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McMaster University (commonly referred to as McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on 121 hectares (300 acres) of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens. It operates six academic faculties: the DeGroote School of Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Science, and Science. It is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada.
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The university bears the name of William McMaster, a prominent Canadian senator and banker who bequeathed C$900,000 to its founding. It was incorporated under the terms of an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1887, merging the Toronto Baptist College with Woodstock College. It opened in Toronto in 1890. Inadequate facilities and the gift of land in Hamilton prompted its relocation in 1930. The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec controlled the university until it became a privately chartered, publicly funded non-denominational institution in 1957.
McMaster University is co-educational, and has over 25,000 undergraduate and over 4,000 post-graduate students. Alumni and former students reside across Canada and in 139 countries. Its athletic teams are known as the Marauders, and are members of U Sports. Notable alumni include government officials, academics, business leaders, Rhodes Scholars, Gates Cambridge Scholars, and Nobel laureates.
As the university grew, McMaster Hall started to become overcrowded. The suggestion to move the university to Hamilton was first brought up by a student and Hamilton native in 1909, although the proposal was not seriously considered by the university until two years later. By the 1920s, after previous proposals between various university staff, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign to bring McMaster University to Hamilton. As the issue of space at McMaster Hall became more acute, the university administration debated the future of the university. The university nearly became federated with the University of Toronto, as had been the case with Trinity College and Victoria College.
Instead, in 1927, the university administration decided to move the university to Hamilton. The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec secured $1.5 million, while the citizens of Hamilton raised an additional $500,000 to help finance the move. The lands for the university and new buildings were secured through gifts from graduates. Lands were transferred from Royal Botanical Gardens to establish the campus area. The first academic session on the new Hamilton campus began in 1930. McMaster's property in Toronto was sold to the University of Toronto when McMaster moved to Hamilton in 1930. McMaster Hall is now home to 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.
McMaster University is in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, in the Golden Horseshoe along the western end of Lake Ontario. The main campus is bordered to the north by Cootes Paradise, an extensive natural marshland, to the east and west by residential neighbourhoods, and to its south by Main Street West, a major transportation artery. Its northern boundaries are a popular destination for walkers who use the many trails that connect the campus to Royal Botanical Gardens. While the main campus is 152.4 hectares (377 acres), most of the teaching facilities are centered within the core 12.1 hectares (30 acres). In addition to its main campus in Hamilton, McMaster owns several other properties around Hamilton, as well as in Burlington, Kitchener, and St. Catharines, Ontario.
The university owns and manages 58 buildings, both on and off campus. The buildings at McMaster vary in age, with Hamilton Hall opening in 1926, to the university's new Bertrand Russel Archives and Research Centre, which opened 25 June 2018. McMaster main campus is divided into three main areas: the Core Campus, North Campus and West Campus. The Core Campus is where the majority of the university's academic, research and residential buildings are located while the North Campus is made up of the university's athletic precinct and a small number of surface parking. The West Campus is the least developed area of the main campus, containing only a few buildings, surface parking, and undeveloped land.
Panoramic view of McMaster University's main campus from the southwest, taken on June 2008. The majority of the university's facilities are located on this campus.
University Hall is one of the oldest facilities still used by the university.
The university's campus has gone through continuous development since 1928. The main campus's six original buildings are of Collegiate Gothic architecture, designed by William Lyon Somerville, who also laid out the initial campus plan. They are now flanked by over fifty structures built predominantly from the 1940s to 1960s. The largest facility is the McMaster University Medical Centre, a multi-use research hospital that is home to the second-largest neonatal intensive care unit and the third-largest child and youth mental health unit in the country. It is connected to the Life Sciences building and the Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery, which houses many well-funded research groups in areas of genetics, infectious diseases, and several specific conditions.
The McMaster Museum of Art holds the highest attendance figures for a university-affiliated museum in Canada.
The university's library system is a member of 31 organizations, including the Association of Research Libraries. Around 2.8 million articles were downloaded from the library system's electronic journal collection during the 2016 academic year. The university library employs a total of 138 professional, and support staff. The library's resource expenditure for the 2016–2017 academic year was approximately $11.5 million, with 81 per cent of the budget allocated to serial and e-resource subscriptions, 9 per cent on hard copy acquisitions, and 10 per cent to membership and collections support. The library system include four libraries housing 1,274,265 paper books and 3,689,973 total resources, including videos, maps, sound recordings, and microfilm. Mills Library houses the humanities and social sciences collections, with a wide range of print and digital resources. Innis Library houses content which supports the academic and research interests of the DeGroote School of Business. Thode Library houses academic material of various disciplines of science and engineering, while the Health Science Library houses books pertaining to medical sciences. The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections at McMaster University consist of papers of Canadian publishers; British personalities and of Canadian literary figures such as Farley Mowat, Pierre Berton, Matt Cohen, and Marian Engel. It includes the archives of Bertrand Russell, and of labour unions.
The McMaster Museum of Art's (MMA) principal role is to support the academic mission of McMaster University and to contribute to the discourse on art in Canada. The museum has the highest attendance figures for a university-affiliated museum in Canada, with 30,000 visitors in 2016. Established in 1967, the museum houses and exhibits the university's art collection. As of 2015, that collection of 5,971 pieces holds a total value of $98.7 million. The collection includes works by Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Walter Sickert and Vincent van Gogh. The museum also boasts the most comprehensive collection of German expressionist and Weimar period prints in Canada.
As of March 2019, McMaster has twelve smoke-free student residences: Bates, Brandon, Edwards, Hedden, Les Prince, Mary E. Keyes, Matthews, McKay, Moulton, Wallingford, Whidden, and Woodstock Hall. McMaster's student residences can accommodate 3,685 students. The latest residence to be built was Les Prince Hall, a large co-ed building, completed in 2006. It was named for a long-time hall master in the residence system who lived with his family on campus until after his retirement in 1980. In September 2010, 50.19 per cent of first-year students lived on campus, with 15.54 per cent of the overall undergraduate population living on campus. Residences provide traditional room and board style, furnished apartment style, and suite-style accommodation. Brandon Hall houses the university's substance-free lifestyle living spaces. The residence system is supervised by Residence Life staff, who provide guidance and help the transition to university life for many first-year students. Residence students are represented by the Inter-Residence Council (IRC), which aims to build a sense of community among the residents through programming. Additionally, the IRC seeks to advocate for residence students on issues they may face, such as facilities, dining, environment, and more, and provide opportunities for residence students to gain valuable leadership opportunities. They are an integral part of the McMaster residence community.
The McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC) is the centre of student life and programming. It has a café, study space, common areas, and several administrative departments, including the CIBC Conference Hall. The MUSC contains the offices of a number of student organizations, including the McMaster Students Union and The Silhouette weekly newspaper as well as other services such as the Campus Health Centre and the campus dentist. The university has over twenty dining outlets throughout the campus, including two major residence dining facilities. The university has several vegetarian establishments, such as a completely vegetarian cafe known as Bridges Café and a farmers market stand. The university was voted as the country's most vegan-friendly university through People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for a number of years. Several other dining outlets at McMaster have garnered awards throughout the years for food services.
As of 2010 McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business operates a 1.82-hectare (4.5-acre) site in the neighbouring city of Burlington. Consideration for the new building began in 2004, when McMaster University had announced its initial intent to construct a new arts- and technology-intensive campus in partnership with the city of Burlington. In 2009, the City of Burlington, Halton Region, and McMaster University signed an official agreement laying out the timelines and next steps for the university's expansion into Burlington. Construction began on 17 June 2009, and the official opening was on 7 October 2010. The four-story, 8,400-square-metre (90,000 sq ft) building is called the Ron Joyce Centre. The Ron Joyce Centre is home to DeGroote's MBA program and its business management program (both degree and non-degree programs).
The David Braley Health Sciences Centre at the McMaster Health Campus in downtown Hamilton. The Centre is one of several off-campus facilities operated by the university.
McMaster has a number of administrative offices at its Downtown Centre. The McMaster Centre for Continuing Education, which offers a variety of certificate and diploma programs as well as personal and professional development programs, is located within the former Bank of Montreal Pavilion at Lloyd D. Jackson Square. McMaster had also announced that construction of the McMaster Downtown Health Campus in downtown Hamilton had begun in December 2012. The Health Campus is expected to provide teaching spaces, exam rooms and clinical spaces for local residents.
The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is on the main campus as well as in two regional campses at St. Catharines and Kitchener. The Waterloo Regional Campus is located in downtown Kitchener, sharing facilities with the Health Sciences Campus of the University of Waterloo. The campus in St. Catharines is at Brock University's Niagara Health and Bioscience Research Complex. Approximately 30 medical students in each year of the program attend each campus. Those who apply to McMaster's School of Medicine are asked to rank their site choice (Hamilton, Niagara Region, Waterloo Region) from first to third, or no preference. Offers of admission to the medical school are made from a rank list irrespective of geographical preference. Subsequent to an applicant's acceptance, registrants to the class are placed based on their preference and geographical background. The offers given out by McMaster are bound to the assigned site.
McMaster purchased a large industrial park three kilometres east of its main Hamilton campus in 2005 with the intention of creating an array of research facilities for the development of advanced manufacturing and materials, biotechnology, automotive, and nanotechnology. In July 2005 the federal government announced it would relocate CANMET, a federal government materials research laboratory, from its Ottawa centre to Hamilton. This decision helped spearhead the development of the McMaster Innovation Park. The United Nations University-International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) is headquartered within the park. UNU-INWEH is the only United Nations agency headquartered in Ontario and the only North American host site for a United Nations University, after moving to McMaster Innovation Park on 23 April 2008.
The senate is responsible for the university's academics, including standards for admission into the university and qualifications for degrees, diplomas, and certificates. The senate consists of 15 ex officio positions granted to the chancellor, the president, the vice-presidents of the university, the senior dean of each faculty, the dean of graduate studies, the dean of adult education, the principal of McMaster Divinity College, and the chairman of the Undergraduate Council. The senate also consists of 51 other members, appointed or elected by the various communities of the university, including elected representatives of the student body. Meetings of the board of governors and the senate are open to the public.
McMaster University is affiliated with one post-secondary institution, McMaster Divinity College. The seminary is located within the campus of the university. As an affiliated institution, two members of the Divinity College sit on the university's senate, as well as appoint one representative to sit in the university's board of governors. However, the Divinity College operates with its own senate and board of trustees. Although Divinity College has the authority to confer their own degrees, students taking the College's Master of Divinity and Master of Theological Studies are awarded degrees by McMaster University. Students of Divinity College have access to the catalogue of McMaster University Library, while students of the university similarly have access to the Canadian Baptist Archives, managed by the university's library system.
The university and the divinity college were incorporated as the same institution in 1887, a result of a merger between two Baptist institutions, the Canadian Literary Institute in Woodstock, Ontario, and Toronto Baptist College. McMaster University continued to operated as a Baptist-run institution until 1957, when provincial legislation allowed for the governance of the university to pass from the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, to a privately chartered, publicly funded arrangement. McMaster's Faculty of Theology was spun-off into McMaster Divinity College, a separately-chartered affiliated college of the university.
The total net assets owned by the university as of 30 April 2018 stands at C$1,209.1 million. The university had completed the 2017–2018 year with revenues of C$1,109.5 million, expenses of $985.7 million, for an excess of revenues over expenses of $123.8 million. McMaster's revenue comes from endowment income, gifts, fees, and annual grants from the City of Hamilton, the Hamilton-Wentworth Region, the Province of Ontario, and the Government of Canada. In the 2017–2018 academic year, the largest source of revenue for the university was tuition fees, followed by operating grants provided by the government. As of 30 April 2017, McMaster's financial endowment was valued at C$727.4 million. The financing of McMaster's scholarships and bursaries takes up 40 per cent of the endowments received. Financial Services comprises the following areas: Student Accounts & Cashiers, Financial Accounting and Reporting, and Budgeting Services.
The university has been registered as an educational charitable organization in Canada since 1 January 1967. As of 2011, the university is registered primarily as a post-secondary institution, with 70 per cent of the charity dedicated to the management and maintenance of the university. The remaining 30 per cent has been dedicated under research.
