The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (English: 'National Institute of Scientific Research') is the research-oriented constituent university of the

Université du Québec The University of Quebec (French: ''Université du Québec'') is a system of ten provincially run public universities in Quebec, Canada. Its headquarters are in Quebec City. The university coordinates 300 programs for over 87,000 students. Th ...

system that offers only graduate studies. INRS conducts research in four broad sectors: water, earth and the environment; energy, materials and telecommunications; human, animal and

environmental health Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health. In order to effectively control factors that may affect health, the requirements that must be met ...

; and urbanization, culture and society. INRS has facilities in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, Laval, and

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. The enabling legislation is ''An Act respecting educational institutions at the university level.'' http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php? ''An Act respecting educational institutions at the university level'' The Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT, Energy, Materials and Telecommunications) INRS-EMT is part of INRS.

Programs

The Institut national de la recherche scientifique offers programs in: *Water, Earth and Environment **Masters in water sciences **Doctorate in water sciences **Masters in

earth science Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spher ...

s **Masters in earth sciences -

environmental technologies Environmental technology (envirotech) or green technology (greentech), also known as ''clean technology'' (''cleantech''), is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic dev ...

**Doctorate in earth sciences *Energy, Materials and

Telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...

s **Masters in energy and materials sciences ** Doctorate in energy and materials sciences **Masters in telecommunications ***Joint Network IT **Doctorate in telecommunications **Masters in telecommunications *INRS - Institute Armand Frappier **Masters in experimental health sciences **Masters in applied microbiology **Masters in

virology Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host cells for reproduction, th ...

and

immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see ther ...

**Doctorate in virology and immunology **Doctorate in

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditar ...

* (

Urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

Culture and Society ''Culture and Society'' is a book published in 1958 by Welsh progressive writer Raymond Williams, exploring how the notion of culture developed in Great Britain, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. When first published, the boo ...

) **Masters in urban studies **Doctorate in urban studies **Masters in demography **Doctorate in

demography Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as ed ...

**Masters in research practice and public action

References

External links

Official ''INRS'' web site
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Environnement Urbain / Urban Environment
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