New ideas and excellence are the core values of Université Laval, which over the years has educated and graduated over 342,000 individuals, each of whom in their own way has contributed to the progress of their community and of society as a whole, Université Laval is a French-language public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval as Séminaire de Québec in 1663