McGill University
McGill University is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec founded in 1821 and is one of Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. International students from more than 150 countries make up nearly 30% of McGill’s student body ‒ the highest proportion of any Canadian research university. McGill has an enrolment of more than 39,000 students. The university offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study.
Most students are enrolled in the six largestfaculties: Arts, Science, Medicine, Education, Engineering, and Management. McGill is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. Ernest Rutherford‘s Nobel Prize-winning research on the nature of radioactivity was conducted at McGill, part of a long tradition of innovation on our campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas.
