McGILL IS A THRIVING CITY WITHIN A CITY – a community of learners where passionate, independent minds come together to combine their great ideas and make even greater ones. It’s a place pulsing with life, where our students – 35,000-strong from about 150 countries – are earning their places at the vanguards of their fields – from music to medicine, from the art of architecture to the science of sustainability.
McGill has been helping draw North America’s academic landscape since its founding in 1821 – long enough to see our students, alumni and faculty members amass a dizzying array of Nobel Prizes, Rhodes Scholarships and other prestigious honours. Across three centuries, McGillians have revolutionized the way we understand radioactivity, pulsars, nanotechnology and the brain. They’ve shed light on an astounding range of diseases, from AIDS to Alzheimer’s to spina bifida. They invented Plexiglas and the Internet search engine, fish sticks and artificial human cells. They are astronauts, Hollywood icons, human rights champions and Supreme Court justices. And they’re all part of the McGill family. Take some time to explore this site, and learn how you can be, too.