Because this school is a French school, it has developed extremely rapidly, thanks to the allocation of Quebec government. The University of Quebec in Montreal is one of the only two French-speaking universities in Montreal, which is the dream of local high school students. By the autumn of 2005, the number of registered students was 56,679 (including LUQ Technical University).
The University of Quebec in Montreal, which teaches in French, was founded in 1969. The majors of this department are liberal arts, education, literature, communication, language, fashion, science, management and humanities. The number of teachers is 2085, the number of undergraduates is about 15946 (full-time), and the number of graduate students is about: