McGill University, in French Universite McGill, is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1821 by royal charter and bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College; the name McGill University was made official in 1885. The main campus lies on the slope of Mount Royal in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, with a second campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue about thirty kilometres to the west. It enrols more than 39,000 students and offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields, most of them in the six largest faculties: Arts, Science, Medicine, Education, Engineering and Management.
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McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Founded in 1821 by royal charter, the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant, whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College.
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McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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