Which is a university founded by royal charter, Université Laval or Georgia Institute of Technology?
Université Laval Université Laval is a French-language, public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The University was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmorency-Laval, making it the oldest centre of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in French. The university, whose main campus was erected from the 1950s onward in the suburban borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, is ranked among the top ten Canadian universities in terms of research funding and holds four Canada Excellence Research Chairs.
Fernand Ouellet Fernand Ouellet, OC, FRSC (born 6 November 1926 in Lac-Bouchette, Quebec), a French-Canadian author and educator, was educated at Université Laval and gained a PhD in 1965.