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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | March 19, 1969 |
| Affiliation | UACC;CIS,QSSF, CBIE |
| Rector | Christian Blanchette |
Administrative staff | 1,781 employees |
| Students | 14,740 |
| Undergraduates | 11,210 |
| Postgraduates | 3,530 |
| Address | 46°21′2.04″N72°34′34.67″W / 46.3505667°N 72.5762972°W /46.3505667; -72.5762972 |
| Campus | Trois-Rivières,Victoriaville,Drummondville,Saint-Hyacinthe,Quebec City,Sorel-Tracy,Joliette & Centre Universitaire des Appalaches |
| Sports teams | UQTR Patriotes |
| Colours | Green, Gold and Black[1] |
| Website | uqtr.ca |
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TheUniversité du Québec à Trois-Rivières (French pronunciation:[ynivɛʁsitedykebɛkatʁwaʁivjɛʁ],University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières,UQTR), also known as "l'université du peuple", established in 1969 and mainly located inTrois-Rivières,Quebec, Canada, is apublic university within theUniversité du Québec network. As of April 2016, the university had 14,500 students in 9 different campuses, including the main one in Trois-Rivières. About 788 of them come from overseas, from 50 countries. The university has given more than 88,000 diplomas since its founding. The Trois-Rivières campus also holds a large library with about 400,000 documents.[2]
UQTR was created in 1969 with the merger of the "Centre d'Études universitaires de Trois-Rivières" and "L'école normale d'État Maurice Duplessis" (named afterMaurice Duplessis). The first major campus, Ringuet, was opened in 1973 and is located in the vicinity of Des Forges and Des Récollets boulevards near downtown Trois-Rivières. Over the following years, UQTR has expanded outside of the city into several towns in theCentre-du-Québec,Montérégie,Lanaudière,Quebec andChaudière-Appalaches regions.Over the 1973-2009 time period the university has enjoyed a period of long term growth punctuated by several periods of short term fluctuation.
During the2005 student protests, students narrowly voted in early March for a three-daystudent strike whose period included March 16, when several hundred UQTR students participated in a general protest inMontreal. Two days later, the students narrowly voted for a return to class. However, due to complaints made by some student groups, the students and some instructors boycotted again about a week later. During the first boycott, some instructors reported to work to teach classes as scheduled. Groups called "commandos" patrolled the Trois-Rivières area in search of these instructors who failed to honour the pickets, enticing them to stay away from UQTR during the boycott.[3][4]
On October 2, 2024, Alexandra Martine Diengo Lumbayi, a 21-year-old Congolese UQTR international studentwent missing near Saint-Quentin Island.[5][6] Search efforts began on October 4–5, involving divers, local police, and anSQ helicopter.[7] On October 7, a slipper and bracelet suspected to be hers were recovered forDNA testing.[8] Her body was found on October 8 in a marina near Saint-Quentin Island.[9]
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| World rankings | |
| USNWR World[10] | 1603 |
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| USNWR National[10] | 36 |
Since 2004, theUniversity of Montreal Faculty of Medicine has operated a satellite campus of its medical school at UQTR. The preclinical years are simulcast with the respective classes in Montreal, and the two clinical years are completed in the Centre hospitalier régional de Trois-Rivières (CHRTR) and the Centre hospitalier du centre de la Mauricie (CHCM). The degree is granted by the University of Montreal.
In 2007, the construction of a new medical education pavilion began, which was completed in 2010.
In fall of 2004, UQTR launched the firstpodiatry program in Canada. Upon obtaining all 195 university credits, students are awarded with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree; thus, this makes UQTR the first French-language university in the world to offer theDPM degree. The foundation of this program was based on the American definition ofpodiatric medicine and was developed in association with theNew York College of Podiatric Medicine. The program enrols 25 students per year.
UQTR is home to the first public and the first university-basedchiropractic school in North America. The program is limited to 47 admissions per year.
UQTR is home to the first French-speaking graduate athletic therapy program in North America. This applied Master program is limited to 25 admissions per year. The program is accredited by theCanadian Athletic Therapists Association since 2017.
UQTR is the only university in Quebec offering amidwifery program. It welcomes up to 24 students per year since its implementation in 1999.
Students can choose to specialize in the following disciplines:chemical engineering,electrical engineering,industrial engineering, andmechanical engineering.[11]
UQTR hosts the Institute for Hydrogen Research (IHR), established in 1994. The mission of IHR is to advance energy transition through innovation in advanced materials, engineering, and safety. The vision of the IHR is fundamentally multidisciplinary: the research areas encompasses basic Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences. The object is to promote the energy transition and train a skilled and versatile workforce capable of innovating in Energy and Materials.
The university is represented inCanadian Interuniversity Sport by theUQTR Patriotes which has teams inswimming,golf,hockey,soccer,cheerleading,badminton,athleticism,volleyball andflag football
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