McMaster is a publicly funded research university, and a member of the Universities Canada. McMaster functions on a semester system, operating year-round on academic semesters, fall/winter and spring/summer. In the 2016–2017 academic year, the university had a total enrollment of 31,265 students; 26,780 undergraduate students, 4,485 graduate students. Programs, departments, and schools at McMaster are divided among six faculties, the DeGroote School of Business, the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Social Sciences.
By enrolment, McMaster's largest faculty in September 2016 was the Faculty of Science, with 7,004 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The Faculty of Humanities was the smallest faculty by enrolment, with 2,729 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The Faculty of Health Sciences holds the highest graduate enrolment, with 1,144 graduate students. A number of university students are enrolled in interdisciplinary programs, administered by two or more faculties, including 549 graduate students. At the undergraduate level, the Arts and Science program is taught jointly by the six faculties at McMaster. Created in 1981, the program aims to provide a broad-based, liberal education, providing substantial work in both the arts and sciences. In September 2016, 278 undergraduate students were enrolled in the Arts and Science program.
The university also jointly administers several undergraduate collaborative programs with Mohawk College, of which 2,697 students are enrolled in. The university also awards degrees to graduate students of McMaster Divinity College. The Divinity College was originally the university's Faculty of Theology, before it was reorganized into a separately chartered, affiliated college of the university in 1957.
Students may apply for financial aid such as the Ontario Student Assistance Program and Canada Student Loans and Grants through the federal and provincial governments. The financial aid provided may come in the form of loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships, fellowships, debt reduction, interest relief, and work programs. In the 2016–2017 academic year, McMaster students received approximately C$100,972,910 in Ontario Student Assistance Program loans and C$40,061,756 in grants, approximately $140,981,009 in total. In the same year students received C$10,135,233.65 in bursaries.
The McMaster Model is the university's policy for a student-centred, problem-based, interdisciplinary approach to learning, a policy which has been adopted by several other universities around the world. During the 1960s the McMaster University Medical School pioneered problem-based learning (PBL) tutorials that have since been adopted by other programs and faculties within the university. PBL is now used in medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, midwifery, and other allied fields. Most medical schools in Canada and more than 80 per cent of medical schools in the United States employ PBL in their curriculum, and many international universities do the same.
In 1991, McMaster's School of Medicine adopted progress testing, developing the personal progress index (PPI), a system based on progress testing invented concurrently by the University of Missouri-Kansas City's medical school and the Maastricht University. The PPI is used as an objective method for assessing acquisition and retention of knowledge for students in the medical program. The PPI is administered at regular intervals to all students in the program, regardless of their level of training, and plots students' scores as they move through the program. Students typically score 20 per cent on their first examination, and increase by five to seven per cent with each successive examination. Students can monitor the changes in their scores and receive formative feedback based on a standardized score relative to the class mean. Due to the overwhelming success and research supporting the use of the PPI as an evaluation tool, it is now used in Canada, US, Europe, and Australia.
McMaster University has placed in post-secondary school rankings. In the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) rankings, the university ranked 84th in the world and fourth-highest in Canada. The 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed McMaster 77th in the world, and fourth in Canada. The 2019 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 146th in the world and fifth in Canada. In U.S. News & World Report 2019 global university rankings, the university placed 130th, and fourth in Canada. In 2011, Newsweek had also ranked McMaster as the 15th top university outside of the United States, and the fourth best university in Canada. In Maclean's 2019 rankings, McMaster placed fourth in both their Medical-Doctoral university category, and in their reputation ranking for Canadian universities. McMaster was ranked in spite of having opted out from participation in Maclean's graduate survey since 2006.
McMaster also placed in a number of rankings that evaluated the employment prospects of graduates. In QS's 2019 graduate employability ranking, the university ranked 93rd in the world, and fifth in Canada. In the Times Higher Education's 2018 global employability ranking, McMaster placed 78th in the world, and fifth in Canada. In an employability survey published by the New York Times in October 2011, when CEOs and chairmans were asked to select the top universities which they recruited from, McMaster placed 61st in the world, and fourth in Canada.
In 2018, Research Infosource named McMaster as the most research intensive university in the country with an average sponsored research income (external sources of funding) of C$434,700 per faculty member in 2017, the highest average in the country, and nearly double the average for universities in the "Medical-Doctoral" category. In the same year, graduate students averaged a sponsored research income of $82,800, the highest out of any full-service university. With a total sponsored research income of $379.959 million in 2017, McMaster has the seventh largest sponsored research income amongst Canadian universities. In the 2015–2016 academic year, the federal government was the largest source of McMaster's sponsored research income (excluding affiliated hospitals), providing 61.4 per cent of McMaster's research budget, primarily through grants. Corporate research income account for 7.3 per cent of the overall research budget.
McMaster has been ranked on several bibliometric university rankings, which uses citation analysis to evaluate the impact a university has on academic publications. In 2018, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked McMaster 112th in the world, and sixth in Canada. The University Ranking by Academic Performance 2018–19 rankings placed the university 126th in the world, and sixth in Canada.
Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery is a multipurpose building primarily used by Faculty of Health Sciences. Along with teaching facilities, it houses several research institutes for the Faculty.
McMaster has received accolades for its research strengths, particularly in the field of health sciences. For five years in a row, McMaster has ranked second in for biomedical and health care research revenues by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. The Faculty of Health Science oversees $130 million a year in research, much of that research conducted by scientists and physicians who teach in the medical school. The Faculty of Health Sciences operates several research institutes, including the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, and the Population Health Research Institute. The university also operates a brain bank, whose collection includes a portion of Albert Einstein's brain, preserved and held for medical research. Researchers there have identified differences in his brain that may relate to his genius for spatial and mathematical thinking.
In addition to traditional forms of research, members of Faculty of Health Sciences have also been credited with developments within the medical practice. A McMaster research group led by David Sackett and later Gordon Guyatt had been credited for establishing the methodologies used in evidence-based medicine.
A titan arum blooming inside the McMaster Biology Greenhouse. The Greenhouse is one of many facilities used for research at the university.
