McMaster University

McMaster University was founded in the year 1887 by Senator William McMaster in Toronto. It was later shifted to Hamilton in the year 1930. It is a research-oriented, medical-doctoral university which initiated the problem-based approach to learning which later came to be known as “The McMaster model”.
The university comprises of four regional campuses including downtown Hamilton, Niagara, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Burlington. The main campus of McMaster University is situated in West Dale neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario. McMaster University offers Arts & Science Programs and six departments/faculties including the faculties of Health Sciences, Science, Humanities, Social Sciences and Engineering and the DeGroote School of Business. It houses over 70 research institutes.

McMaster is home to international students coming from 120 countries across the world. The total population of students in the university is around 33,147 out of which 28,290 are undergraduate students and 4,857 are graduate students. As of fall 2018, international students represent 27 % more than the graduate students in the university.

Further, there are 1,011 faculty members out of which 97% of members hold doctoral degrees. In addition, various cabinet ministers, scientists, Hollywood actors, Nobel Laureates comprises over 195,000 alumni from 162 countries excluding Canada.

Each faculty in the university has its own student representative body such that there are over 300 organizations and clubs represented by students covering areas of academics, sports, and social issues. Since 1929, a student-run newspaper The Silhouette is in publication.

McMaster University has been named as the most research-intensive university by Research Info source in the year 2019. The university has been awarded for its research in the many.

McMaster University offers student residences which can accommodate around 3,685 students. The students living on campus are represented by Inter-Residence Council (IRC) whose purpose is to create a sense of unity within the community. The McMaster University Student Center is also a part of student life that has a number of organizations run by students including The Silhouette and McMaster Students Union.