RANKING AMONG PEER INSTITUTIONS
- 1st in Canada among medical-doctoral universities for the last 7 years (Maclean's University Rankings 2011)
- 17th in the world and 1st in Canada for the past 8 years (QS World University Rankings 2011)
- 28th in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011)
- Disciplines (QS): Life Sciences: 26th in the world; Arts & Humanities: 29th; Social Sciences: 32nd; Natural Sciences: 36th; Engineering & IT: 42nd
THE FINEST STUDENTS
McGill is known worldwide for its sky-high entering grades, and our students have counted an astounding 133 Rhodes Scholars among their ranks – more than any other Canadian university. Each year, they earn armfuls of prestigious awards and prizes for academic and athletic achievement, and in Canada's May 2011 election, five of our students defeated incumbents to become some of the nation's youngest-ever Members of Parliament.
McGILL FIRSTS
The discovery that atoms are divisible. The first map of the brain's motor cortex. The inventions of Plexiglas, three major sports and the artificial blood cell. For more than 190 years, McGillians and their Eureka moments have been changing the world for the better.
WORLD-BEATING ALUMNI
They live in some 180 countries. Their ranks include world leaders, astronauts, Nobel laureates, and a host of trailblazers in the worlds of art, science, business and public service. And in a 2011 survey, employers ranked McGill's degrees as the 15th most-prestigious in the world. Across borders and disciplines, McGill’s 215,000 living alumni are using their education and experiences to making a difference in the world. Learn more about our distinguished graduates.
A REPUTATION FOR RESEARCH
With a strong focus on interdisciplinary work, we rank among the finest research-intensive universities in the world, and carry on a tradition of excellence that includes Sir Ernest Rutherford, Wilder Penfield, Charles Taylor and many others. Today, our researchers are making great strides in a wide range of fields, from green chemistry to nanotechnology, from the science of food to the secrets of genomics and proteomics.
CANADA'S MOST INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
McGill is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading research-intensive universities in the world. With 20% of our students coming to McGill from more than 150 countries, our student body is the most internationally diverse medical-doctoral university in the country. Our top-notch internship programs places students across the globe, and our alumni live in more than 180 countries worldwide.
AN EFFERVESCENT METROPOLIS
Montreal sits at the meeting point of the Old and New Worlds. It's a city of cobblestones and an international hub for aerospace, pharmaceuticals, software engineering and more. It's a safe, vibrant place bursting with culture that consistently ranks among the world's most livable cities. Montreal is our heritage, and home to some 220,000 post-secondary students, as well as a wealth of greenspace, and the hundreds of cafes and restos for which Montreal is famous. Learn more about one of the world’s great meeting places for people, products and ideas.
A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
We're passionate about sustainability, and we're doing something about it. McGill's Sustainability Projects Fund offers $840,000 each year to student projects that lighten McGill's environmental footprint. Since 2009, we have funded a wide range of initiatives including urban gardening projects, a bicycle collective, green waste management systems and more. If you're as passionate as we are, get involved on our campuses or get your own idea funded.
NOBEL PRIZE-WINNERS
McGill counts nine Nobel Prize-winners among its faculty and alumni, whose contributions include the technology behind digital cameras, the discovery of how the human body protects its genetic code, the theory of electron transfer, groundbreaking work on visual perception, hormones and particle interaction and the discovery of dendritic cells, with their immune signaling pathways that control and drive the immune response.
A MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY
Located at the heart of cosmopolitan, bilingual Montreal, our students and instructors come to McGill from all over the world. The main language of instruction is English, but 58% of our students also rate their French-speaking skills as "good" to "excellent." About 40% know and use at least one other language as well. McGill's also a great place to learn languages, but if that isn't your thing, don't worry; students can choose to submit almost any written assignment in either English or French.
