McGill University (reviews)

In 1843, the Faculty of Arts was founded and classes were held in Dawson Hall, and 5 years later, in 1848, the first Faculty of Law in Canada was founded as well. Almost 50 years later, the school of archictecture started its classes. Sir John William Dawson was the main contributor of the transformation of McGill from a school to a modern university, as he collected a great ammount of money from citizens, in order to improve the academic quality. In 1884, coeducation was implemented and seperate lectures were given to women, and in the following year, the university was rebaptised to McGill University.

Academics at McGill University

Currently, the university offers is organized into 11 main Faculties: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Law, School of Music, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Religious Sciences and the Faculty of Management.

Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in every faculty of the university, with more than 300 academic programs and 250 doctoral and master’s graduate degree programs. Furthermore, there is an Executive Institute, which provides business seminars and executive education to companies, government services and non-profit organizations.

Student Life at McGill University

In the Fall of 2017, McGill had more than 21.000 graduate and undergraduated students enrolled. From that student body, around 50% are from Quebec, while 25% is from the rest of Canada and the rest from outside of Canada.

There are many active groups and organisations represented by the undergraduate Students’ Society of McGill University, and each faculty has its representing student governing body as well.

McGill is a unique university with a great history, and you can be the one to build the path they have!

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