McGill University

Montreal, Canada

McGill University is Canada's top-ranked university in the QS World University Rankings 2026, positioned at #27 globally. Founded in 1821 in Montreal, Quebec, McGill is a bilingual research-intensive institution renowned as the Harvard of the North. It serves over 40,000 students from 150+ countries across 11 faculties and 300+ programs in arts, sciences, medicine, law, engineering, and management. McGill has produced 12 Nobel laureates and is consistently ranked among the world's best for medicine, life sciences, and natural resources. The university's downtown Montreal campus offers an outstanding quality of life in one of the world's top student cities.

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