University of Sherbrooke Information
The University of Sherbrooke (Université de Sherbrooke), is a French-speaking university located in the province of Quebec, Canada. The University of Sherbrooke ranking is joint 21st best in the Canada colleges list, and in the 508 to 568 range in the world. Similarly rated Canadian colleges include University of Quebec, University of Saskatchewan, Laval University, and York University. The best Canadian University is the University of Toronto.
The institution offers the public the opportunity to benefit and gain from a worldwide recognized academic education. The institution is located in the southern part of Quebec, 220 km from Québec City, 150 km from Montréal and around 40km from the American border.
At the current date, the university accommodates more than 37,000 students wherein 9,000 of them are registered at the University of the Third Age. The Université de Sherbrooke has been receiving international students since the day it was founded and each year the numbers of students from other countries increases. There are more than 1600 foreign students from over 100 different countries currently attending the University of Sherbrooke.
The University has over 6700 staff and employees, this includes over 2300 lecturers, and professors, and in addition there are many clinical professors at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The total number of employees includes approximately 10% of all the faculty members in Québec.
The Canadian universities are known to be respected establishments and learners receive high quality preparation and recognized diplomas. Such institutions can be associated with the European societies of higher education (grandes écoles) for the quality of education, while maintaining affordable prices.
The University of Sherbrooke is comprised of over 30 buildings, most are linked with the use of underground pedestrian tunnels networks. The campus brings together the university’s management offices and eight out of the nine university’s faculties: Sports and Physical Education, Administration, Letters and Humanities, Engineering, Law, Education, Sciences, as well as Ethics, Theology and Philosophy.
The other buildings located in the Main Campus include the Multifunctional pavilion, the Georges-Cabana pavilion, two blocks of student housing, the Univestrie pavilion, the Student Services pavilion, the Cultural Centre and the Maurice-O’Bready theatre.
University of Sherbrooke Address
Université de Sherbrooke
2500 boulevard de l’Université
Sherbrooke,
QC J1K 2R1.
Canada
University of Sherbrooke Rankings and Quick Facts
French: Université de Sherbrooke
Motto: Veritatem in charitate: Truth in charity.
| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
403 to 510
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| American Rank (Jiaotong) |
165 to 197
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University of Sherbrooke Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) |
35,000
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| Faculty / Staff |
2,300 / 3,200
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| Established |
1954
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