What Faculté des sciences de l'éducation | Université de Montréal does

The Faculté des sciences de l'éducation (FSÉ) is a constituent faculty of the public Université de Montréal, established in 1965 alongside the creation of Quebec's Ministry of Education following the Parent Report. It is one of Canada's oldest and largest education faculties, training more than 600 new teachers, education professionals, and specialists each year across Baccalauréat and Maîtrise programs in preschool/primary teaching, secondary teaching, French as a second language, special education, and physical education and health. The faculty is organized into three academic departments (Administration et fondements de l'éducation; Psychopédagogie et andragogie; Didactique) plus the Centre de formation initiale des maîtres (CFIM), which coordinates supervised internships with Centres de services scolaires across Greater Montreal and with international partners.

The faculty's product portfolio extends beyond degree programs into research-based French language assessment tools developed through its "Outils en francisation pour le Québec de demain" research group, including the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français (ÉQ), the Référentiel québécois de profils de compétences en français de métiers et professions, and an adaptive online placement test launched in 2026 and made freely available worldwide. It also operates ContinuUM, a continuing education service offering non-credit professional development for educators, and an ÉducatUM resource hub. International mobility partnerships span Switzerland (HEP Vaud, Université de Genève), Belgium (Haute école Robert Schuman, Haute école de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg, Haute école Bruxelles-Brabant), and internship destinations in Austria, Senegal, and British Columbia.

Revenue is generated through Quebec government funding formulas, regulated tuition fees, and fee-for-service continuing education delivered through ContinuUM, with additional research contract value from the Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI), the Ministère de la Langue française (MLF), and the Quebec Ministère de l'Éducation. The faculty is publicly funded, has no separate corporate identity from the Université de Montréal, and operates with no private equity or venture capital.

Name

Faculté des sciences de l'éducation | Université de Montréal

Legal name

Université de Montréal

Website

https://fse.umontreal.ca

Company type

Public

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Faculté des sciences de l'éducation at Université de Montréal is a public faculty established in 1965 that trains 600+ teachers and education professionals annually through Baccalauréat and Maîtrise programs, while developing proprietary French-language assessment tools and continuing education services for Quebec ministries and the global French-speaking community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Undergraduate Teacher Education Colleges (EDAHAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Graduate Schools of Education (M.Ed., Ed.D., Ph.D.) (EDAHAFAB), Teacher Professional Development & In-Service Training Institutes (EDAHAFAM), Teacher Training & Language Teaching Certifications (e.g., CELTA/DELTA) (EDAIAEAI), Teacher Training & Professional Development for Adult ESL (TESOL/TEFL/CELTA for Adult Ed) (EDAAACAM)

Keywords

• Teacher education
• Higher education
• Continuing education
• Language assessment
• Educational research

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government funding and student tuition: As a public university faculty, primary revenue comes from Quebec government funding based on enrollment formulas, supplemented by student tuition fees from domestic and international students.
2. Continuing education (ContinuUM): Revenue from non-credit continuing education programs offered through ContinuUM service, including programmed trainings and customized training delivered in partner school environments

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Faculty of Education (Faculté des sciences de l'éducation, FSÉ) of Université de Montréal trains new teachers and education professionals at the undergraduate and graduate levels, delivering initial teacher education programs for preschool, primary, secondary, French as a second language, special education, and physical education. It also operates the ContinuUM continuing education service for practicing educators and develops standardized French language proficiency assessment tools for Quebec government ministries.

Product overview

The Faculty of Education (Faculté des sciences de l'éducation) at Université de Montréal operates as an educational institution offering teacher education programs and educational research tools. Its portfolio includes initial teacher training programs (Baccalauréat) and graduate programs (Maîtrise), with specialized offerings in areas such as French as a Second Language, Special Education, and Physical Education. The faculty also develops and provides research-based assessment tools for French language proficiency, including the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français, the Référentiel québécois de profils de compétences en français de métiers et professions, and an adaptive online placement test. These tools are distributed through the ContinuUM continuing education platform for professional development. International mobility programs enable student exchanges with partner institutions in Switzerland and Belgium, as well as international practicum placements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ContinuUM: Continuing education service offering non-credit professional development training for the educational community, delivered both remotely and in-person.
• Outils en francisation pour le Québec de demain
• Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français

