Laval University

Université Laval, known in English as Laval University, is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and the oldest institution of higher education in Canada and the first in North America to offer higher education in French.拉瓦尔大学（Université Laval）是位于加拿大魁北克省魁北克市的一所公立研究型大学，是加拿大历史最悠久的高等学府，也是北美第一所提供法语高等教育的机构。

It traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded in 1663 by François de Montmorency-Laval, the first bishop of New France, and became a university under a royal charter granted by Queen Victoria in 1852.该校的渊源可上溯至 1663 年由新法兰西首任主教弗朗索瓦·德·蒙莫朗西-拉瓦尔创办的魁北克神学院，并于 1852 年依据维多利亚女王颁发的特许状成为大学。

It is placed 526th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, in the 301-325 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, 507th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 and in the 501-600 band of the Shanghai ARWU 2026.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 526 位，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名处于 301-325 区间，《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名第 507 位，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名位列 501-600 区间。

History

• In 1663 François de Montmorency-Laval, the first bishop of New France, founded the Séminaire de Québec to train priests for the colony.1663 年，新法兰西首任主教弗朗索瓦·德·蒙莫朗西-拉瓦尔创办魁北克神学院，为殖民地培养神职人员。
• In 1668 the Petit Séminaire was founded alongside the Grand Séminaire, extending the institution's teaching to younger pupils.1668 年，小神学院与大圣院同期设立，把该校的教学延伸到更年轻的学童。
• During the French regime the institution mainly trained priests to serve in New France, giving it a religious and educational role in the colony.在法国统治时期，该校主要培养服务于新法兰西的神职人员，承担着殖民地的宗教与教育职能。
• After the British conquest of 1760 the Séminaire de Québec began teaching the liberal professions as well, adapting to the new political order.1760 年英国征服之后，魁北克神学院也开始教授自由职业学科，以适应新的政治秩序。
• By the mid-19th century the English-speaking population had five institutions of higher education while French speakers had none, a gap that prompted the creation of a French-language university.到 19 世纪中叶，英语社群已有五所高等院校，而法语社群一所也没有，这一落差促成了一所法语大学的创建。
• On 8 December 1852 Queen Victoria signed a royal charter giving the Séminaire de Québec the right to confer degrees and all the rights, powers and privileges of a university, creating Université Laval.1852 年 12 月 8 日，维多利亚女王签署特许状，授予魁北克神学院授予学位的权利以及大学的一切权利、权力与特权，拉瓦尔大学由此诞生。
• Pope Benedict XV approved the plan and authorised the institution to establish chairs of theology and confer degrees.教宗本笃十五世批准了该计划，并授权该校设立神学教席与授予学位。
