McGill University
About McGill University
McGill is a public university, founded in 1821. McGill University is one of Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. 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 our campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today our professors are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants and driving human achievement in every field imaginable.
Class Profile
- Student Strength - 39736
- Faculty Members - 1730
- Nobel Laureates - 12
- Student Faculty Ratio - 7
- Number of Countries represented - 150
- Percentage of International Students - 30.7%
- Gender - Women - 59% | Male - 41%
Test Scores
- Average GPA - 3.55
- Average GMAT Score - 677
- Average GRE Score - 308
- Average TOEFL - 86
- Average IELTS - 6.5
Campus
Downtown campus (80 acres) MacDonald campus (1,600 acres)
Gault Nature Reserve (2,470 acres)
Research
Research and infrastructure grants – $177 Million
Endowment
Endowment – CAD 1.63 billion
Source: www.mcgill.ca