École de technologie supérieure (French pronunciation: [ekɔl də tɛknɔlɔʒi sypeʁjœʁ], Higher Technology School, ÉTS), founded in 1974, is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and affiliated to the Université du Québec system.
The school specializes in applied teaching and research in engineering as well as transferring advanced technologies to companies.
The school ranks second in Canada for the number of bachelor's degrees in engineering awarded at the undergraduate level.
[1] ÉTS opened in 1974 on Rue Sainte-Catherine, in Montreal, and received 28 undergraduate students in technology (mechanics and electricity).
ÉTS adopts an urban development plan for the campus in order to integrate it harmoniously into the neighborhood.
[non sequitur] The Formula ÉTS student club is moving from the combustion engine to the electric motor starting in 2019.
Arvin Morattab and Aida Farzaneh,[2] The main address of ÉTS is 1100 Notre-Dame Street West in Montreal's Griffintown neighbourhood, the site of a former O'Keefe Brewery, which was transformed to house the school.
The Bureau du respect de la personne (Human Rights Office) of ETS is located in phase 4 of residences.
Each year, ETS graduates the largest number of engineers in Quebec and ranks second in Canada.
International graduate students come from all five continents, including, notably, France, Brazil, Mexico, India, and Iran.