• In 1878 the university opened a second campus in Montréal, extending its teaching into Canada's largest French-speaking city.1878 年，该校在蒙特利尔开设第二校区，把教学延伸到加拿大最大的法语城市。
• That Montréal campus became independent on 8 May 1919 and took the name Université de Montréal.该蒙特利尔校区于 1919 年 5 月 8 日独立，并启用蒙特利尔大学之名。
• By 1925 the university had outgrown its increasingly cramped quarters in Old Québec and expanded beyond the city walls.到 1925 年，该校在魁北克老城的校舍已不敷使用，遂向城墙之外扩展。
• In 1950 work began on a new centralised campus on the Sainte-Foy plateau west of the city centre.1950 年，该校在城市西侧的圣富瓦台地动工兴建新的集中式校区。
• In the 1920s and 1930s six new faculties, in Music, Philosophy, Language and Literature, Science and Engineering, Agriculture, and Social Sciences, joined the four existing ones.在 1920 至 1930 年代，音乐、哲学、语言与文学、科学与工程、农业以及社会科学六个新学院相继加入原有的四个学院。
• In 1938 the university opened its department of social, political and economic sciences, signalling a new approach to higher education as a route to social justice.1938 年，该校设立社会、政治与经济科学系，标志着把高等教育视为通往社会正义之路的新取向。
• The decade 1960 to 1970 was a research boom, as the first research centres opened and the student body grew from 6,000 to 15,000 amid Quebec's Quiet Revolution.1960 至 1970 年间出现科研热潮，首批研究中心相继成立，在魁北克「寂静革命」中，学生规模由 6,000 人增至 15,000 人。
• In 1971 Laval, originally a Catholic university, acquired a new charter and became a fully independent secular institution.1971 年，原为天主教大学的拉瓦尔取得新特许状，成为一所完全独立且世俗化的机构。
• In 1972 the university elected its first lay rector, who guided it forward under a board drawn largely from the university community.1972 年，该校选出首位非神职校长，在一个主要由大学社群代表组成的校董会领导下推动其发展。
• In 1989 the School of Architecture returned to the old Séminaire building in Old Québec, known affectionately as Le Vieux Séminaire.1989 年，建筑学院迁回魁北克老城被亲切称为「老神学院」的旧塞米纳尔大楼。
• In 1999 the university opened an International Office that developed student mobility programmes, including the International Profile.1999 年，该校设立国际办公室，推出包括「国际履历」在内的学生流动项目。
• By the end of the 20th century women had become the majority of students, rising from 50 per cent of the student body in 1981 to 59 per cent some twenty years later.到 20 世纪末，女性已成为学生主体，比例从 1981 年的 50% 升至约二十年后的 59%。
• In 2017 Université Laval became the first university in Canada to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies.2017 年，拉瓦尔大学成为加拿大首个将捐赠基金从化石燃料企业撤资的大学。
• In 2001 Quebec City was amalgamated with many of its suburbs, so the university's Sainte-Foy campus came to lie within the city of Quebec.2001 年魁北克市与周边多个郊区合并，该校的圣富瓦校区因此纳入魁北克市范围之内。

