The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue , sometimes informally known as UQAT , is a public university within the Université du Québec network, with campuses in Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda.==History==The Université was founded in 1970 as Services universitaires dans le Nord-Ouest québécois. The university was renamed Direction des études universitaires dans l’Ouest québécois (1972); Cen...