McMaster University
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McMaster University (commonly referred to as McMaster or Mac) is a public research university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on 121 hectares (300 acres) of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Hamilton.[1][2]
It opened in Toronto in 1890. It was named after famous Canadian Senator William McMaster (1811–1887) who donated C$900,000 to create the university. It moved to a larger ground space in Hamilton in 1930.[3] McMaster was controlled by the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec until it became a privately chartered, publicly funded non-denominational institution in 1957.
The university is co-educational, and has over 25,000 undergraduate and over 4,000 post-graduate students.[4]
The university ranked 4th among Canadian universities and 94th in the world according to the 2015-2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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McMaster Hall, located in Toronto, was the original location of the university. The building is currently used as the headquarters for The Royal Conservatory of Music.
Hamilton Hall was constructed in 1926 in preparation for the university's move to Hamilton.
McMaster's oldest buildings are examples of Collegiate Gothic architecture, with architectural elements such as carved ornamentation, bas-reliefs, recessed arched entryways, and ashlar found throughout these buildings.
University Hall is one of the oldest facilities still used by the university.
The McMaster Museum of Art holds the highest attendance figures for a university-affiliated museum in Canada.
Edwards Hall is one of twelve student residences on the main campus
The former Bank of Montreal Pavilion in downtown Hamilton is home to the Centre for Continuing Education.
The David Braley Health Sciences Centre at the McMaster Health Campus in downtown Hamilton
The John Hodgins Building houses several facilities for the university's Faculty of Engineering.
Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery is a multipurpose building that houses several research facilities of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
References
- ↑ "U15 Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development" (PDF). Review of Federal Support to R&D. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ↑ "THE World Rankings Clinical". THE. THE. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "McMaster in the 1920s". History of McMaster. McMaster University. 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ "SUMMARY OF TOTAL ENROLMENT". www.mcmaster.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
