Quick facts
At a glance
Founding date of McGill University: 1821
Degrees granted in 2006-07: 7456
Downtown campus: 845 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec
Macdonald campus: 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9
Leadership
Chancellor: Richard W. Pound
Chair, Board of Governors: Robert Rabinovitch
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Heather Munroe-Blum
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Students
34,208 students
One of the highest average entering grades in Canada
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Faculty and staff
1,608 tenured and tenure-stream faculty
One of the highest average research funding per full-time professor in
Canada
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Faculties and schools
11 faculties and 10 schools
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Research
$375.75 million awarded in research funding in 2006-07 (McGill and affiliated
hospitals)
Research University of the Year 2005 (Research Infosource)
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Notable firsts
Nature of radioactivity (Ernest Rutherford)
First artificial cell (Thomas Chang)
First Internet Search Engine (Peter Deutsch, Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan)
Inventor of the Charge Coupled Device (Willard Boyle, BSc'47, MSc'48 and
PhD'50)
Health
Canada's first faculty of medicine, established in 1832
4 teaching hospitals affiliated with McGill
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Tuition
Quebec residents $1,868.10
Rest of Canada $5,378.40
International students $15,000*: *Depending on program
Private support
Total gifts received in 2004-05: $55,450,847
Over 30,000 people donating in 2004-05
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Financial highlights
Total Operating Revenue for 2007-2008: $1,074,061,000
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One of the beautiful things about being Principal of McGill, is this: No matter what tough problem you are tackling, you are tackling it surrounded by highly talented men and women, by people opening their minds and those of others; by stunning teaching and learning; by people young and old - building their confidence, falling in love, developing their talents, excited about the collective creativity and the collective contribution happening in our classrooms, our laboratories, libraries and on our athletic fields.
Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, Dorothy Killam Memorial Lecture
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Green Corner: Be water wise
