The Université de Moncton is a Canadian

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in New Brunswick. It includes campuses in

Edmundston Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sai ...

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

, and

Shippagan Shippagan is a Canadian town within Shippegan Parish, Gloucester County, New Brunswick. The parish retains the original English spelling, while the town officially adopted the colloquial French spelling on 1 July 1981. Shippagan was great ...

. The university was founded in 1963 following the recommendations of the royal commission on

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in New Brunswick. Since then, the institution has been widely regarded as the heir to several Acadian institutions of higher learning such as the

Collège Saint-Joseph The University of St. Joseph's College was a university in Memramcook, New Brunswick that closed in 1966, when it amalgamated with two other colleges to form the Université de Moncton. Founded in 1864 as St. Joseph's College on the site of St. ...

. The university strives to be a generalised university, offering training and research in the fields of

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and

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. As Canada's largest exclusively French-language university outside of

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, the university has, as of December 1, 2021, 4 655 full-time and 515 part-time enrolments; of the total number, 65.5% are from New Brunswick and 27.4% are international.

History

The Université de Moncton was born because of recommendations made in 1962 by a Commission of Inquiry on Higher Education in New Brunswick chaired by John J. Deutsch. The new university was created on

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, 1963. Collège Saint-Joseph, the Université Sacré-Cœur in Bathurst, and the Université Saint-Louis d'Edmundston agreed to suspend their respective charters and assume the status of affiliated colleges (Collège Saint-Joseph, Collège de Bathurst, and Collège Saint-Louis). The new Université de Moncton took shape on land in Moncton's Sunny Brae neighbourhood. In 1972, Collège Jésus-Marie in Shippagan was affiliated directly with the Université de Moncton and offered the first two years of the arts program. Following recommendations made in 1975 by the Committee on Higher Education in the Francophone Sector in New Brunswick, chaired by Justice Louis A. LeBel, the Université de Moncton underwent a major reorganization. In 1977, the Université de Moncton became a university composed of three equal campuses, located in the three major francophone regions of the province: Edmundston, Moncton, and Shippagan. Collège Jésus-Marie became the Centre universitaire de Shippagan campus of the Université de Moncton, and Collège Saint-Louis-Maillet became the Centre universitaire Saint-Louis-Maillet campus of the Université de Moncton. The current designations of the three constituents of the Université de Moncton are: Université de Moncton, campus d'Edmundston (UMCE), Université de Moncton, campus de Moncton (UMCM) and Université de Moncton, campus de Shippagan (UMCS).

Campuses

The university is divided into three campuses: The Moncton Campus is home to more than 70% of the students and offers all programs, except for Forestry (offered in Edmundston) and Information Management and Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone (offered in Shippagan). Located in the north of the city, the Moncton Campus includes some twenty pavilions, the CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud sports center, the J.-Louis-Lévesque arena, the Musée acadien, the Louise-et-Ruben-Cohen Art Gallery, and several residences and apartments to meet the needs of students (rooms, studios, and university apartments). The Campus Universitaire d'Edmundston, in

(Edmundston Campus) is built on an elevated area of the downtown core, near the

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. It has four pavilions, a student center and a residence with the capacity to house nearly 90 students. It welcomes more than 375 students. The Pavillon sportif d'Edmundston is located on the campus grounds and includes a swimming pool, a climbing wall, different gymnasiums and more. A 2,400-seat amphitheatre used for field hockey and shows is also located next to the Pavillon sportif. Outside, there is a six-lane athletic field with bleachers. The

Campus is located in northeastern

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. It includes four pavilions: the Irène-Léger Pavilion, the Bibliothèque, Sciences et technologies Pavilion, the Zone côtière Pavilion and the Armand-Caron Sports Pavilion. It also has the Institut de recherche sur les zones côtières VALORĒS, and four university housing buildings. The Shippagan regional pool is attached to the Armand-Caron Sports Pavilion. The campus is home to over 500 students. Université de Moncton Campus de Shippagan 1

Université de Moncton Campus de Shippagan 1

Faculties

The Université de Moncton has more than 200 programs: # Faculty of Administration ''(Administration)'' # Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences ''(Arts et des sciences sociales)'' # Law ''(Droit)'' # Engineering ''(Ingénierie)'' # Science ''(Sciences)'' # Health Sciences and Community Services ''(Sciences de la santé et des services communautaires)'' # Education ''(Sciences de l'éducation)'' # Forestry School ''(École de foresterie)'' # Information Management and Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone (''Gestion de l’information et développement durable et zone côtière'') Not all faculties offer programs on each campus. In many cases, students may take the first year of a program at the Edmundston or Shippagan Campuses before having to transfer to the Moncton Campus. The School of Forestry ''(École de foresterie)'' offers courses at the

Edmundston Campus Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sai ...

only, while the Sustainable development and Coastal Zone ''(Développement durable et zone côtière)'' and Information Management ''(Gestion de l'information)'' are only offered at the Shippigan Campus. The first year of the Nursing program at the Shippagan Campus is followed by three years in Bathurst. The Université de Moncton offers a range of studies at the graduate certificate, graduate diploma, master's and doctoral levels. The Moncton Campus is also the home of the medical training program run by the

Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke (French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It i ...

