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McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research University located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter , [ 12 ] the university bears the name of James McGill , a Scottish merchant, [ 13 ] whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College .
McGill's School of Architecture, founded in 1896, is one of the oldest architecture schools in North America and the second to be established in Canada. [14] Initially a Beaux-Arts style school based in the Arts and Crafts movement, it became a Bauhaus-based institution under new directorship after World War II.
McGill was the first university in Canada to offer a full-time program in urban planning. An interdisciplinary program through which students combined a master's degree in their original field was combined with urban planning was established in 1947.
The McGill School of Commerce was founded in 1920, independent of the Faculty of Arts. The Graduate School of Business Administration was established in 1963 and graduated its first MBA class in 1965. The Graduate School of Business Administration was later merged with the School of Commerce in 1968 to form the Faculty of Management.
SIS has been offering programs at McGill since 1897, and its Masters program has been continuously accredited by the American Library Association since 1929. [1] The School is located in a historic [citation needed] building at 3661 Peel Street on the downtown McGill University campus.
Construction began in 1905, and the school opened its doors to students in 1907 as the Macdonald College of McGill University. [3] Planned and funded completely by Sir William Macdonald , who also provided a $2 million operating endowment, it was designed by architects Alexander Cowper Hutchison and George W. Wood .
Residence Life is the comprehensive program that surrounds the experience of living "on and off campus" in a residence hall at a college or university. Residence Life is usually structured with planned events, a code of conduct and ethics, and a relatively large array of staff.
The Faculty of Science is one of eleven faculties at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. [2] With roots tracing back to 1843, the Faculty currently offers several undergraduate and graduate programs ranging from Earth Sciences to Mathematics to Neuroscience.