Other notable research facilities include the McMaster Biology Greenhouse, and the Brockhouse Institute for Material Research (BIMR). The Biology Greenhouse holds 217 plants in a 780-square-metre (8,400 sq ft) facility, and is used as a teaching and research facility by the Department of Biology. In addition to maintaining its permanent collection, the Biology Greenhouse also grows plants for both short term research studies. The Brockhouse Institute was created in 1960 by Howard Petch, the institute was named after McMaster alumnus Bertram Brockhouse. The BIMR is an interdisciplinary research organization with the mandate to develop, support, and co-ordinate all materials research related activities at McMaster. Its membership of 123 faculty members is drawn from 13 departments in the Faculties of Science, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as several Canadian and international universities. Facilities of the BIMR include the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, Centre for Crystal Growth, McMaster Analytical Xray Facility, Electronic and Magnetic Characterization Facility, and the Photonics Research Laboratories. The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy is home to the world's most advanced microscope. The Titan 80–300 cubed microscope has a magnification of 14 million and is used for material, medical, and nanotechnology research.
The McMaster Nuclear Reactor is the largest research reactor in the Commonwealth of Nations.
In addition, the university also operates the McMaster Nuclear Reactor, used for nuclear science and engineering research since 1959. The university regularly acquires an operating license for the reactor from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, with the latest 10-year license issued on 1 July 2014. The strength of nuclear science at McMaster was augmented in 1968 under the presidency of Dr. H.G. Thode by the construction of a 10MV Model FN Tandem particle accelerator. The 3MV Model KN single-ended accelerator was added the same year. The academic direction of the laboratory fell to the Physics Department in the early days, as it was primarily a nuclear structure laboratory. During the next 28 years, the nuclear research effort was extensive, with hundreds of graduate students trained and many publications generated. The Pool-type Reactor is used for research, educational, and commercial applications such as neutron radiography, and medical radioisotope production; Iodine-125 is used in cancer therapy. The reactor at McMaster produces 25 per cent of the world's supply of iodine-125, an isotope used in nuclear medicine to treat prostate cancer. The production of molybdenum-99 at Chalk River Laboratories has occasionally been moved to the university's reactor, when Chalk River's National Research Universal reactor is forced to shut down.
The requirements for admission differ between students from Ontario, other provinces in Canada, and international students due to the lack of uniformity in marking schemes. The acceptance rate at McMaster for full-time, first-year applications in 2018 was 52.6 per cent. In September 2014, the secondary school average for full-time first-year students at McMaster University was 87.7 per cent. Students entering McMaster's more selective undergraduate programs, including the Integrated Sciences program and the Arts and Science program, had a secondary school average of 96.3 per cent. McMaster received 28,079 applicants in the 2016. McMaster's medical school is the most competitive medical program in Canada by application numbers, with more than 5,200 applicants competing for 204 positions.
The Michael DeGroote School of Medicine has notably developed admission tests that has since become adopted by other schools. In 2001, they developed the multiple-mini interview in an effort to address long-standing concerns over standard panel interviews; viewed as poor reflectors for medical school performance. This format uses short, independent assessments in a timed circuit to obtain aggregate scores in interpersonal skills, professionalism, ethical/moral judgment, and critical thinking to assess candidates. The multiple-mini interview has consistently shown to have a higher predictive validity for future performance than traditional interviews. The multiple-mini interview process has since been adopted by the majority of Canadian medical schools, as well as a number of medical schools in the United States. In 2010, the medical school developed the Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics, in order to better assess the personal characteristics of the applicant. A number of other medical schools have since adopted the CASPer test, including New York Medical College, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.
In the 2016–2017 academic year, the university had an enrollment of 31,625 students: 26,780 undergraduate students, 4,485 graduate students. The student body is largely made up of Canadians, making up 90.27 per cent of the student population. International students represented, respectively, 9.73 per cent of the student population. Full-time students make up about 93.8 per cent of the student body. Among full-time students, the university has a first-time student retention rate of 90.9 per cent.
The McMaster University Student Centre plaza. The Student Centre, to the right, houses a number of student groups, including the McMaster Students Union.
The main student unions on administrative and policy issues are the McMaster Students Union for full-time undergraduates, the McMaster Association of Part-Time Students for part-time undergraduates, and the McMaster Graduate Students Association for postgraduates. In addition, each faculty has its own student representative body. There are more than 300 student organizations and clubs, covering a wide range of interests such as academics, culture, religion, social issues, and recreation. Many of them are centred on the McMaster student activity centre, the McMaster University Student Centre. The Silhouette, the student-run newspaper, is the oldest student service at McMaster University, in publication since 1929. Since 1968, the McMaster Engineering Society has published The Plumbline, the main satire magazine of McMaster University. The campus radio station CFMU-FM (93.3 FM) is Canada’s second-oldest campus radio station, and has been broadcasting since 1978. MacInsiders, a popular online student-run forum and information network, has been operating since 2007 and has over 18,000 registered members. The McMaster Marching Band, created in September 2009, is a brass, reed and percussion marching band composed of 45 graduate and undergraduate students as well as members of the surrounding community who wish to participate.
Athletics at McMaster is managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics and recreation department. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports (formerly called Canadian Interuniversity Sport). The university's team sports programs include baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, swimming, volleyball, and water polo. The first major sport game played at McMaster was in 1889, when a group of alumni from Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College played an exhibition game against one another, sparking an early intercity rivalry between McMaster students. In 1897 the university placed all physical activity and sports under the jurisdiction of a central executive committee. The varsity teams have been known as the McMaster Marauders since 1948, through a contest run by the student newspaper, The Silhouette, to name the university's men's basketball team. In 2016–2017 academic year, McMaster had over 1,100 student-athletes in either varsity or club teams.
The McMaster Marauders football team at Ron Joyce Stadium.
The Marauders have won 11 national championships and 139 provincial champions since 1961. The men's water polo team has won the Ontario University Athletics championship 25 times, making it the Marauders' most successful team at the provincial level. The men's wrestling team has been the Marauders' most successful team at the national level, winning the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship four times. McMaster University has graduated 34 Olympic athletes, eight Olympic coaches, two Olympic administrators and two Olympic officials. As is mandatory for all members of U Sports, McMaster University does not provide full-ride athletic scholarships.
