The Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) is a constituent university of the Université du Québec system located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. As of September 2010, combined enrolment at UQO's Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme campuses was 6,017, of which 4,738 were undergraduates and 1,279 postgraduate students. UQO offers more than 100 programs of study, including 30 master's and 5 doctoral programs. It was named after Quebec's Outaouais region. Outaouais borders Ottawa and is part of the National Capital Region, where a large proportion of the population is bilingual. Brief history The University was established in 1981 under the government of René Lévesque (Parti Québécois), although university courses had been available in the region since 1971 (delivered by the Services universitaires dans l'Outaouais, or SUO). Formerly known as the Université du Québec à Hull (UQAH), UQO changed its name in 2002 when the cities of Hull, Gatineau, Aylmer, Masson-Angers and Buckingham were amalgamated to form the new City of Gatineau. The University's new name reflects the administrative region of Outaouais, in which it is based. About 5,500 students enrol in UQO courses each year. While this is the lowest enrolment in the Université du Québec system, the number of students is steadily rising, creating demand for more courses, programs and resources. The academic staff comprises some 175 full-time professors and 565 lecturers. In the past 25 years, UQO has granted close to 30,000 degrees. The University is also one of the main contributors to the qualified workforce in the region, along with Carleton University, University of Ottawa, La Cité collégiale, Algonquin College and the Cégep de l'Outaouais. Fields of study The Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) offers several different fields of study: Administrative sciences Project management Arts and heritage Accounting science Education Software engineering Nursing Computer science Psychoeducation Psychology Labour relations and human resources Social sciences Translation and writing Social work Main programs UQO is the only university in Canada offering the following programs in French: Certificates: Visual arts Comic strip design Cybermuseology Graphic design Museology and heritage Bachelor's degrees: Arts and design Arts and heritage with majors and minors Majors: Comic strip design Graphic design Museology and heritage Minors: Approaches to education Visual arts Comic strip design Public communication (Social Sciences minor) Cybermuseology Graphic design Museology and heritage Administrative practices Master of advanced studies (diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées, or DESS) in andragogy Short program in adult second-language and foreign-language instruction