About University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC)

Founded in 1969, the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi is part of the largest university network in Canada, that of the Université du Québec. It is located in the heart of Saguenay?Lac-Saint-Jean, a French-speaking region known for the beauty of its fjord, and has four university study centers as well as a digital school. Building on the success of its 60,000 graduates, UQAC welcomes more than 6,500 students each year, including more than 1,500 from some fifty countries around the world. Renowned for the close relationship that exists between its students and its professors, UQAC offers a unique experience and more than 200 study programs. Through its departments, its continuing education center, its Nikanite First Nations Center and its School of French language and Quebec culture, it also offers adapted training that it deploys on campus and abroad. 'foreign. UQAC stands out worldwide thanks to the expertise of its professors-researchers, the excellence of its students and the innovation it demonstrates in both teaching and research. It contributes, in particular through its niches of excellence, to the advancement of research and creation and to the influence of its community. In a knowledge society eager for creativity and novelty, UQAC is more than ever an essential instrument for the transmission and dissemination of knowledge on a regional, national and international scale.