Academics

• Université Laval is organised into 17 faculties and more than 60 departments, schools and institutes, offering some 600 programmes across every field of knowledge.拉瓦尔大学设有 17 个学院以及 60 多个系、学院与研究所，在各知识领域共开设约 600 个课程。
• More than 90 per cent of its undergraduate programmes include internships, which are often paid, reflecting its emphasis on professional training.该校 90% 以上的本科课程含实习环节，且往往带薪，体现其对职业培养的重视。
• Its learning environment is flexible, with 56 per cent of courses taught in person, 34 per cent online and 10 per cent hybrid or HyFlex.该校学习环境灵活，56% 的课程为面授，34% 为在线，10% 为混合或弹性模式。
• The university reports more than 470 million dollars in funding for research and innovation, making it one of the top ten research universities in Canada.该校报告获得超过 4.7 亿美元的研究与创新经费，是加拿大研究实力最强的十所大学之一。
• It hosts more than 300 research centres, chairs, institutes and other groups, including six Canada Excellence Research Chairs secured since 2008 and 92 Canada Research Chairs.该校拥有 300 多个研究中心、教席、研究所等机构，其中包括自 2008 年以来获得的六个加拿大卓越研究教席与 92 个加拿大研究教席。
• The CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Centre is described as North America's premier francophone health research centre.魁北克大学医疗中心（CHU de Québec）与拉瓦尔大学合办的研究中心被称为北美首屈一指的法语健康研究中心。
• More than 47,000 students were enrolled in fall 2024, of whom 66 per cent studied full time and 28 per cent were in graduate programmes.2024 年秋季有 47,000 多名学生注册，其中 66% 为全日制，28% 就读研究生项目。
• The university has a network of more than 359,000 graduates worldwide and awarded more than 14,000 diplomas and certificates in 2024-2025.该校在全球拥有 359,000 多名毕业生的网络，并在 2024-2025 年颁发了 14,000 多份文凭与证书。
• It employs more than 10,000 people, including 1,700 professors and more than 2,000 lecturers and other teaching and research staff.该校雇员超过 10,000 人，其中包括 1,700 名教授以及 2,000 多名讲师与其他教学科研人员。
• Teaching is largely in French, though some programmes, such as certain MBA courses in the business school, are taught entirely in English.教学主要以法语进行，但部分课程（如商学院某些工商管理硕士课程）完全以英语授课。
• The business school is a member of AACSB and EQUIS and is placed among the top 50 business schools in world rankings.其商学院是 AACSB 与 EQUIS 的成员，并在世界商学院排名中位居前 50。
• Laval is the only university in Quebec that trains forestry engineers, and it also has accredited dietetics and forestry programmes.拉瓦尔大学是魁北克唯一培养林业工程师的大学，并拥有获认证的营养学与林学课程。
• Since the mid-1980s the university has offered distance learning, with more than 30 programmes and 400 courses, most accessible online.自 1980 年代中期起该校提供远程教育，开设 30 多个课程与 400 门课程，其中多数可在线学习。
• Its university press, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, was founded in 1950 and publishes about 120 books a year on Canadian civilisation, law and the sciences.其大学出版社成立于 1950 年，每年出版约 120 种图书，涉及加拿大文明、法律与科学等领域。
• The university is a member of the U15 group of leading Canadian research universities, a body that also includes McGill University, Queen's University, Dalhousie University and Western University, and of the University of the Arctic.该校是加拿大顶尖研究型大学联盟 U15 的成员——该联盟还包括麦吉尔大学、皇后大学、达尔豪斯大学与西部大学——同时也是北极大学成员。
• Research at Laval is supported by funders such as the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, which finance laboratories and large research infrastructure.拉瓦尔的科研得到加拿大创新基金会与自然科学与工程研究理事会等资助方支持，为实验室与大型科研基础设施提供经费。
• Its university press, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, founded in 1950, publishes about 120 books a year, while the Coopérative de l'Université Laval sells books, lecture notes and computers on campus and in Old Québec.其大学出版社成立于 1950 年，每年出版约 120 种图书；大学生合作社则在校内与魁北克老城销售图书、讲义与电脑。
• Nearly 960 medical residents and nearly 400 postdoctoral fellows work at the university, alongside more than 1,200 clinical professors.该校有近 960 名住院医师与近 400 名博士后研究员，此外还有 1,200 多名临床教授。
• Some 6,000 international or permanent-resident students studied at Laval in 2024-2025, supported by more than 830 partnership agreements in 61 countries.2024-2025 年有约 6,000 名国际学生或永久居民在拉瓦尔就读，其支持网络包括 61 个国家的 830 多项合作协议。
• Students also take part in non-accredited continuing education, with more than 56,000 enrolled in such activities and more than 2,000 at Université du 3e âge.学生也参与非学历继续教育，参加此类活动者超过 56,000 人，另有 2,000 多人就读「第三年龄大学」。
• The university's health research is linked to affiliated institutions such as the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute and the CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Centre, a wide network of hospitals and clinics.该校的健康研究依托魁北克心肺研究所、魁大医院研究中心等附属机构，构成一个覆盖广泛的医院与诊所网络。

