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  1. 1663–1878. Université Laval can trace its roots to 1663, when Monsignor de Laval founded Séminaire de Québec to train the colony’s priests. After New France was conquered by the British in 1759, Séminaire de Québec began teaching the liberal professions as well. In the mid-19th century there was a growing need for university-level ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Laval_University,_QuebecUniversité Laval - Wikipedia

    Université Laval (English: Laval University) is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in French.

  3. Jun 6, 2024 · Laval University, a French-language university located on the outskirts of the city of Quebec. Laval’s predecessor institution, the Seminary of Quebec, considered the first Canadian institution of higher learning, was founded by François de Montmorency Laval, first Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, in 1663. Queen Victoria granted the seminary ...

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  4. Université Laval rectors since 1852. On March 26, 1663, Bishop François de Laval (1623-1708) founded Séminaire de Québec, the predecessor to Université Laval. Official approval was granted by King Louis XIV in April of the same year. In 1852, the Seminary was granted a royal charter to establish Université Laval, with the ability to ...

  5. Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval as Séminaire de Québec in 1663, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in French.

  6. In 1852 the Séminaire de Québec founded North America’s first French-language institution of higher learning. From its historic site in Old Québec, Université Laval educated Québec’s intellectual elite for more than a century. Students and faculty left in the 1950s when the university moved to a new suburban campus, but are back now ...

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  8. Download the Université Laval at a glance fact sheet (PDF) Université Laval 2325, rue de l'Université, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6 Phone: 418 656-2131 Toll free: 1 877 785-2825

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