École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is a
public
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engineering faculty
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in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada.
Founded in 1974, the École de technologie supérieure is a constituent of
Université du Québec
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system. Specialized in applied teaching in engineering and technology transfer to companies, where professors, engineers and researchers who are recognized for their practical, industrial and innovative approaches.
In any given year, 25% of all engineers receiving a diploma from an engineering school or faculty in the province of Quebec graduate from the ÉTS.
Hence, it is ranked first in Quebec and second in Canada for the total number of engineering diplomas awarded annually.
Facilities
The main address of ÉTS is 1100
Notre-Dame Street West in Montreal's
Griffintown
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neighbourhood, the site of a former
O'Keefe Brewery, which was transformed to house the school. It has four buildings devoted to education programs and research activities (and another is planned for opening in 2019).
Programs
The school features
cooperative education
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in all of its undergraduate programs. The bachelor's programs have all been accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). Each year, ETS graduates the largest number of engineers in Quebec and ranks second in Canada.
Students can specialize in the following disciplines:
Construction Engineering,
Electrical Engineering
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,
Computer Engineering
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,
Software Engineering
Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development.
A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...
,
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...
,
Production Engineering
Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering.
Manufa ...
,
Industrial Engineering
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The university also offers multiple research programs leading to a Master's or a PhD degree. International graduate students come from all five continents, including, notably, France, Brazil, Mexico, India, and Iran. The main research fields are energy, environment, manufacturing, health technologies, enterprise systems, IT, micro-electronics and telecommunications, aerospace manufacturing and avionics, project management, innovation management and many more.
Student technical clubs
The ETS student-run technical clubs participate in international competitions. The world's fastest human powered submarine,
Omer, was developed by one such club. An
autonomous underwater vehicle
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named S.O.N.I.A., an
unmanned aerial vehicle
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Dronolab, a walking robot, Eclipse solar-powered car, Chinook the world champion wind powered vehicle and many others have won countless prizes in international competitions over the years. The school also houses a concrete canoe club, the reigning Canadian champions three years running.
Sports
The school is represented in
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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by the
ETS Piranhas.
Student union
The school's
student union
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is called the ''Association étudiante de l'École de technologie supérieure'' (AÉÉTS
See also
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Higher education in Quebec
Higher education in Quebec differs from the education system of other provinces in Canada. Instead of entering university or college directly from high school, students in Quebec leave secondary school after Grade 11 (or Secondary V), and enter ...
*
List of universities in Quebec
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*
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the Ca ...
*
Canadian government scientific research organizations
Expenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006. These organizations are active in natural and social science research, engineering research, ...
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Canadian university scientific research organizations Expenditures by Canadian universities on scientific research and development accounted for about 40% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2006.
Research in the natural and social sciences in Canada, with a few importa ...
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Canadian industrial research and development organizations
Expenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007.
In the corporate sector research and development tends to focus on the creation or ...
References
Further reading
*Ferretti, Lucia. L'Université en réseau: les 25 ans de l'Université du Québec. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1994.
External links
Official website
Projects developed by undergraduates
AlgoÉTSAlgorithmic Trading Club
Walking MachineAutonomous multifunction robot
SONIA AUVAutonomous Underwater Vehicle
CapraAutonomous Ground Vehicle
DronolabAutonomous
Quadcopter
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Although quadrotor helicopters and convertiplanes have long been flown experimentally, the configuration remained a curiosity until the arrival of the modern UAV or drone. T ...
Formula SAERace Car
Lan ETSLan party
Concrete CanoeConcrete Canoe
Chinookwind powered vehicle
RockETSHigh power Rocketry
A.C.E. - Avion-Cargo ÉTSRemote control cargo airplane
Omer submarineHuman-powered submarine
GénialeBrewing development
Students groups and clubs
ConjureVideo game development and interactive media lab
Other links
SAE Formula Team WebsiteIEEE-ÉTS Student Branch
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