The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) is a French-language university located in Quebec, Canada. It welcomes to its three campuses more than 31,000 students, including 3,000 international students from 104 countries.
UdeS is a research and innovation powerhouse boasting a diverse range of research programmes that are recognised for making a significant global impact.
As of 2023, the dynamism of the Université de Sherbrooke propelled it to an unprecedented tenth place among Canada’s most research-intensive universities, as measured by research income, according to Research InfoSource.
Over the past 20 years, the Université de Sherbrooke has posted the highest percentage growth in research revenues among Canadian universities (+394.6%). UdeS continues to build on this strategic position by engaging with major international research networks.
Université de Sherbrooke research expertise
UdeS’s recognised research expertise encompasses a variety of disciplines, including quantum science, sustainable health, micro-nanotechnology, RNA biology, outdoor education, green chemistry, digital health, and integrative ecology.
Its research is driven by a strong interdisciplinary vision: By combining disciplinary strengths, UdeS researchers explore emerging scientific fields and enable promising innovations that shed new light on societal challenges. They develop new methodologies, provide multiple perspectives to analyse complex issues and find innovative ways to improve systems thinking in research.
Collaborations and partnerships
The UdeS has also developed an effective and innovative model for university-business partnerships by focusing on collaboration and knowledge sharing across all disciplines and diverse public and private partners.
UdeS’s signature Integrated Innovation Chain is a driving force for innovation in Quebec and Canada that supports organisations in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, digital technology, and innovative manufacturing. Since 2010, it has been allocated CA$1.5B in investments, 60% of which is from private sector partners.
UdeS is dedicated to creating the next generation of researchers as an international hub for academic excellence, positioning itself as an agent of local and global change. The university’s human, intellectual, and scientific potential allows it to carry out projects that have an impact on the evolution of knowledge and teaching.
A university with international reach
- 23% of faculty members were born outside Canada
- 27 countries with whom UdeS has international cooperation agreements
- 2 International Research Laboratories (IRLs) under CNRS (France) in: quantum materials, circuits and devices, nanotechnology and nanosystems
- 1 CNRS of France International Research Centre (IRC), Innovation for a Sustainable Planet
Six research institutes
- Institut quantique
- Research Centre on Aging
- Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation
- Pharmacology Institute of Sherbrooke
- Université de Sherbrooke Cancer Research Institute
- Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et de services sociaux
+110 research chairs and centres, including:
- Canada Excellence Research Chair in Crystal Engineering for Green Chemistry and Sustainable Materials
- Canada Excellence Research Chair in Topological Quantum Matter
- NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering
- Research Chair in Outdoor Education
- Several industrial research chairs in collaboration with partners such as IBM, Teledyne DALSA or Umicore.
Six unifying themes, each rising to meet society’s major challenges:
- Environment and Climate change
- The Digital Age: Intelligent Organizations and Training
- Innovative Materials/Processes and Quantum Science
- Health: Promotion, Prevention, and Precision Medicine
- Population Aging
- Living in Society: Culture, Plurality, Governance and Equity
UdeS: One-of-a-kind infrastructures
- Network of 22 research platforms in the fields of digital sciences, science and engineering, and health sciences, providing access to state-of-the-art equipment and highly specialised expertise and services, thus reflecting essential elements in developing partnerships with other research centres, as well as industrial and institutional partners in Canada and internationally.
- Solar Park: The biggest solar park in Canada devoted to applied research.
- Multiscale Research Complex in Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Environment: The first in North America. Developing innovative solutions to meet planetary challenges ranging from better flood prediction to improving water quality in Canada and around the world.
- Centre for Scientific Computing: the Université de Sherbrooke’s Centre for Scientific Computing manages a supercomputer among the most powerful and environmentally responsible in Canada.
