McGill University, founded in 1821 and located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is one of the top-tier higher education institutions in Canada, consistently ranked in the top three universities in the country. Known as the “Harvard of the North,” McGill University has a strong academic and humanistic atmosphere, with more than half of Canada’s famous poets and writers hailing from the university. McGill University has the highest proportion of doctoral students in the country and has produced the most Nobel laureates in Canada. It is a world-renowned institution with a century-long reputation and high research standards.
Notable Alumni
Over nearly 200 years since its founding, McGill University has been a source of pride for Montreal, producing some of Canada’s greatest thinkers and scientists. It has produced 12 Nobel laureates, 144 Rhodes scholars (the highest academic honor), more than any other university in Canada, five astronauts, four Canadian prime ministers, four foreign heads of state, 13 Canadian Supreme Court justices, 28 ambassadors, nine Oscar winners, 11 Grammy winners, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and 31 Olympic medalists. Some of the notable alumni include:
Justin Trudeau, the 29th Canadian Prime Minister
Julie Payette, former astronaut and the 29th Governor General of Canada
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, current president of Stanford University
Stephen Toope, current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Robert Laird Borden, the eighth Canadian Prime Minister
Faculties and Schools of McGill University
McGill University has 22 faculties and schools, including 11 faculties and 11 schools, and four affiliated hospitals. It offers over 340 undergraduate academic programs and over 250 doctoral and master’s programs. McGill University is well known for its world-class faculties in medicine, literature, law, engineering, natural sciences, and agriculture, and offers a wide range of courses for students. Its medical school is world-renowned, with many top students dreaming of studying there. William Osler, one of the founders of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States, graduated from McGill University’s medical school. Dr. Norman Bethune, a well-known figure in China, also interned, researched, and worked at McGill University’s affiliated hospital. Many medical researchers at McGill have made significant contributions to cancer research, immunology, genetics, respiratory diseases, and neurology, among other areas. Its law school is one of the few in Canada that teaches and researches both the two major Western legal systems, common law and civil law, and is unique in North America.