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Collège Édouard-Montpetit
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit (French pronunciation: [seʒɛp edwaʁ mɔ̃tpəti]) is a public Francophone college in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Approximately 7,300 (fall 2016) students (as much in the Continuing Education programs) are enrolled in the 2 campuses, the main one located in Longueuil and the École nationale d'aérotechnique in St-Hubert campuses. It is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.

History

The school was established in 1950 as a religious owned school called Externat classique de Longueuil. In 1967, several institutions were merged and became public ones, when the Quebec system of public colleges was created, including the Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, named after the Quebec lawyer and academic, Édouard Montpetit

Sports

Lynx du Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
Further information: Lynx du Cégep Édouard-Montpetit women's ice hockey

The Cégep Édouard-Montpetit's eighteen athletic teams are known as the Lynx. The CÉGEP is represented at the provincial level by five teams: division 1 women's and men's basketball and women's volleyball, and women's ice hockey and men's football in division 2. Thirteen teams compete for Cégep Édouard-Montpetit at the league conference level: badminton, baseball, women's and men's basketball division 2, cheerleading, cross country, golf, women's flag football, women's and men's soccer division 2, and women's and men's volleyball division 2.

Programs

The CEGEP offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matter which roughly corresponds to the additional year of high school plus the first year of university given elsewhere in Canada. The technical programs, which take three years to complete, applies to students who wish to pursue a skill trade. In addition, Continuing Education for adults and services to businesses are provided.

The CEGEP is ranked among the top 10 in research.

École nationale d'aérotechnique

One of the hangars of the École nationale d'aérotechnique.

L'École nationale d'aérotechnique (ÉNA) is a campus of Cégep Édouard-Montpetit located in the vicinity of Saint-Hubert Airport in Saint-Hubert. It is located in close proximity to numerous aeronautical enterprises.

The institution is the largest aerotechnical college in North America and the only institution in Quebec to offer comprehensive training in avionics, Aerospace Engineering and aircraft maintenance (including an aircraft maintenance program offered in English). It has a fleet of 37 aircraft including two Learjets and two Bombardier Challenger. The school has also received a Bombardier CS100 donated by the company.

Montreal Metro expansion

In late 2008, the former mayor of Longueuil, Claude Gladu had planned for a Montreal Metro extension to Cégep Édouard-Montpetit on the Yellow Line. In 2013, the project is still on the rail in a far future.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Home". collegesinstitutes.ca.
  3. ^ "Fédération des cégeps". www.fedecegeps.qc.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Rapport Annuel 2014 2015" (PDF). cegepmontpetit.ca (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ^ Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Se rendre - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ^ CCDMD. "Externat classique de Longueuil - Le monde en images". monde.ccdmd.qc.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. ^ Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Historique - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Disciplines". Lynx du cégep Édouard-Montpetit (in Canadian French). 2014-05-29. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  9. ^ "Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2015" (PDF). researchinfosource.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  10. ^ Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Programmes d'études - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. ^ Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Aircraft Maintenance Technology - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Bombardier donates C Series aircraft to Ecole Nationale d'Aérotechnique". Skies Mag. 2018-05-24.
  13. ^ Grenier, Jean-Claude (2008). "Le maire de Longueuil réitère l'importance de prolonger le métro vers Edouard-Montpetit" (in French). 24 Heures.
  14. ^ "Prolongement du métro de Montréal: la ligne jaune (Longueuil) - BRUNO BISSON - Montréal". lapresse.ca. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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