The Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with three distinct campuses, two of which are located in Downtown Sherbrooke with the Saint-François River in the foreground Sherbrooke (2001 population 75,916, post-merger population 141,200) is a city in south-eastern Quebec, Canada. It is the only major city in the Eastern Townships. Although originally settled in the early 19th century by anglophones, it... Sherbrooke, This article describes the Canadian province. For other usages, see Quebec (disambiguation). Motto: Je me souviens (I remember) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Area 1,542,056 km² (2nd)  - Land 1,183,128 km²  ... Quebec, Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada, and another, which is located in Longueuil is a city in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal, of which it is a suburb. The city was merged on January 1, 2002 with the communities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, Le Moyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint... Longueuil, approximately 170 km west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities in the region, and the only French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. In 1999 French was the 11th most spoken language in the world being spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue, and... French language university in the The Eastern Townships (les Cantons de lest in French) is a region in south central Quebec, lying between the Saint Lawrence River and the US border. The principal city is Sherbrooke. The region comprises the counties that are divided into townships after the traditional New England method of land... Eastern Townships section of Quebec.

U de S has a student population of more than 30,000 students, 11,500 of which are there full-time. There are nine faculties at the university: Management, Law, Education, Physical Education, Engineering, Letters and Social Sciences, Medicine, Science, and Theology, Philosophy and Ethics. It is the only university outside of Quebec's urban metropolises to offer a medical school and a law school.

The university was the first French language and second Canadian university to offer co-op (co-operative) programs to its students, which give them hands-on, practical work experience along with the education they receive in the classroom. U de S was also the first university to offer an Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. Originally designed to provide engineers with management skills, todays MBA draws applicants from a range of disciplines. An MBA is considered a professional Masters degree rather than a traditional or academic Masters degree. However, completion... MBA (Master of Business Administration) program in French, the first in Canada to provide a master's degree in taxation, and the first in Quebec to provide a bachelor's degree in management with a co-op component.

The university was founded on May 4, 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January events January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in... 1954. Initially, the university was located at the Séminaire Saint-Charles Borommée (now Séminaire de Sherbrooke) in downtown Sherbrooke is the name of: a city in Quebec: see Sherbrooke, Quebec a town in Nova Scotia: see Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia a 19th century governor of British North America: see John Coape Sherbrooke This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Sherbrooke.

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) is the national governing body of Canada. The CIS is comprised of the majority of degree granting universities in the country. The USA equivalent to the CIS is the NCAA. The Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU) was founded in 1906. In June 2001, members of the... Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or.

Facts

• Bruno-Marie Béchard is the youngest rector of americas
• The Centre de Calcul Scientifique has the second most powerful cluster in Canada

See also

• Bishop's University
• Quebec, Canada is home to the following universities: Bishops University* (Lennoxville) Concordia University* (Montreal) McGill University* (Montreal) Université Laval (Quebec City) Université de Montréal (Montreal) École des Hautes Études Commerciales École Polytechnique Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke) Université du Québec École nationale dadministration publique (Quebec City) École... List of Quebec universities

External links

• Université de Sherbrooke (http://www.usherbrooke.ca/) (in French)
• Centre de calcul scientifique (http://ccs.usherbrooke.ca/) (in French)
• Pôle universitaire (http://pole.usherbrooke.ca/)