The Université du Québec à Rimouski (commonly referred to as UQAR) is a public university located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1969 as a satellite campus of the Université du Québec, UQAR provides access to higher education for the people of Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Gaspé Peninsula. It is the furthest north of any university in Québec. UQAR's programs include multidisciplinary research in marine science, regional development, and nordicity. Approximately 6,500 students attend the university. Over 40,000 students have graduated since it opened in 1969.

Most UQAR students opt to stay in the region after graduation. UQAR has concluded agreements with postsecondary institutions and research centres in over 20 countries, for scholarly exchanges, joint research activities, and other academic programs.

UQAR offers academic programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including accounting, business, arts, computer science, biology, chemistry, social development, elementary education, ethics, electrical and mechanical engineering,[12] secondary education, history, literature, Maritime Resource Management, MBA, nursing, oceanography, personnel management, project management, psychosociology and social change. Main areas of research include Nordicity, regional development, and marine sciences at the ISMER.

For more information please see: www.uqar.ca.