McGill is an international university whose main language of instruction is English. Located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill comprises 21 faculties and professional schools offering over 300 programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.

McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from some 150 countries, the  student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country.  McGill was founded in 1821 thanks to a generous bequest by James McGill, and since then, we've grown from a small college to a bustling university with two campuses, 10 faculties, some 300 programs of study, and 40,000 students. The University also partners with four affiliated teaching hospitals to graduate over 1,000 health care professionals each year.

A Tradition of Success

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 the campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today the professors are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants and driving human achievement in every field imaginable.  The 250,000+ graduates form a vast global network, with many alumni reaching the top of their professions as Supreme Court Justices, award-winning authors and musicians, astronauts and more.

The Brightest Students

In addition to a stellar faculty, McGill is known for attracting the brightest students from across Canada, the United States, and around the world. McGill students have the highest average entering grades in Canada, and the commitment to fostering the very best has helped the students win more national and international awards on average than their peers at any other Canadian university. The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship has gone to a nation-leading 141 McGill students.

• 1821 founding date of McGill University
• 1^st in Canada among medical-doctoral universities for twelve consecutive years (Maclean’s 2017)
• 30^th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2016/17)
• 300+ programs of study
• 25% international students
• 23% graduate students
• Highest % of PhD students of any Canadian research university
• 180 countries where alumni live and work
• 141 Rhodes Scholars—the highest among Canadian universities
• 12 Nobel Prize winners—the highest among Canadian universities