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McGill University
McGill University is one of the world's top
research-intensive, public universities located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Around 34,000 students attend McGill, over four-fifths of whom are Canadian. The
university has 21 faculties and professional schools, offering degrees and
diplomas in over 300 fields of study, including medicine and law. The language
of instruction is English, although students have the right to submit any graded
work in English or in French (except when learning a language is an objective of
the course). The university has been recognized for its award-winning research
and participates in research organizations both within Canada and in the world.
McGill is ranked highly in national, regional, and worldwide rankings, and is
sometimes informally described as a Canadian Ivy.
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University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian
public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in
Kelowna, British Columbia. UBC was ranked as the fourth best university (Medical
Doctoral Rankings) in Canada by Maclean's Magazine in 2008. In 2006, Newsweek
magazine ranked UBC second in Canada and 27th in the world. In 2007, the Times
Higher Education Supplement ranked UBC as second in Canada and 33rd in the world
(Social Sciences 12th, Life & Biomedical 14th, Natural Sciences 20th, Arts &
Humanities 18th, Technology 22nd).
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University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research
university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated north of the city's Financial
District on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. As a collegiate university,
it consists of twelve colleges that differ in character and history, with each
retaining substantial autonomy. The university operates sixteen academic
faculties, ten teaching hospitals and numerous research institutes, with two
satellite campuses at Mississauga and Scarborough.
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