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The Université du Québec à Rimouski (commonly referred to as UQAR) is a public university located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1969 as a satellite campus of the Université du Québec, UQAR provides access to higher education for the people of Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Gaspé Peninsula. It is the furthest north of any university in Québec. UQAR's programs include multidisciplinary research in marine science, regional development, and nordicity. Approximately 6,500 students attend the university. While most UQAR students are from eastern Québec, students also enroll from the countries of the Francophonie. Over 40,000 students have graduated since it opened in 1969.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rimouski: plus de 40 000 diplômés de l'UQAR )〕 ==History== Founded by Angela Merici in Italy in 1535, the Ursulines were the first Catholic religious order of nuns to arrive in the New World. Taking as their mission the education of girls, the Ursulines established schools and colleges throughout North America. The first Ursuline monastery opened in Rimouski in 1906, on a hill overlooking the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ursulines )〕 The building housing the monastery burned down in 1937 but was rebuilt the following year. Religious and community leaders first proposed establishing a university in Rimouski in the 1930s. By the 1950s, the Seminaire de Rimouski had begun offering postsecondary level courses in partnership with Université Laval.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Index, Histoire du Séminaire de Rimouski, des origines (1863) à l'ouverture du Cégep (1968) )〕 Following the onset of the Quiet Revolution in Québec, postsecondary access expanded in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The Parent Commission report established that Québec's citizens were entitled to full educational opportunities at all levels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Education in Québec, before and after the Parent reform - Thematic Tours - Musée McCord Museum )〕 Implementing the report's recommendations necessitated secularizing the province's educational system, which had largely been run by religious organizations.〔 An act creating the Université du Québec was passed by the provincial legislative assembly in 1968. One year later, the Université du Québec à Rimouski opened on the grounds of the former monastery of the Ursulines of Quebec. The university opened a second campus in Lévis, in Québec's capital region in 1980 and operates extension centres in Gaspé and Rivière-du-Loup.〔 The university's athletics teams are known as the ''Nordet'', a French word used to refer to a northeasterly wind (and a reference to UQAR's location in Québec). Today, UQAR is a mid-sized university of approximately 6,500 students. While it draws students primarily from Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie, its research in marine science, regional development, and nordicity attract students from both Québec and the wider Francophonie. Most UQAR students opt to stay in the region after graduation.〔 UQAR has concluded agreements with postsecondary institutions and research centres in over 20 countries, for scholarly exchanges, joint research activities, and other academic programs. UQAR also works in partnership with the university-affiliated Institut des Sciences de la Mer (ISMER). A study published by the independent firm Research Infosource concluded that UQAM had experienced the fastest growth in research funding and activity of any Québec university. Over a ten year period from 1999 to 2009, UQAR's research funding increased from $3.8 million to $17.4 million.〔 The campus student population at UQAR-Lévis is now nearly half of the university's total enrollment.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Université du Québec à Rimouski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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