| 3IT | Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation |
| ACELP | Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| BSE | (Bureau de soutien à l’entrepreneuriat) |
| C2MI | MiQro Innovation Collaboration Centre |
| CAD | Canadian dollars |
| Campus MIL | Campus of the University of Montréal |
| CCMM | Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal (Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain) |
| CCTT | College Centres for the Transfer of Technologies (Collège collégial de transferts de technologies) |
| CEE | (Centre d’entrepreneuriat et d’essaimage) |
| CÉGEP | Publicly funded two-year college (Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel) |
| CÉGEP of Gaspésie | (Cégep de la Gaspésie et des îles) |
| CÉGEP of Trois-Rivières | (Cégep de Trois-Rivières) |
| CÉGEP of Victoriaville | (Cégep de Victoriaville) |
| CEU | University Centre for Entrepreneurship (Centre d’entrepreneuriat universitaire) |
| CI | Council of Innovation of Québec |
| CIRI | Interdepartmental Committee for Research and Innovation |
| CIRIF | (Cellule Intégrée de Recherche, Innovation et Formation) |
| CMQ | Centre of Metallurgy of Québec |
| CQDM | Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery |
| CRIAQ | Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec |
| CRIBIQ | Consortium for Research and Innovation in Industrial Bioprocesses in Québec |
| CRISES | (Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales) |
| CRITM | Consortium for Research and Innovation in Metal Transformation |
| CTJS – CÉGEP of Saint-Jérôme | (Cégep de Saint-Jérôme) |
| D3 | District 3 |
| DECs | Diploma of College Studies |
| EE | Entrepreneurial Education |
| EECOLE | Entrepreneurial Education Collaboration and Engagement Network |
| ETHZ | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich |
| ETP | Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice |
| ETS | (École de technologie supérieure) |
| EU | European Union |
| EUQAR | (Entrepreneuriat UQAR) |
| FRQ | (Fonds de Recherche du Québec) |
| FRQNT | (Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et les technologies) |
| FRQS | (Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé) |
| FRQSC | (Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GoHE | Geography of Higher Education |
| GPA | (Groupe de partenariats d’affaires) |
| GRIR | Regional Research and intervention Group (Groupe régional de recherche et d’intervention) |
| HE | Higher education |
| HEI | Higher education institutions |
| I-INC | Innovation and Impact network of Canada |
| InnovÉÉ | Innovation in Electrical Energy |
| ISED | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |
| ITAQ | (Institut de technologie agroalimentaire du Québec) |
| IVADO | (Institut de valorisation des données) |
| IZ | Innovation Zones (Zones d’innovation) |
| KTM | Knowledge Transfer Manager |
| LFE | Linkable File Environment |
| MAIN | (Le Mouvement des accélérateurs d’innovation du Québec) |
| McGill | McGill University (Université McGill) |
| MEDTEQ | Consortium for Industrial Research and Innovation in Medical Technologies of Québec |
| MEIE | Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy of Québec |
| MES | Ministry of Higher Education (Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur) of Québec |
| MILA | Montréal Institute for Learning Algorithms |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MITACS | Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PolyMTL | Polytechnique of Montréal (Polytechnique Montréal) |
| PRIMA | Québec Centre for Research and Innovation in Advanced Materials |
| PROMPT | Microelectronics oriented research partnership, photonics, ICT and Digital |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RSRIs | Industrial research sectoral groups (Regroupements sectoriels de recherche industrielle) |
| SBDC | Small Business Development Center |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SdN | Sentinelle du Nord |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SNEE | National student-entrepreneur status |
| SOPER | (Société de promotion économique de Rimouski) |
| SQ | (Sherbrooke quantique) |
| SQRI | (Stratégie québécoise de la recherche et de l’innovation) (2017-2022) |
| SQRI 2 | (Stratégie québécoise de recherche et d’investissement en innovation) (2022-2027) |
| SVTQ | (Société de valorisation et de transfert du Québec) |
| TRLs | Technical readiness levels |
| TTOs | Technology transfer services |
| UAS | University of Applied Sciences |
| UBE | Unit for Bioentrepreneurship |
| UdL | Laval University (Université Laval) |
| UdM | University of Montréal (Université de Montréal) |
| UdS | University of Sherbrooke (Université de Sherbrooke) |
| UQ | University of Québec (Université du Québec) |
| UQAC | University of Québec at Chicoutimi (Université de Québec à Chicoutimi) |
| UQAR | University of Québec at Rimouski (Université de Québec à Rimouski) |
| UTSA | University of Texas San Antonio |
The Geography of Higher Education in Québec, Canada
