Université du Québec en Outaouais
Gatineau, Canada
The Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) is a French-language university and a member of the Université du Québec network. It has campuses in Gatineau (Pavillon Alexandre-Taché and Pavillon Lucien-Brault) and in Saint-Jérôme, in the Laurentides region, plus the Pavillon Pierre-Moreau in Ripon, home to its temperate forest science institute (ISFORT). University activities in the region began in 1971; the institution was created in 1981 as the Université du Québec à Hull and took its current name in 2002.
UQO offers more than a hundred study options at undergraduate and graduate level, with 15 research chairs. Bachelor's programmes include administration, law, education, computer science, kinesiology, psychology, psychoeducation, industrial relations and human resources, nursing, social work and several social science programmes (communication, international development, economics, history, political science, sociology); many run as co-operative programmes with paid work terms.
International students apply online through the general admission process and pay an application fee of CAD 120; the registrar publishes a guide to the foreign diplomas that give access to each programme. In Gatineau, furnished student residences sit next to the Pavillon Alexandre-Taché, and an off-campus housing service lists rooms and flats in the area.
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Programmes
Bachelor's programmes (baccalauréats) taught in French in Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme, several in a co-operative format with paid work terms. Examples:
- Administration; industrial relations and human resources
- Law
- Preschool and primary education; special education
- Computer science
- Kinesiology
- Psychology; psychoeducation; social work
- Nursing
- Social sciences: communication, international development, economics, history, political science, sociology
Some programmes have limited enrolment (programmes contingentés).
Admission
Applications are made online (or on paper) following the registrar's steps: choose a programme, check its admission conditions and deadline, apply, upload the required documents, follow the application online and accept the offer. International applicants (visitors with a study permit) pay a CAD 120 application fee and check the registrar's guide to foreign education levels to see which diplomas give access to their programme. Undergraduate applicants must also meet UQO's French-language policy. Contact: [email protected].
Housing
UQO's student residences in Gatineau are next to the Pavillon Alexandre-Taché and a ten-minute walk from the Pavillon Lucien-Brault, close to a bus stop. They are fully furnished, and the rent includes heating, electricity, local phone calls, unlimited high-speed internet and cable TV. An off-campus housing service lists rooms, shared flats, apartments and houses in the region.