Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a public college-level institute of education (

CEGEP A CEGEP ( or ; ), also written cégep, CÉGEP and cegep, is a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system. A loanword from French, ...

) with its main campus located in

Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Rouyn-Noranda ( 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is a coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census ...

, Canada. The CEGEP has two additional campuses, in

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and

Val-d'Or Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife ...

. It was founded in 1967, and 2,500 students are currently enrolled. Programs are offered in mining and forestry, as well as social, technical, industrial, and communications professions.

History

The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created.

Programs

The Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue offers: pre-university and technical programs; continuing education and services to business. Situated in a region of resource development, the Cégep trains mining and forestry technicians; social workers, new economy, communications and technology, sophisticated industrial equipment. The Province of Quebec awards a

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for two types of programs: two years of pre-university studies or three years of vocational (technical) studies.

Campus

*The Campus d'Amos is located at 341 Principale Street North, Amos, Quebec. Founded in 1983, the campus serves 200 students, with a combination of pre-university and technical programs, continuing education and programs for businesses, business, management, agricultural science, humanities. *The Campus de Rouyn-Noranda (siège social) is located at 425 Boulevard du Collège Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Founded in 1967 as Cégep de Rouyn, the Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue currently has 1800 students. The programs offered include pre-university and technical studies, nursing, forestry engineering technology, arts, and technology of industrial maintenance, electronics, mineral technology, early childhood education, special education, social work, management, accounting, computer technology and police techniques. *The Campus de Val-d'Or is located at 675 1^re Avenue Est, Val-d'Or, Quebec. Founded in 1988, the Campus in Val-d'Oris is housed in Centre d'études supérieures Lucien-Cliche, on the campus of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. There are 500 students.

References

External links

Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue Website
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History

Programs

Campus

See also

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