University sights in Montréal
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McGill University
Founded in 1828 by James McGill, a rich Scottish fur trader, McGill University is one of Canada’s most prestigious learning institutions, with 15,000 students. The university’s medical and engineering faculties have a fine reputation and many campus buildings are showcases of Victorian architecture. The campus, at the foot of Mont-Royal, is rather nice for a stroll around and also incorporates the Musée Redpath.
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Concordia University, Loyola Campus
Concordia’s western campus started out as Loyola College, built by Jesuits on melon fields they had bought from the famous Décarie family. Its main building is an impressive Tudor-style structure built in 1913. Loyola College fused with downtown’s Sir George Williams University in 1974 to form Concordia University. Today, the Loyola campus is home to Concordia’s journalism, communications and music departments.
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Université du Québec à Montréal
The modern, rather uninspiring buildings of Montréal’s French-language university blend into the cityscape and are linked to the underground city and the Berri-UQAM metro station. The most striking aspect here is the old Gothic steeple of the Église St-Jacques, which has been integrated into the university’s facade.
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Université de Montréal
This is the second-largest French-language university in the world, after the Sorbonne in Paris. Located on the north side of Mont-Royal, its most recognizable building is an art-deco tower and pale-yellow brick structure. The university was founded in 1920.
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