The fireball is the emblem of the Faculty of Engineering. The emblem is based off the coat of arms of the defunct Hamilton College.
In addition to the visual representations of the institution, the university's individual departments, faculties, and schools also employ symbols to visually represent them. One such example is the Faculty of Engineering's fireball emblem, adopted by the faculty in 1960. The fireball was adopted from the coat of arms of the defunct Hamilton College.
The coat of arms consists of a shield, a crest, and a motto, together with a helmet. The shield contains an eagle, symbolic of the heavenly vision, with a cross on its breast to indicate Christianity as the inspiration for the university's vision. The chief of the shield bears an open book, a common symbol of learning. A golden maple leaf is situated on each side of the book, signifying the university's charter was granted by the Province of Ontario. The helmet, above the shield, has the open visor and forward-facing style typically used by universities. The mantling surrounding the shield and helmet represents the cloak worn over a knight's armour as protection from the sun. The crest, located above the helmet, is a stag and oak tree, which serves as a tribute to the Canadian senator, William McMaster, who also used a stag and oak on his insignias. The motto is located above the crest, as is common in Scottish heraldry.
Tihomir Orešković, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia.
Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan and first leader of the NDP.
Bertram Brockhouse, Nobel laureate in physics, for his work with neutron scattering.
Myron Scholes, Nobel laureate in economics for his work with the Black–Scholes model.
Harold Innis, contributed to the staples thesis and Toronto School of communication theory.
Stephen Elop, president and chief executive officer of the Nokia Corporation.
Cyrus S. Eaton, founder of Republic Steel and chairman of C&O Railway.
In the year 2016, McMaster University has over 184,000 alumni residing over 139 countries. Throughout McMaster's history, faculty, alumni, and former students have played prominent roles in many fields, accumulating a number of awards including Nobel prizes, Rhodes scholarships, the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and the Lasker Award. Nobel Prize winners include alumnus Myron Scholes, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1997 for his work with the Black-Scholes model. Two individuals from McMaster were also award the Nobel Prize in Physics, faculty member Bertram Brockhouse in 1994 for his work in neutron scattering; and alumna Donna Strickland in 2018 for her work on laser physics. Alumnus James Orbinski accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 on behalf of Doctors Without Borders as the organization's president.
Prominent alumni in the field of science include Douglas L. Coleman, who discovered leptin; Richard Bader, noted for his work on the atoms in molecules theory; Harold E. Johns, who pioneered the use of cobalt-60 in the treatment of cancer, Karl Clark, who pioneered the separation method to extract bitumen from the oil sands; Steve Mann, a researcher and inventor in the field of computational photography; Peter R. Jennings, computer programmer and developer of Microchess; and Simon Sunatori, an engineer and inventor. Notable faculty members include chemist Ronald Gillespie, who helped shape VSEPR theory, as well as David Sackett and Gordon Guyatt, whose research team was credited for establishing the methodologies used in evidence-based medicine. Notable alumni and faculty members in the field of social sciences include Harold Innis, who helped shape communication theory and the staples thesis, and sociologist Henry Giroux, one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy. Two medical researchers, and members of McMaster had travelled in space; faculty member Dafydd Williams, and alumna Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space.
Many former students have gained prominence for serving in government. Croatian Prime Minister, Tihomir Orešković was an alumnus of the university. Lincoln Alexander, the former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, as well as the first visible-minority Lieutenant Governor in Canada was another alumnus of the university. Canadian premiers that have graduated from the university include the former premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and the former premier of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas. Many graduates have also served in the House of Commons of Canada, including, Tony Valeri, the Government House Leader; and Lawrence Pennell, the Solicitor General of Canada. Roy Kellock, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada was a graduate from the university. Charles Aubrey Eaton, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and signor of the United Nations Charter on behalf of the United States, was an alumnus of the university.
A number of prominent business leaders have also studied at McMaster. Examples include David Braley, owner of the Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League; Stephen Elop, former president and CEO of Nokia; Cyrus S. Eaton, founder of Republic Steel and chairman of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; Paul D. House, current executive chairman of Tim Hortons; Lynton Wilson, chairman of Bell Canada, CAE Inc., and Nortel; Michael Lee-Chin, current chairman, CEO of AIC Limited;, Kathy Bardswick, president and CEO of The Co-operators, and Rob Burgess, former chairman and CEO of Macromedia.
A number of McMaster alumni had also had successful sports careers, including Syl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs; and NHL coach Roger Neilson. The university has had 34 of its graduates compete in the Olympic games, including Olympic medalists Larry Cain; Adam van Koeverden; and Mark Heese. McMaster faculty member Norman Lane was also an Olympic medalist. Several alumni of the university have also become prominent in the entertainment industry, including comedians, actors and directors. Such alumni include Eugene Levy; Martin Short; Jonathan Frid; Ivan Reitman; Dave Thomas; and John Candy.
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McMaster University ( commonly referred to as McMaster or Mac ) is a public research university in Hamilton , Ontario , Canada . The main McMaster campus is on 121 hectares ( 300 acres ) of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale , adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens . It operates six academic faculties : the DeGroote School of Business , Engineering , Health Sciences , Humanities , Social Science , and Science . It is a member of the U15 , a group of research - intensive universities in Canada .
 ACU , ATS , AUCC , CARL , COU , CUP , Fields Institute , IAU , U15 .
 The university bears the name of William McMaster , a prominent Canadian senator and banker who bequeathed C$ 900,000 to its founding . It was incorporated under the terms of an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1887 , merging the Toronto Baptist College with Woodstock College . It opened in Toronto in 1890 . Inadequate facilities and the gift of land in Hamilton prompted its relocation in 1930 . The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec controlled the university until it became a privately chartered , publicly funded non - denominational institution in 1957 .
 McMaster University is co - educational , and has over 25,000 undergraduate and over 4,000 post - graduate students . Alumni and former students reside across Canada and in 139 countries . Its athletic teams are known as the Marauders , and are members of U Sports . Notable alumni include government officials , academics , business leaders , Rhodes Scholars , Gates Cambridge Scholars , and Nobel laureates .
