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1974

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38

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About Concordia University

Concordia University (French: Université Concordia) is a public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 with the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the three universities in Quebec where English is the primary language of instruction (the others being McGill and Bishop's). As of the 2024–2025 academic year, there were 48,657 students enrolled in credit and non-credit courses at Concordia, making the university among the largest in Canada by enrollment. The university has two campuses, set approximately seven kilometres (four miles) apart: Sir George Williams Campus is the main campus, located in the Quartier Concordia neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville Marie; and Loyola Campus in the residential district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. With four faculties, a school of graduate studies and numerous colleges, centres and institutes, Concordia offers over 400 undergraduate and over 120 graduate programs and courses.

Concordia is a non-sectarian and coeducational institution, with more than 270,000 alumni.

Memberships & networks

  • Universities Canada
  • Open Education Network
  • Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
  • Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Key facts

Founded

1974

Type

University in Quebec

Location

Quebec, Canada

Academic staff

10,655

Reported 2024

Programmes with us

38

Programmes

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