Products and services

• Programs of Study (Baccalauréat, Maîtrise)
• ContinuUM Continuing Education Service
• International Mobility Programs
• Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français (ÉQ)
• Référentiel québécois de profils de compétences en français de métiers et professions
• Test de positionnement adaptatif en ligne
• Formation universitaire en ligne autoportante (3e formation)

Quantifiable outcome

• Trains 600+ new education professionals annually

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Haute École Pédagogique du Canton de Vaud (Switzerland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange partnership for preschool and primary education students. Students from the faculty can study at HEP Vaud as part of their undergraduate program.
• Université de Genève (Switzerland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange destination for preschool and primary education students. Allows students to complete a semester of studies at one of Switzerland's leading universities.
• Haute école Robert Schuman (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange partnership for preschool and primary education students.
• Haute École de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange destination for preschool and primary education students.
• Haute école Bruxelles-Brabant (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange destination for preschool and primary education students.
• French Language School Board of British Columbia (Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational internship destination where students complete their third-year internship. Stays are approximately 30-35 days.
• Lycée français de Vienne, AustriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational internship destination for students from programs including preschool/primary, secondary, French as a second language, and physical education. Stage constitutes third-year internship.
• Various Senegalese schoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational internship destination for 2 months, approximately 30-35 days of internship. Programs include preschool/primary, French as a second language, school adaptation, and secondary.
• Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry partnership for developing French language competency assessment tools and reference frameworks for immigrant integration programs since 2020.
• Ministère de la Langue française (MLF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for developing French language competency profiles for trades and professions (Référentiel québécois de profils de compétences en français de métiers et professions).
• Ministère de l'Éducation (Quebec)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on French language competency tools development alongside MIFI and MLF.
• Centres de services scolaires (School service centers) - Greater MontrealcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal protocol agreements for student internship placements. The faculty's CFIM (Centre de formation initiale des maîtres) coordinates all placements according to partnership protocols.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Faculty of Education - McGill University: Montreal-based education faculty offering B.Ed., M.A., and Ph.D. programs in English; competes for the same bilingual student cohort and shares the local school-service-center placement infrastructure.
• Faculté d'éducation - Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa: Bilingual Canadian teacher-training faculty with comparable undergraduate and graduate education programs, serving a similar regulatory environment and competing for cross-provincial students.
• Faculté d'éducation - Université de Sherbrooke: Quebec French-language education faculty with a strong distance-learning teacher-training model, overlapping program portfolio, and similar practicum partnerships with Centres de services scolaires.
• Faculté des sciences de l'éducation - Université Laval: Quebec's other major French-language teacher-training faculty, offering comparable B.Ed., M.Ed., and continuing education programs under a research university structure and competing directly for the same teacher candidate pool.
• Faculté des sciences de l'éducation - Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM): Montreal-based French-language teacher-training faculty offering undergraduate and graduate programs in education with similar practicum-based structure and overlapping student segments in the Greater Montreal region.

Regional players

• Faculté d'éducation - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC): Regional Quebec education faculty offering B.Ed. and continuing education programs with a regional placement footprint; comparable mission but smaller scale and distinct regional focus.
• Haute école pédagogique du Canton de Vaud (HEP Vaud): Swiss French-language teacher-training institution already in a formal exchange partnership with the Faculty; structurally comparable as a dedicated pedagogy school offering initial teacher education and continuing education.
• Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation - Université de Genève: Swiss university faculty offering teacher-training and education research programs in French; active exchange partner and a comparable Francophone higher-education peer outside Quebec.

Broad incumbents

• Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) - University of Toronto: Canada's largest graduate school of education and a broad incumbent offering B.Ed., M.Ed., and Ed.D. programs; comparable in research intensity and teacher-training scope but at significantly larger scale.

Others

• École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP): Quebec public university school specializing in public administration training and continuing education; adjacent peer because it shares the UQ network / Quebec public-university ecosystem and operates a similar continuing-education service model rather than direct teacher training.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/FSEUdeM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fseudem
• Instagraminstagram.com/fse_udem

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

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