Alliance Sport-Études, recognized and funded by the ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, is a network of 47 colleges, Cégep à distance and nine universities. Its mission is to offer adapted educational services to high-performance athletes pursuing post-secondary studies. During the automne 2019 semester, 1 400 student-athletes from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and from 50 sports federations were registered in one of the member educational institutions.