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nority English-descent population. Chartered in 1821, Mc-  SCHOLASTIC OPTIONS AT MCGILL
         Gill began instruction in 1829 with the establishment of
         its faculty of medicine. The faculty of arts followed in 1843   McGill University hosts 25 faculties and professional
         succeeded by modern languages, commercial studies and   schools offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgrad
         science. Indian origin scientist Prof. H. Deep Saini is the   and doctoral programmes. They include:
         incumbent 18th Vice Chancellor of the varsity.     Faculties. Agricultural and environmental sciences; arts; den-
           The university is also a pioneer of sports education. The   tal medicine & oral health sciences; education; engineering;
         world’s first modern football game was played in 1874 be-  law; Desautels Faculty of Management; medicine & health
         tween teams of McGill and Harvard universities. Moreover,   sciences, School of Continuing Studies; Schulich School
         it was a McGill graduate, James Naismith, who invented the   of Music; science
         game of basketball. The university website also claims that   Schools. Bensadoun School of Retail Management; Ingram
         “McGill is arguably the birthplace of hockey”.     School of Nursing; Max Bell School of Public Policy; Bieler
         Montreal. Canada’s second largest urban area, Montreal’s   School of Environment; architecture; communication sci-
         thriving commercial centre is within a few blocks from   ences & disorders; computer science; human nutrition; in-
         McGill’s  main  campus.  A  student-friendly  multilingual   formation studies; religious studies; physical & occupational
         city — English and French are the most spoken languages   therapy; social work; urban planning
         — it ranks #1 in Canada and #6 worldwide in the QS Best   Tuition fees (per year): CAD 30,000-85,000
         Student Cities Index 2019. Housing rents are low, as is the   Living expenses (incl. housing): CAD 22,000
         crime rate. Commuting is also convenient with provision of   NB: CAD 1 = Rs.62
         excellent public transport services.
           The old parts of Montreal near the harbour have been
         carefully restored to their 18th century splendour although   recordings, musical scores, microforms, and maps. Sports
         new contemporary office towers built over the past two   facilities include dedicated playing fields for football, ice
         decades dominate areas near the university. The city also   hockey, athletics stadia, basketball and tennis courts, swim-
         hosts modern shopping complexes and an eclectic mix of   ming pools and gymnasium. Social activities at the univer-
         restaurants serving cuisines from around the world.  sity are coordinated by various student organisations, clubs
           Montreal has cold, snowy winters while summers are   and societies.
         warm. Temperatures range between 5 C to -10 C in winter   Admission. McGill’s admission process is competitive and se-
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         Campus facilities. McGill is spread across three campuses:   factors such as previous academic record, references, Eng-
         Downtown (80 acres), MacDonald (1,600 acres) and Gault   lish language proficiency and participation in co-curricular
         Nature Reserve (2,470 acres).                    and sports activities.
           McGill’s historic tree-lined main Downtown Montreal   The minimum qualification for admission into under-
         campus is an oasis of green at the foot of Mount Royal Park,   graduate programmes is successful completion of Plus Two
         whose summit hosts the largest and finest urban park in   with an average of 75-85 percent and proof of English lan-
         Canada. This campus, which was James McGill’s original   guage proficiency (IELTS or TOEFL test scores). For ad-
         gift to the university, has expanded over the years follow-  mission into postgrad programmes, applicants must have
         ing numerous bequests from generous philanthropists. It   a four-year bachelor’s degree or a three-year bachelor’s de-
         comprises over 70 buildings, both heritage and modern,   gree from institutions with a NAAC rating of A and proof of
         housing state-of-the-art academic facilities, labs, auditori-  English language proficiency (TOEFL/ IELTS).
         ums, cafes, restaurants and museums.                The admission deadline is March 1 for the term begin-
           The 1,600-acre waterfront MacDonald campus at Sainte-  ning September. For further information, email: admis-
         Anne-de-Bellevue, 32 km west of McGill’s downtown cam-  sions@mcgill.ca
         pus, houses the faculties of agricultural and environment   Accommodation. A limited number of on-campus student
         sciences, and includes an arboretum, greenhouses, and a   housing options are available on the Downtown and Mac-
         sustainable agriculture farm.                    Donald campuses. Students can choose between furnished
           Although the Gault Nature Reserve is not an academic   single, shared, and studio apartments with kitchen and
         campus, it’s an important part of McGill’s real estate port-  bathrooms, and dormitories with community kitchens and
         folio. This private reserve, sited in Mont-Saint-Hillaire, pro-  bathrooms.  Moreover,  McGill  has  partnered  with  Plac-
         tects 1,000 hectares of natural land and supports important   es4Students, an apartment listing service, to help students
         teaching and research activities.                find off-campus housing.
           Academic support at the university is provided by 12   Degree programmes. McGill offers an exceptionally wide range
         well-equipped libraries which provide access to 7 million   of undergraduate and postgrad programmes (see box).
         books and journals, over 4.5 million e-books, e-theses and
         e-journals, and hundreds of thousands of sound and video                        RESHMA RAVISHANKER

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