Vice-President in school.
- Pavillon Gene-H.-Kruger (2005) is a new flag of teaching and research in wood engineering opened in 2005. Named in honor of the son of the founder of the logging company Kruger, generous donor, Gene H. Kruger (1902-1988). This is a green building , green building constructed entirely of wood and non-polluting materials, maximum use of solar energy for its heating and natural ventilation. source
- Flag of laser optics and photonics (2006): The flag of optics and photonics, juxtaposed at Alexandre-Vachon, houses the laboratories of Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL), the largest research center in optics Canadian Photonics. Its construction began in November 2004 and its opening was held in September 2006. It is an investment of 32 million Canadian dollars.
Sites of teaching and research off-campus The University has several sites of teaching and research outside the campus which houses the majority of its houses. - CHUQ (1995): The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec is a group of health care institutions with roles in teaching and research. It provides training for students in health sciences.
- The Block Factory (1993): In the Saint-Roch (Borough of La Cit, Quebec City), this former industrial building built in 1886 served as a factory for women's underwear until 1988. The School of Visual Arts University found there.
- a href = "% C3% S A9minaire_de_Qu% C3% A9bec" alt = "Seminary of Quebec"> Bldg Old Seminary of Qubec: Located in Old Quebec This building is part of the original site of the University before moving on campus today. Here was established the Seminary of Quebec by Monseigneur de Montmorency-Laval in 1663. It contains the School of Architecture.
- Fort Montmorency (1964): La Fort Montmorency is situated in the heart of the Massif des Laurentides in the Laurentian Wildlife Reserve about sixty miles north of Quebec. Its territory is an open-air laboratory in forest management and is part of the Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics as an experimental station. In addition to teaching and research taking place, the site is open to the public and there are four trails hiking season and trails cross country skiing and snowshoeing in winter. One can also go fishing with the fly and mountain biking. In summer, a summer camp for youth 12 to 16 years on the theme of the forest is also organized Libraries
 Pavillon Jean-Charles Bonenfant, or is the Library of Humanities and Social Sciences  Night View of the Science Library at the Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon The collections of the library of Laval University is located primarily in two locations: the Library of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Pavillon Jean-Charles Bonenfant and Library Science at the Pavillon Vachon. In the reading room of the school of architecture located in the Building of Old Quebec Seminary , has a small collection of books, journals and reference works specializing in architecture. The Laval University Library has about 5 million documents. The number of subscriptions to newspapers and journals is more than 24 000 of which nearly 18 000 are in electronic format. 450 databases are accessible via the Web. There are nearly 5 000 125 000 atlases and maps, more than 160,000 aerial photographs, and more than 16,500 films, videos and DVDs . In the scientific sector, the presence long the only faculty of forestry in Quebec has resulted in the formation of the most interesting body of literature in this field among academic libraries in the Province. In biology, several lines of research directed towards the aquatic biology. In addition, the Department of Civil Engineering has developed an expertise in engineering and water supply in recent years the only program in Quebec in water engineering. For these reasons, the Laval University Library has had to develop a large collection of documents on the theme of water, both in terms of biology, an engineering management. At Laval University, research in optics , photonics and lasers have been ongoing since the 1950s. This long tradition of research emerges Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL) internationally recognized. To meet the needs of research and education in optics, photonics and lasers, Science Library had set up an extensive collection of books and journals in this field. At the Science Library, there is also a small collection of approximately 300 highly specialized books on the history of industrial chemistry and metallurgy mining. This collection was formed in part by a donation from Mr. Fathi Habashi, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials, University . Note also that the renovations are planned until the summer of 2011 in the library the flag-J Charles Bonenfant the 4th floor. This will provide a laboratory of geomatics laboratory children's literature and a training room for student and teacher. Also, library science, new rooms for group work will be built because the scientific library of 1 cycle (Pavillon Vachon) was closed down on 1 May 2010 due to major renovation of the pavilion. This therefore ensures that all services will be consolidated into a single location or library science. Faculties, departments, schools and institutes Faculties The University has 17 faculties: Departments, schools and institutes Among the 66 departments, schools and institutes include: Research Centers Personalities linked Faculty Alumni  View of downtown Quebec from Alphonse-Marie Parent, Laval University. Prime Ministers of Canada Premiers of Quebec Other Honorary degrees As of 2008, and since 1864, Universit Laval has awarded nearly 1,100 honorary degrees . Student Life Sports Teams Sports teams of University clubs are Red & Gold. Currently, there are fourteen clubs Red & Gold: Club Football Laval generates strong enthusiasm, especially for winning five times the Vanier Cup , after a perfect season and the Dunsmore Cup seven times in a row (for a total of 8). The home games are played at the FIFO before a crowd that often exceeds 15 000 persons . Student organizations This section is empty, insufficiently detailed or incomplete. Your help is welcome! There are nearly 200 student organizations in Laval. University Cooperative Cooperative of Laval University (often designated by its diminutive Commercial "Zone") is a cooperative enterprise involved in the sale of products for the entire university clientele, such as books, lecture notes and computer equipment. It has 6 outlets with a principal place in the pavilion Maurice Pollack. It also operates the shop and Laval University Rouge et Or Various Facts about the University Laval - The asteroid (14424) Laval is named in honor of the University.
- According to the magazine Science Quebec , three of the ten discoveries scientists of the year 2006 in Quebec have been carried out by researchers from Laval University, is Barbara Papadopoulou and Serge Rivest, Faculty of Medicine, and Simon Rainville, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics. See also
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