Campus

• The main campus covers 1.8 square kilometres in the Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge borough of Quebec City, with about 60 per cent of the site given to green space and trees.主校区位于魁北克市圣富瓦-西勒里-卡普鲁日区，占地 1.8 平方公里，其中约 60% 为绿地与树木。
• About 40 buildings, known as pavilions, are connected by more than 5 kilometres of underground tunnels, a practical response to Quebec's severe winters.约 40 座被称作「亭馆」的建筑由 5 公里以上的地下通道相连，这是应对魁北克严冬的实用设计。
• The campus has 8 kilometres of bike paths, 2,300 rooms in sustainable student residences and a library holding three million documents.校园拥有 8 公里自行车道、2,300 间可持续学生宿舍，以及藏书 300 万件的图书馆。
• The Roger-Van den Hende botanical garden on campus contains about 67 species of deciduous and coniferous trees and some 60 species of birds.校内的罗歇-范登亨德植物园约有 67 种落叶与针叶树，以及约 60 种鸟类。
• The Louis-Jacques-Casault building also houses the regional branch of the National Archives of Quebec.路易-雅克-卡索大楼内还设有魁北克国家档案馆的地区分馆。
• The PEPS sports complex is described as one of the largest modern sports complexes in Canada, adjacent to the covered TELUS stadium opened to the public in January 2012.PEPS 体育中心被称为加拿大最大的现代体育综合体之一，毗邻 2012 年 1 月向公众开放的带顶 TELUS 体育场。
• The School of Architecture occupies the old Séminaire in Old Québec, the School of Visual Arts is in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood, and the Montmorency Forest lies 70 kilometres north of the city.建筑学院设在魁北克老城的老神学院，视觉艺术学院位于圣罗克街区，蒙莫朗西林场则位于城市以北 70 公里处。
• Quebec City is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the campus sits in the heart of a city known for its French-language culture.魁北克市是联合国教科文组织世界遗产地，校园正坐落于这座以法语文化著称的城市中心。
• In Old Québec the university occupies Le Vieux Séminaire, designated a national historic site of Canada in 1929 and still partly used to educate Roman Catholic priests, together with a second building.在魁北克老城，该校使用「老神学院」等两座建筑，其中老神学院于 1929 年被列为加拿大国家历史遗址，至今仍有部分用于培育天主教神职人员。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Université Laval is placed 526th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，拉瓦尔大学位列世界第 526 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Laval in the 301-325 band globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入全球 301-325 区间。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks the university 507th in the world.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 507 位。
• In the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 it appears in the 501-600 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校位列 501-600 区间。
• In the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Laval was ranked 19th in the world and first among francophone universities.在 2024 年泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中（依据联合国可持续发展目标），拉瓦尔位列世界第 19 位，并居法语大学之首。
• Laval is ranked among the top ten Canadian universities in research funding and holds six Canada Excellence Research Chairs secured since 2008.拉瓦尔在加拿大大学科研经费排名中位居前十，并持有自 2008 年以来获得的六个加拿大卓越研究教席。
• OpenAlex attributes about 135,568 scholarly works and 10,369,405 citations to Université Laval.OpenAlex 把约 135,568 项学术成果与 10,369,405 次引用归于拉瓦尔大学。
• The university holds a Platinum rating, the highest level, in the STARS sustainability tracking system.该校在 STARS 可持续性跟踪评估体系中获最高的白金级认证。
• Its business school is accredited by AACSB and EQUIS and is ranked among the top 50 in world rankings of management schools.其商学院获得 AACSB 与 EQUIS 认证，并在世界管理学院排名中位居前 50。
• The university presents itself as a leader in research and creative endeavour with an international focus, community ties and a commitment to sustainability.该校以国际化视野、社区联系与对可持续性的承诺，自我定位为科研与创新领域的引领者。
• The royal charter that founded the university in 1852 was designated a National Historic Event in 1972, and the Vieux Séminaire at 1 rue des Remparts still partly serves as a seminary.1852 年创办该校的特许状于 1972 年被列为国家历史事件，位于雷姆帕尔街 1 号的老神学院至今仍有部分作为神学院使用。

