McGill University is one of Canadas best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. McGill university was founded in 1821 by James McGill, and since then, it has grown from a small college to a bustling university with two campuses. The University partners with four affiliated teaching hospitals to graduate over 1,000
health care professionals each year. McGill university is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. Ernest Rutherfords Nobel Prize-winning research on the nature of radioactivity was conducted at McGill, part of a long tradition of innovation includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today the professors of this college are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants and driving human achievement in every field imaginable. Canadas second largest hospital-based research facility is located at the McGill University
Health Centre,it was established at 1829. McGill University has one of the largest patent portfolios among Canadian universities, 22 national and international patents were granted to McGill from 2012-2013. McGill ranks 1st in Canada among medical-doctoral universities (Maclean’s) and 21st in the world (QS World University Rankings).
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