Libraries

There are six libraries and ressource centres across the three campuses: Bibliothèque Champlain (Moncton), Bibliothèque Michel-Bastarache (Moncton), Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson (Moncton), Centre de ressources pédagogiques (Moncton), Bibliothèque Rhéa-Larose (Edmundston) and Bibliothèque Campus de Shippagan. All records from these libraries are gathered into one catalogue: Catalogue Éloïze. Two of these libraries, Bibliothèque Michel-Bastarache and Centre de ressources pédagogiques, are special libraries, catering to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education, respectively. The Centre d'études acadiennes, found on the lower level of Bibliothèque Champlain, is a world-renowned and primary resource and archive centre for Acadian studies.

Student Life and Athletics

Many social and physical activities are offered, such as live performances, music, movies, theater, student radio, improv, student councils, swimming pool, racquetball and squash courts, gym, fitness rooms and more. The Université de Moncton is represented by nine teams in various sports leagues in the

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(AUS) and 'U Sports (formerly:

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(CIS)). They compete under the name Aigles Bleus and Aigles Bleues. The University is represented by men's and women's teams of

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, athletics teams and a cross country running teams. It also has a women's

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team. The

Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium Medavie Blue Cross Stadium (french: Stade Croix-Bleue Medavie), formerly Moncton Stadium (french: Stade Moncton), is a track and field stadium on the campus of the Université de Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, built to host the IAAF ...

, located on the Moncton campus, seats 10,000 to 20,000. It allows the Université de Moncton to host major sporting and recreational events. It was inaugurated in 2010. Student radio: Codiac FM and before that CKUM-FM

Noted faculty and alumni

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on the

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Joël Bourgeois Joël Denis Bourgeois (born April 25, 1971 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a middle and long-distance runner competing for Canada. He represented Canada twice at the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. Biography He won the gold medal for Canad ...

, 3000m steeplechase runner, 2-time competitor at the Olympic Games and gold medalist at the

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Herménégilde Chiasson Herménégilde Chiasson (born 7 April 1946) is a Canadian poet, playwright and visual artist of Acadian origin. Born in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, he was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick between 2003 and 2009. He is also curren ...

, professor, poet and playwright, and former

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Stéphane Dion Stéphane Maurice Dion (born 28 September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who has been the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco since 2022 and special envoy to the European Union since 2017. Dion was Leader of ...

, professor, academic,

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, and Former

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Leader * Brian Gallant, former Premier of New Brunswick * Corinne Gallant, professor emeritus and feminist who received the

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Alain Haché Alain Haché (born 1970) is an experimental physicist, a professor at the University of Moncton, Canada. From 2003 to 2013 he held the Canada Research Chair in photonics. He is also the author of ''The Physics of Hockey'' and ''Slap Shot Science ...

, Professor of physics, demonstrated superluminal electric pulse propagation * Louis LaPierre, former professor of ecology who resigned from the

after it was discovered that he had misrepresented his academic credentials *

Roméo LeBlanc Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc (December 18, 1927June 24, 2009) was a Canadian journalist, politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 25th since Canadian Confederation. LeBlanc was born and educated in New Brunswick, and also ...

, Former

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, graduated from Collège St-Joseph * James E. Lockyer, Professor of law * Bernard Lord, former Premier of New Brunswick, brother of Roger Lord *

Roger Lord Roger Lord is a Canadian performing classical pianist and professor of piano at l' Université de Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Lord studied at Université de Moncton, McGill University, Université de Montréal, and the Moscow ...

, internationally acclaimed concert pianist and Professor of Piano at U de M, brother of Bernard Lord *

Antonine Maillet Antonine Maillet, (; born May 10, 1929) is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada."Antonine Maillet." ''Paroles d'Acadie : Anthologie de la littérature acadienne (1958-2009)'', edited by ...

, Acadian author and winner of the

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Hubert Marcoux Joseph Alexandre Hubert Marcoux ( ; February 12, 1941 – November 9, 2009) was a French-Canadian solo sailor, author, public speaker, and travel writer. He sailed solo around the world for 18 years, completing his circumnavigation trip in H ...

, French-Canadian solo sailor and author *

Percy Mockler Percy Paul Mockler (born April 14, 1949 in St. Leonard, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician serving as a Canadian Senator from New Brunswick since 2009. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, Mockler previously served two non-consec ...

, Canadian senator *

Jean-Guy Poitras Jean-Guy Poitras is a Canadian badminton referee, originally from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in northwest New Brunswick. He is a professor of physical education at the Edmundston Campus of the University of Moncton and was Dean there from 1996 to 20 ...

, member of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame *

Claude Roussel Claude Roussel (born 1930) is a Canadian sculptor, painter and educator. Early life and education Roussel was born in 1930 in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. He was 10 years old when he began sculpting wood. At the age of 14, Roussel's arti ...

, sculptor, former head of art department *

Donald Savoie Donald Joseph Savoie (born 1947) is a Canadian public administration and regional economic development scholar. He serves as a professor at l'Université de Moncton. In 2015, he was awarded the Killam Prize The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize ...

, professor of public administration and author *

Linda Silas Linda Silas is a Canadian nurse and trade unionist. She is the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) since 2003. Early life and education Linda Silas grew up in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, a small community on the Restigouc ...

, president of the

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* Anne-Marie Sirois, Canadian visual artist, writer and film director *

Christine St-Pierre Christine St-Pierre (born June 10, 1953, in Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and politician, who was MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Life a ...

, former Radio-Canada reporter and Quebec Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women * Camille Thériault, former Premier of New Brunswick

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