 As the university grew , McMaster Hall started to become overcrowded . The suggestion to move the university to Hamilton was first brought up by a student and Hamilton native in 1909 , although the proposal was not seriously considered by the university until two years later . By the 1920s , after previous proposals between various university staff , the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign to bring McMaster University to Hamilton . As the issue of space at McMaster Hall became more acute , the university administration debated the future of the university . The university nearly became federated with the University of Toronto , as had been the case with Trinity College and Victoria College .
 Instead , in 1927 , the university administration decided to move the university to Hamilton . The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec secured $ 1.5 million , while the citizens of Hamilton raised an additional $ 500,000 to help finance the move . The lands for the university and new buildings were secured through gifts from graduates . Lands were transferred from Royal Botanical Gardens to establish the campus area . The first academic session on the new Hamilton campus began in 1930 . McMaster 's property in Toronto was sold to the University of Toronto when McMaster moved to Hamilton in 1930 . McMaster Hall is now home to 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 .
 McMaster University is in the city of Hamilton , Ontario , in the Golden Horseshoe along the western end of Lake Ontario . The main campus is bordered to the north by Cootes Paradise , an extensive natural marshland , to the east and west by residential neighbourhoods , and to its south by Main Street West , a major transportation artery . Its northern boundaries are a popular destination for walkers who use the many trails that connect the campus to Royal Botanical Gardens . While the main campus is 152.4 hectares ( 377 acres ) , most of the teaching facilities are centered within the core 12.1 hectares ( 30 acres ) . In addition to its main campus in Hamilton , McMaster owns several other properties around Hamilton , as well as in Burlington , Kitchener , and St. Catharines , Ontario .
 The university owns and manages 58 buildings , both on and off campus . The buildings at McMaster vary in age , with Hamilton Hall opening in 1926 , to the university 's new Bertrand Russel Archives and Research Centre , which opened 25 June 2018 . McMaster main campus is divided into three main areas : the Core Campus , North Campus and West Campus . The Core Campus is where the majority of the university 's academic , research and residential buildings are located while the North Campus is made up of the university 's athletic precinct and a small number of surface parking . The West Campus is the least developed area of the main campus , containing only a few buildings , surface parking , and undeveloped land .
 Panoramic view of McMaster University 's main campus from the southwest , taken on June 2008 . The majority of the university 's facilities are located on this campus .
 University Hall is one of the oldest facilities still used by the university .
 The university 's campus has gone through continuous development since 1928 . The main campus 's six original buildings are of Collegiate Gothic architecture , designed by William Lyon Somerville , who also laid out the initial campus plan . They are now flanked by over fifty structures built predominantly from the 1940s to 1960s . The largest facility is the McMaster University Medical Centre , a multi - use research hospital that is home to the second - largest neonatal intensive care unit and the third - largest child and youth mental health unit in the country . It is connected to the Life Sciences building and the Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery , which houses many well - funded research groups in areas of genetics , infectious diseases , and several specific conditions .
 The McMaster Museum of Art holds the highest attendance figures for a university - affiliated museum in Canada .
 The university 's library system is a member of 31 organizations , including the Association of Research Libraries . Around 2.8 million articles were downloaded from the library system 's electronic journal collection during the 2016 academic year . The university library employs a total of 138 professional , and support staff . The library 's resource expenditure for the 2016–2017 academic year was approximately $ 11.5 million , with 81 per cent of the budget allocated to serial and e - resource subscriptions , 9 per cent on hard copy acquisitions , and 10 per cent to membership and collections support . The library system include four libraries housing 1,274,265 paper books and 3,689,973 total resources , including videos , maps , sound recordings , and microfilm . Mills Library houses the humanities and social sciences collections , with a wide range of print and digital resources . Innis Library houses content which supports the academic and research interests of the DeGroote School of Business . Thode Library houses academic material of various disciplines of science and engineering , while the Health Science Library houses books pertaining to medical sciences . The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections at McMaster University consist of papers of Canadian publishers ; British personalities and of Canadian literary figures such as Farley Mowat , Pierre Berton , Matt Cohen , and Marian Engel . It includes the archives of Bertrand Russell , and of labour unions .
 The McMaster Museum of Art 's ( MMA ) principal role is to support the academic mission of McMaster University and to contribute to the discourse on art in Canada . The museum has the highest attendance figures for a university - affiliated museum in Canada , with 30,000 visitors in 2016 . Established in 1967 , the museum houses and exhibits the university 's art collection . As of 2015 , that collection of 5,971 pieces holds a total value of $ 98.7 million . The collection includes works by Gustave Courbet , Claude Monet , Camille Pissarro , Walter Sickert and Vincent van Gogh . The museum also boasts the most comprehensive collection of German expressionist and Weimar period prints in Canada .
 As of March 2019 , McMaster has twelve smoke - free student residences : Bates , Brandon , Edwards , Hedden , Les Prince , Mary E. Keyes , Matthews , McKay , Moulton , Wallingford , Whidden , and Woodstock Hall . McMaster 's student residences can accommodate 3,685 students . The latest residence to be built was Les Prince Hall , a large co - ed building , completed in 2006 . It was named for a long - time hall master in the residence system who lived with his family on campus until after his retirement in 1980 . In September 2010 , 50.19 per cent of first - year students lived on campus , with 15.54 per cent of the overall undergraduate population living on campus . Residences provide traditional room and board style , furnished apartment style , and suite - style accommodation . Brandon Hall houses the university 's substance - free lifestyle living spaces . The residence system is supervised by Residence Life staff , who provide guidance and help the transition to university life for many first - year students . Residence students are represented by the Inter - Residence Council ( IRC ) , which aims to build a sense of community among the residents through programming . Additionally , the IRC seeks to advocate for residence students on issues they may face , such as facilities , dining , environment , and more , and provide opportunities for residence students to gain valuable leadership opportunities . They are an integral part of the McMaster residence community .
