Laval University
public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Summary
Laval University is a public research university[1]. It draws 2,876 Wikipedia views per month (public research university category, ranking #105 of 166).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: U Sports[3], Association of Research Libraries[4], Canadian Association of Research Libraries[5], U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities[6], Universities Canada[7], ORCID, Inc.[8], Confederation of Open Access Repositories[9], Center for Research Libraries[10], Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[11], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[12], Digital Research Alliance of Canada[13], Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences[14], Canadian Research Knowledge Network[15]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cité-Universitaire[16]
- Country: Canada[17]
- Instance of: open-access publisher[18], university in Quebec[19], charitable organization[20]
- Founder: François de Laval[21]
- Named after: François de Laval[22]
- Headquarters location: Quebec City[23]
- Postal code: G1V 0A6[24]
- Child organization or unit: Center for Northern Studies[25], Laval University Cancer Research Center[26], Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval[27], Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval[28], Institut of Nutrition and Functional Foods[29], Faculté de médecine dentaire de l'Université Laval[30], Faculté de philosophie de l'Université Laval[31], Faculté des sciences infirmières de l'Université Laval[32], Faculté des sciences sociales de l'Université Laval[33], Faculté d’aménagement, d’architecture, d’art et de design de l'Université Laval[34], Herbier Louis-Marie[35], Musée de géologie René-Bureau[36], Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique de l'Université Laval[37], Laboratoire Takuvik[38]
- Commons category: Université Laval[39]
- Inception: 1852[40]
- Official website: https://www.ulaval.ca/[41]
Why It Matters
Laval University has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Works attributed to it include Dictionary of Canadian Biography[44], an online database[45], in Canada[46], founded in 1959[47], written by University of Toronto[48].