McMaster University
About
Founded in 1887, McMaster University is ranked in the world's Top 75 by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
A medical-doctoral, research-intensive public university, McMaster is dedicated to advancing human and societal health and well-being.
In 1969, we pioneered the problem-based, student-centred approach to learning that came to be known around the world as the McMaster Model.
Home to more than 70 research centres and institutes, McMaster University is comprised of the Arts & Science Program and six Faculties: The DeGroote School of Business, and the Faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Science, and Social Sciences.
With a total student population of more than 33,000, McMaster welcomes students from 120 countries as well as Canada. The percentage of undergraduates registering with an admission average of 90 per cent and above has risen from 13.5 per cent in 2000 to 44.7 per cent in 2018.
McMaster's main campus, located in the Westdale neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is comprised of 300 acres of scenic property at the western end of Lake Ontario, between Toronto and Niagara Falls.