Student life

• Laval's motto is the Latin phrase Deo favente haud pluribus impar, meaning By the favour of God, not unequal to more, adapted from the motto of Louis XIV.拉瓦尔的校训是拉丁语「Deo favente haud pluribus impar」，意为「蒙主恩典，不逊于众」，取自法王路易十四的座右铭。
• The university's colours are red (#e30513) and gold (#ffc103), and its anthem is the work Savoir et Beauté by the emeritus professor Jeanne Landry.该校的代表色为红色（#e30513）与金色（#ffc103），其校歌是荣休教授让娜·朗德里创作的《知识与美》。
• Its coat of arms, adopted in 1951, recalls the arms of François de Montmorency-Laval, with a red shield bearing a gold cross and five shells.该校 1951 年采用的校徽呼应弗朗索瓦·德·蒙莫朗西-拉瓦尔的纹章，红色盾面上有金色十字与五枚贝壳。
• The varsity teams are named the Rouge et Or, or Red and Gold, and the men's football team has won 12 Vanier Cups, more than any other Canadian university.该校运动队名为「红与金」（Rouge et Or），其男子橄榄球队已 12 次赢得瓦尼尔杯，为加拿大各大学之最。
• The university houses students in 2,300 rooms in sustainable residences and gives the student community unlimited access to public transit in Quebec City and Lévis through the LPU pass.该校以 2,300 间可持续宿舍安置学生，并通过 LPU 通票让学生社群无限次乘坐魁北克市与莱维斯的公共交通。
• Canada's first voluntary carbon-neutral university, Laval ties student life to sustainability, with green space covering most of its campus.作为加拿大首所自愿实现碳中和的大学，拉瓦尔把学生生活与可持续性相结合，绿地覆盖了校园的大部分。
• The Rouge et Or programme involves more than 500 student athletes and is described as one of the best university sports programmes in the country.其「红与金」项目有 500 多名学生运动员参与，被称为加拿大最好的大学体育项目之一。
• The university marks its heritage on the 8 December anniversary of the 1852 royal charter that made it a university.该校以 1852 年特许状授予日 12 月 8 日作为其办学传承的纪念节点。
• Beyond residences and the LPU transit pass, the university runs a sizable programme of cultural, athletic and social activities, with 2,000 students in Université du 3e âge.除宿舍与 LPU 通票外，该校还开展规模可观的文化、体育与社交活动，有 2,000 名学生就读「第三年龄大学」。

Notable people

• François de Montmorency-Laval, the first bishop of New France, founded the Séminaire de Québec in 1663, the institution from which the university descends.新法兰西首任主教弗朗索瓦·德·蒙莫朗西-拉瓦尔于 1663 年创办魁北克神学院，即该校的前身机构。
• Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957, was a graduate of Université Laval.1948 至 1957 年任加拿大总理的路易·圣洛朗是拉瓦尔大学的校友。
• Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993, and Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister from 1993 to 2003, were both Laval graduates.1984 至 1993 年任加拿大总理的布赖恩·马尔罗尼与 1993 至 2003 年任总理的让·克雷蒂安都是拉瓦尔校友。
• René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985, and Lucien Bouchard, Premier from 1996 to 2001, studied at Laval.1976 至 1985 年任魁北克省长的勒内·勒维克与 1996 至 2001 年任省长的吕西安·布沙尔都曾在拉瓦尔求学。
• Pauline Marois, Premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014, was the province's first woman premier, and Christine Fréchette became Quebec's 33rd premier after studying at Laval.2012 至 2014 年任魁北克省长的波利娜·马鲁瓦是该省首位女性省长；克里斯蒂娜·弗雷谢特亦在拉瓦尔求学后成为魁北克第 33 任省长。
• Suzanne Côté, Louis LeBel and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, all justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, are Laval graduates.加拿大最高法院大法官苏珊娜·科泰、路易·勒贝尔与克莱尔·勒厄-迪贝都是拉瓦尔校友。
• Gilles Vigneault, the Quebec poet and singer regarded as a national icon, is among the university's best-known graduates.被视为魁北克国民偶像的诗人与歌手吉勒·维尼奥是该校最知名的毕业生之一。
• Louis Garneau, the businessman and cycling-equipment maker, and Louis Têtu, chief executive of the technology firm Coveo, are Laval alumni.企业家与自行车装备制造商路易·加尔诺，以及科技公司 Coveo 的首席执行官路易·泰蒂，都是拉瓦尔校友。
• Sophie D'Amours has served as Rector of Université Laval, leading the institution through its recent research and sustainability strategy.索菲·达穆尔任拉瓦尔大学校长，带领该校推进近年的科研与可持续性战略。
• The university's Faculty of Law has trained more Canadian prime ministers than any other university, a distinction it highlights.该校法学院的毕业生出任加拿大总理的人数多于任何其他大学，这一特点为其所强调。
• Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec from 1960 to 1966 and a central figure of the Quiet Revolution, studied law at Université Laval.1960 至 1966 年任魁北克省长、也是「寂静革命」核心人物的让·勒萨热曾在拉瓦尔大学攻读法律。