As an organization, the university was first established when the Université Laval in Quebec City started a new division in Montréal in 1878, which became known as the Université de Laval à Montréal. This initially went against the wishes of Montréals prelate, who advocated an self-governing university in his city. Certain parts of the institutions educational facilities, such as those of the Séminaire de Québec and the Faculty of Medicine, initiated as the Montreal School of
Medicine and Surgery, had already been established in Montréal in 1876 and 1843 respectively. The Vatican granted the university some administrative autonomy in 1889, thus allowing it to choose its own professors and license its own diplomas. However it was not until 8 May 1919 that a papal charter from Pope Benedict XV granted full autonomy to the university. It thus became an independent Catholic university and adopted Université de Montréal as its name. Laval composed by Wilfrid Beaudry was dedicated to the students at Laval University and the Université de Montréal. The music for piano was published in Québec by J. Beaudry, circa 1906.
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