Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Encyclopedia
The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (French, National Institute of Scientific Research) is the research-oriented branch of Université du Québec
which only offer graduate studies. INRS conducts research in four broad sectors: water, earth and the environment; energy, materials and telecommunications
; human, animal and environmental health; and urbanization, culture and society.
INRS has facilities in Quebec City
, Montreal
, Laval
, and Varennes
. The enabling legislation is An Act respecting educational institutions at the university level.
The Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT, Energy, Materials and Telecommunications) INRS-EMT
is part of INRS.
Université du Québec
The University of Quebec is a system of ten provincially-run public universities in Quebec, Canada. Its headquarters are in Quebec City. The university coordinates university programs for more than 87,000 students. It offers more than 300 programs...
which only offer graduate studies. INRS conducts research in four broad sectors: water, earth and the environment; energy, materials and telecommunications
INRS-EMT
The Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications is part of the INRS research university in Quebec. The center has two separate locations: Montreal and Varennes...
; human, animal and environmental health; and urbanization, culture and society.
INRS has facilities in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
, and Varennes
Varennes, Quebec
Varennes is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Lajemmerais. The city is approximately 15 miles from Downtown Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 20,950...
. The enabling legislation is An Act respecting educational institutions at the university level.
The Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT, Energy, Materials and Telecommunications) INRS-EMT
INRS-EMT
The Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications is part of the INRS research university in Quebec. The center has two separate locations: Montreal and Varennes...
is part of INRS.
Programs
The Institut national de la recherche scientifique offers programs in:- Water, Earth and Environment
- Masters in water sciences
- Doctorate in water sciences
- Masters in earth sciences
- Masters in earth sciences - environmental technologies
- Doctorate in earth sciences
- Energy, Materials and Telecommunications
- Masters in energy and materials sciences
- Doctorate in energy and materials sciences
- Masters in telecommunications
- Joint Network IT
- Doctorate in telecommunications
- Masters in telecommunications
- INRS - Institute Armand Frappier
- Masters in experimental health sciences
- Masters in applied microbiology
- Masters in virology and immunology
- Doctorate in virology and immunology
- Doctorate in biology
- Urbanization, Culture and Society
- Masters in urban studies
- Doctorate in urban studies
- Masters in demography
- Doctorate in demography
- Masters in research practice and public action
Further reading
- Ferretti, Lucia. L'Université en réseau: les 25 ans de l'Université du Québec. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1994.