#1 in Canada
for 20 consecutive years
[Maclean's University Rankings 2025]
[QS World University Rankings 2025]
[Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025]
[Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024]
McGill University, founded in 1821, is among the most vibrant educational and research milieus in North America, attracting the best and brightest in the health professions and sciences.
(1829 - Present)
-
School of
Medicine
(1829)
Montreal Campus +
Campus Outaouais
907
undergrads
1068 residents
417 fellows
-
Ingram School
of Nursing
(1920)
889
undergrads
192 MSc(A)
& 17 PhD -
School of
Physical
& Occupational
Therapy
(1943)
221
undergrads
218 MSc, MSc(A)
& 6 PhD
21 Postdoctoral fellows -
School of
Communication
Sciences
& Disorders
(1963)
59 MSc, MSc(A)
& 18 PhD -
School of
Population
& Global Health
(2016)
42 undergrads
308 graduates
17 residents
21 Postdoctoral fellows
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School of
Biomedical
Sciences
(2020)
1564 BSc students in
Anatomy & Cell Biology,
Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Human Genetics,
Microbiology & Immunology,
Pharmacology & Therapeutics,
Physiology277 MSc, MSc(A)
& 291 PhD49 Postdoctoral fellows and researchers
The Faculty counts some 35 distinct research centres and institutes, and more than 20 departments collaborating across disciplines, professions and borders.
CIUSSS de l’Ouest-
de-l’Île-de-Montréal
(CIUSSS Montreal West Island)
CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-
de-l’Île-de-Montréal
(CIUSSS West-Central Montreal)
Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM)
(McGill University
Health Centre)
Four major urban
teaching sites
The Réseau Universitaire Intégré de Santé et Services Sociaux McGill, RUISSS McGill, is comprised of seven regional authorities, the McGill University Health Centre, two CIUSSSs, three CISSSs, and three additional health centres in the province. Areas of responsibility include health care delivery, teaching, research and technology assessment.