McGill university

See also: McGill

The Université McGill is one of the oldest universities to the Canada; she is regarded as one of the Canadian universities most prestigious, and she counts among the best universities of the North America, and those of the world of Anglo-Saxon tradition. According to the Times Higher Education Supplement , it is the best Canadian university, and it is among the 25 better world. According to Research Infosource, it is the university of research of the year to the Canada and best in the medical/doctoral category.

It is located in the town of Montreal, with the Quebec. The university has two campuses, separated by some 35 kilometers: the principal campus is located at the downtown area of Montreal (stations of subway McGill or Peel), and the Campus MacDonald in the suburbs montréalaise of Holy-Anne-with-Bellevue.

It is one of the two universities in Montreal offering an instruction in English language, with the Université Concordia.

In 2005, the university counted: 32143 students.

Statute

Students

The school fees for the Québécois students and other countries with whom an agreement was signed (inter alia several countries of the Francophonie) are limited by the government, which in return provides the major part of the financing of the university. The majority of the foreign students are not subject to these rules and pay higher expenses except within the framework of partnerships (the school fees are then not discharged by the student). The particular agreements between the Québécois government and other countries lead to a situation where the students of other Canadian provinces must pay expensive than several foreign students profiting from purses, situation regularly denounced by the Association coed of the University McGill.

University networks

McGill is one of the two Canadian universities to being members of the Universitas 21, a network of universities centered on the research.

Among 5 the best in the world.

History

The university was founded in 1821 after a gift of ground and 10000 [[Pound sterling £]] out of money of the business man James McGill (1744 - 1813), a commercial rich person of furs wanting to develop Montreal. “McGill College” exempts its first courses in 1829 in the old villa of countryside of the merchant. Four years later, the new establishment decrees a doctorate of medicine and surgery to its first graduate, William Leslie Logie. In 1839, one increases by building the Faculty of arts thanks to gifts and during the following decades, philanthropy continues to play a key function in the evolution of the McGill University. Sir William Dawson, the main thing of 1855 with 1893, makes radiate the institution and large benefactors of the time, whose Lord Strathcona, Sir William Macdonald, William Molson and Peter Redpath, open their brackets and one increases the number of buildings with ten. In 1885, the Council of the governors adopts officially name Université McGill .

Lord Strathcona creates funds special intended for the education of the women. The first coeds are allowed in 1884 and Carrie Derick, graduate in Arts of 1890, becomes the first woman professeure of Canada, teaching botany with McGill. The turning of the century of the 20th century, substantial gifts of Sir William Macdonald make it possible McGill to obtain a second campus, with Holy-Anne-with-Bellevue, where agronomy is taught. Its gifts make it possible to recruit celebrities as Ernest Rutherford whose research on the nature of the radioactivity makes known the university internationally.

The reputation of excellence of McGill believes with time. During the Second world war, many British researchers and other nationalities are found there, contributing to the effort of war. After the conflict, McGill continues to attract professors and more and more pupils. The return of the soldiers and the baby-boom will cause to triple student manpower. McGill becomes a public university and for the first time receives subsidies of the state. New modern buildings are built beside the old stone buildings.

The Années 1970 were marked by the movement " McGill Français". The movement nationalist inhabitant of Quebec was of opinion that it was unjust that the Québécois university most recognized in the world offers its courses only in English, whereas it received the major part of its budget of the Québécois government. After many demonstrations, the council of the university due to go to these requests. The examinations and work ( papers ) can now be written in English or French if the objective of the course is not to learn a language, although the majority of the courses are always given in English. Certain special courses are given in French, for example those of French or Québécois literature. In addition, the students in right must include/understand French because the courses relate as much to the “Common Law” British as the Civil law of French origin and than the professors can make use of the language of their choice. These measurements caused to increase enrôlement French-speaking people who form now about half of the population coed.

Today, McGill is recognized like the principal university of research of Canada. It counts graduated throughout the world and strong percentage of its students comes from the four corners of planet. In 2003, Mrs. Heather Munroe-Blum became the 16th main thing about it.

Source: History of the McGill university

Programs

McGill offers programs of baccalaureat, Maîtrise and Doctorat in following faculties:

One also finds there:

  • Center of further education of the university McGill
  • Office of the higher learning and postdoctorales of the university McGill
  • the University hospital associated with McGill, the University center of health McGill.

In 2005, the magazine Maclean' S classified the McGill University in the forefront, ex æquo with the Université of Toronto in its category “medicine-doctorate”.

Campus and buildings

The campus of the district of City-Marie has her main entrance, the Portail Roddick, on the Avenue McGill College. There are two other access points for the cars, one on the street McTavish and the other, the Portail Milton with the intersection of the street Université and the street Milton.

The other principal campus is the Campus MacDonald, in the Arrondissement of Holy-Anne-with-Bellevue.

See the List of the buildings of the University McGill.

Sports

The sporting teams of the McGill University are called Redmen (men) or Martlets (women).

Newspapers

  • the French Offense

  • McGill Daily
  • McGill Platform

Known graduates

Among the known graduates of McGill or its schools founders, find the former Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier, the author type-setter-singer-poet-writer Leonard Cohen, the guru of management Henry Mintzberg, the actor William Shatner has attends the university but is not graduate and the astrophysicist Hubert Reeves or Zbigniew Brzezinski (political adviser of Jimmy Carter).

See too

External bonds

  • Official site University McGill

  • Official site of the association of the students of the university McGill

References

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