McGill UniversityAcademics Facts & Statistics

Location: Montreal, QC
Undergrads: 20,181
Tuition (in-state): $15,420 ($5,378)
Admission Difficulty: Average
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Facts & Statistics

Student-Faculty Ratio

16:1

Total FT Faculty

1,650

Faculty with Terminal Degree

95%

Class Sizes

Fewer than 20 Students: 9%
20 to 49 Students: 14%
50 or More Students: 77%

Undergraduate Schools/Divisions

Desautels Faculty of Management
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Religious Studies
Faculty of Science
Schulich School of Music

Degrees Awarded

Bachelor's
Doctorate
First professional
Master's
Post-bachelor's certificate
Post-master's certificate

Special Study Options

IMPM Health Sector
Master's in Manufacturing Management
MBA

Best Places to Study

Birks Reading Room
Cyberthèque
Islamic Studies Library
McGill Bookstore Café
Schulich Library

Tips to Succeed

Actually drop the courses you think are boring or too difficult during add/drop.
Be proactive with faculty and administration.
Don't get behind with reading or assignments.
Don't piss off bouncers.
Find a couple clubs you really like, and remember to go to the meetings.
Go to class, even at 8:30 a.m.
Have a good idea what your major will be.
Learn to cook and do your own laundry as soon as possible.
Take some courses satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

Did You Know?

In 1813, James McGill, a Scottish immigrant who prospered in Montréal, bequeathed his 46-acre estate, Burnside Place, and £10,000 to what would become McGill University. James McGill, along with part of his accountant, is buried in front of the steps to the Arts Building.
In 1906, the University acquired a second campus when Sir William Macdonald endowed a college in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, 32 kilometres west of Montréal, today the site of McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Ernest Rutherford's groundbreaking work on the nature of radioactivity was conducted in what was then the Macdonald Physics Building. He won the Nobel Prize in 1908 for this research. McGill's Rutherford Museum houses much of the apparatus the scientist built to conduct his experiments.
In an attempt to appease the French traditionalists of Québec, McGill charges significantly less for its French classes. Students in French classes are charged local Québec tuition fees, about $200 per French course.
McGill's official motto is "Grandescent Aucta Labore," meaning "By work, all things increase and grow."

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We update this information twice annually, most recently in May 2012, but it may not be the most recent information available for a particular school.
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