 The McMaster University Student Centre ( MUSC ) is the centre of student life and programming . It has a café , study space , common areas , and several administrative departments , including the CIBC Conference Hall . The MUSC contains the offices of a number of student organizations , including the McMaster Students Union and The Silhouette weekly newspaper as well as other services such as the Campus Health Centre and the campus dentist . The university has over twenty dining outlets throughout the campus , including two major residence dining facilities . The university has several vegetarian establishments , such as a completely vegetarian cafe known as Bridges Café and a farmers market stand . The university was voted as the country 's most vegan - friendly university through People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) for a number of years . Several other dining outlets at McMaster have garnered awards throughout the years for food services .
 As of 2010 McMaster University 's DeGroote School of Business operates a 1.82 - hectare ( 4.5 - acre ) site in the neighbouring city of Burlington . Consideration for the new building began in 2004 , when McMaster University had announced its initial intent to construct a new arts- and technology - intensive campus in partnership with the city of Burlington . In 2009 , the City of Burlington , Halton Region , and McMaster University signed an official agreement laying out the timelines and next steps for the university 's expansion into Burlington . Construction began on 17 June 2009 , and the official opening was on 7 October 2010 . The four - story , 8,400 - square - metre ( 90,000 sq ft ) building is called the Ron Joyce Centre . The Ron Joyce Centre is home to DeGroote 's MBA program and its business management program ( both degree and non - degree programs ) .
 The David Braley Health Sciences Centre at the McMaster Health Campus in downtown Hamilton . The Centre is one of several off - campus facilities operated by the university .
 McMaster has a number of administrative offices at its Downtown Centre . The McMaster Centre for Continuing Education , which offers a variety of certificate and diploma programs as well as personal and professional development programs , is located within the former Bank of Montreal Pavilion at Lloyd D. Jackson Square . McMaster had also announced that construction of the McMaster Downtown Health Campus in downtown Hamilton had begun in December 2012 . The Health Campus is expected to provide teaching spaces , exam rooms and clinical spaces for local residents .
 The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is on the main campus as well as in two regional campses at St. Catharines and Kitchener . The Waterloo Regional Campus is located in downtown Kitchener , sharing facilities with the Health Sciences Campus of the University of Waterloo . The campus in St. Catharines is at Brock University 's Niagara Health and Bioscience Research Complex . Approximately 30 medical students in each year of the program attend each campus . Those who apply to McMaster 's School of Medicine are asked to rank their site choice ( Hamilton , Niagara Region , Waterloo Region ) from first to third , or no preference . Offers of admission to the medical school are made from a rank list irrespective of geographical preference . Subsequent to an applicant 's acceptance , registrants to the class are placed based on their preference and geographical background . The offers given out by McMaster are bound to the assigned site .
 McMaster purchased a large industrial park three kilometres east of its main Hamilton campus in 2005 with the intention of creating an array of research facilities for the development of advanced manufacturing and materials , biotechnology , automotive , and nanotechnology . In July 2005 the federal government announced it would relocate CANMET , a federal government materials research laboratory , from its Ottawa centre to Hamilton . This decision helped spearhead the development of the McMaster Innovation Park . The United Nations University - International Network on Water , Environment and Health ( UNU - INWEH ) is headquartered within the park . UNU - INWEH is the only United Nations agency headquartered in Ontario and the only North American host site for a United Nations University , after moving to McMaster Innovation Park on 23 April 2008 .
 The senate is responsible for the university 's academics , including standards for admission into the university and qualifications for degrees , diplomas , and certificates . The senate consists of 15 ex officio positions granted to the chancellor , the president , the vice - presidents of the university , the senior dean of each faculty , the dean of graduate studies , the dean of adult education , the principal of McMaster Divinity College , and the chairman of the Undergraduate Council . The senate also consists of 51 other members , appointed or elected by the various communities of the university , including elected representatives of the student body . Meetings of the board of governors and the senate are open to the public .
 McMaster University is affiliated with one post - secondary institution , McMaster Divinity College . The seminary is located within the campus of the university . As an affiliated institution , two members of the Divinity College sit on the university 's senate , as well as appoint one representative to sit in the university 's board of governors . However , the Divinity College operates with its own senate and board of trustees . Although Divinity College has the authority to confer their own degrees , students taking the College 's Master of Divinity and Master of Theological Studies are awarded degrees by McMaster University . Students of Divinity College have access to the catalogue of McMaster University Library , while students of the university similarly have access to the Canadian Baptist Archives , managed by the university 's library system .
 The university and the divinity college were incorporated as the same institution in 1887 , a result of a merger between two Baptist institutions , the Canadian Literary Institute in Woodstock , Ontario , and Toronto Baptist College . McMaster University continued to operated as a Baptist - run institution until 1957 , when provincial legislation allowed for the governance of the university to pass from the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec , to a privately chartered , publicly funded arrangement . McMaster 's Faculty of Theology was spun - off into McMaster Divinity College , a separately - chartered affiliated college of the university .
 The total net assets owned by the university as of 30 April 2018 stands at C$ 1,209.1 million . The university had completed the 2017–2018 year with revenues of C$ 1,109.5 million , expenses of $ 985.7 million , for an excess of revenues over expenses of $ 123.8 million . McMaster 's revenue comes from endowment income , gifts , fees , and annual grants from the City of Hamilton , the Hamilton - Wentworth Region , the Province of Ontario , and the Government of Canada . In the 2017–2018 academic year , the largest source of revenue for the university was tuition fees , followed by operating grants provided by the government . As of 30 April 2017 , McMaster 's financial endowment was valued at C$ 727.4 million . The financing of McMaster 's scholarships and bursaries takes up 40 per cent of the endowments received . Financial Services comprises the following areas : Student Accounts & Cashiers , Financial Accounting and Reporting , and Budgeting Services .
 The university has been registered as an educational charitable organization in Canada since 1 January 1967 . As of 2011 , the university is registered primarily as a post - secondary institution , with 70 per cent of the charity dedicated to the management and maintenance of the university . The remaining 30 per cent has been dedicated under research .
