McGill University - Rankings

Founded in 1821, McGill University is a top ranking research-intensive university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The University has the following faculties a: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Dentistry; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Engineering; Faculty of Law; Desautels Faculty of Management; Faculty of Medicine; Schulich School of Music; Faculty of Religious Studies; Faculty of Science.

The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University has been listed as a top international business school by the Financial Times, Le Figaro, America Economia and BusinessWeek.

Rankings:

- According to the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2009, it is placed 18th overall in the world. In addition McGill is ranked in the world's top 10 for Life Sciences & Biomedicine.

- 3rd in the country and 65th in the world (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009).

- 11th in the world among non-U.S. universities for its two-year MBA program (Forbes 2009).

- 1st in Canada for the fifth consecutive year in the Maclean's 19th annual University Rankings issue. It has been named Canada’s top university in its class, the medical-doctoral category, which includes the nation’s 15 universities with medical schools and a broad range of PhD programs.

- Received an A- for Academics (2008 College Prowler Online rankings for Academics at North American universities).

- 3rd in Canada, 42nd in the Americas, and 60th in the world (ARWU 2008).

- Received an A+ for Academic Reputation, an A- for: most satisfied students, quality of education, extracurricular activities, recreation and athletics, and campus atmosphere; as well as A's in both library services and campus technology (The Globe and Mail's Canadian University Report 2008).

- Rated No. 1 Canadian university by global standards and No. 12 among the top 200 universities (THES/QS 2007). It is North America's best public university and the only Canadian university ranked among the world's top 30.

- Rated as the second-best research university in the country (Research Infosource 2007).

- McGill's law school is placed 2nd overall in the Maclean's ranking of Canadian law schools in 2007.

- 3rd in Canada, 30th in North America, and 42nd worldwide (Newsweek ranking of global universities 2006).

- Rated as the 10th best party school in North America (Playboy Magazine, May 2006 issue).

- Ranked 1st overall in North America for racial harmony on campus in the 2004 and 2005 editions of the Princeton Review’s Best 357 Colleges.

- It has the most international faculty among North American schools (FT 2004 Business School Survey).

- 1st in Canada in the Gourman Ranking of Canadian Universities 1998.

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