 McMaster is a publicly funded research university , and a member of the Universities Canada . McMaster functions on a semester system , operating year - round on academic semesters , fall / winter and spring / summer . In the 2016–2017 academic year , the university had a total enrollment of 31,265 students ; 26,780 undergraduate students , 4,485 graduate students . Programs , departments , and schools at McMaster are divided among six faculties , the DeGroote School of Business , the Faculty of Health Sciences , the Faculty of Humanities , the Faculty of Engineering , the Faculty of Science , and the Faculty of Social Sciences .
 By enrolment , McMaster 's largest faculty in September 2016 was the Faculty of Science , with 7,004 full - time and part - time undergraduate and graduate students . The Faculty of Humanities was the smallest faculty by enrolment , with 2,729 full - time and part - time undergraduate and graduate students . The Faculty of Health Sciences holds the highest graduate enrolment , with 1,144 graduate students . A number of university students are enrolled in interdisciplinary programs , administered by two or more faculties , including 549 graduate students . At the undergraduate level , the Arts and Science program is taught jointly by the six faculties at McMaster . Created in 1981 , the program aims to provide a broad - based , liberal education , providing substantial work in both the arts and sciences . In September 2016 , 278 undergraduate students were enrolled in the Arts and Science program .
 The university also jointly administers several undergraduate collaborative programs with Mohawk College , of which 2,697 students are enrolled in . The university also awards degrees to graduate students of McMaster Divinity College . The Divinity College was originally the university 's Faculty of Theology , before it was reorganized into a separately chartered , affiliated college of the university in 1957 .
 Students may apply for financial aid such as the Ontario Student Assistance Program and Canada Student Loans and Grants through the federal and provincial governments . The financial aid provided may come in the form of loans , grants , bursaries , scholarships , fellowships , debt reduction , interest relief , and work programs . In the 2016–2017 academic year , McMaster students received approximately C$ 100,972,910 in Ontario Student Assistance Program loans and C$ 40,061,756 in grants , approximately $ 140,981,009 in total . In the same year students received C$ 10,135,233.65 in bursaries .
 The McMaster Model is the university 's policy for a student - centred , problem - based , interdisciplinary approach to learning , a policy which has been adopted by several other universities around the world . During the 1960s the McMaster University Medical School pioneered problem - based learning ( PBL ) tutorials that have since been adopted by other programs and faculties within the university . PBL is now used in medicine , occupational therapy , physical therapy , nursing , midwifery , and other allied fields . Most medical schools in Canada and more than 80 per cent of medical schools in the United States employ PBL in their curriculum , and many international universities do the same .
 In 1991 , McMaster 's School of Medicine adopted progress testing , developing the personal progress index ( PPI ) , a system based on progress testing invented concurrently by the University of Missouri - Kansas City 's medical school and the Maastricht University . The PPI is used as an objective method for assessing acquisition and retention of knowledge for students in the medical program . The PPI is administered at regular intervals to all students in the program , regardless of their level of training , and plots students ' scores as they move through the program . Students typically score 20 per cent on their first examination , and increase by five to seven per cent with each successive examination . Students can monitor the changes in their scores and receive formative feedback based on a standardized score relative to the class mean . Due to the overwhelming success and research supporting the use of the PPI as an evaluation tool , it is now used in Canada , US , Europe , and Australia .
 McMaster University has placed in post - secondary school rankings . In the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities ( ARWU ) rankings , the university ranked 84th in the world and fourth - highest in Canada . The 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed McMaster 77th in the world , and fourth in Canada . The 2019 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 146th in the world and fifth in Canada . In U.S. News & World Report 2019 global university rankings , the university placed 130th , and fourth in Canada . In 2011 , Newsweek had also ranked McMaster as the 15th top university outside of the United States , and the fourth best university in Canada . In Maclean 's 2019 rankings , McMaster placed fourth in both their Medical - Doctoral university category , and in their reputation ranking for Canadian universities . McMaster was ranked in spite of having opted out from participation in Maclean 's graduate survey since 2006 .
 McMaster also placed in a number of rankings that evaluated the employment prospects of graduates . In QS 's 2019 graduate employability ranking , the university ranked 93rd in the world , and fifth in Canada . In the Times Higher Education 's 2018 global employability ranking , McMaster placed 78th in the world , and fifth in Canada . In an employability survey published by the New York Times in October 2011 , when CEOs and chairmans were asked to select the top universities which they recruited from , McMaster placed 61st in the world , and fourth in Canada .
 In 2018 , Research Infosource named McMaster as the most research intensive university in the country with an average sponsored research income ( external sources of funding ) of C$ 434,700 per faculty member in 2017 , the highest average in the country , and nearly double the average for universities in the " Medical - Doctoral " category . In the same year , graduate students averaged a sponsored research income of $ 82,800 , the highest out of any full - service university . With a total sponsored research income of $ 379.959 million in 2017 , McMaster has the seventh largest sponsored research income amongst Canadian universities . In the 2015–2016 academic year , the federal government was the largest source of McMaster 's sponsored research income ( excluding affiliated hospitals ) , providing 61.4 per cent of McMaster 's research budget , primarily through grants . Corporate research income account for 7.3 per cent of the overall research budget .
 McMaster has been ranked on several bibliometric university rankings , which uses citation analysis to evaluate the impact a university has on academic publications . In 2018 , the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked McMaster 112th in the world , and sixth in Canada . The University Ranking by Academic Performance 2018–19 rankings placed the university 126th in the world , and sixth in Canada .
 Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery is a multipurpose building primarily used by Faculty of Health Sciences . Along with teaching facilities , it houses several research institutes for the Faculty .
 McMaster has received accolades for its research strengths , particularly in the field of health sciences . For five years in a row , McMaster has ranked second in for biomedical and health care research revenues by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada . The Faculty of Health Science oversees $ 130 million a year in research , much of that research conducted by scientists and physicians who teach in the medical school . The Faculty of Health Sciences operates several research institutes , including the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health , and the Population Health Research Institute . The university also operates a brain bank , whose collection includes a portion of Albert Einstein 's brain , preserved and held for medical research . Researchers there have identified differences in his brain that may relate to his genius for spatial and mathematical thinking .
 In addition to traditional forms of research , members of Faculty of Health Sciences have also been credited with developments within the medical practice . A McMaster research group led by David Sackett and later Gordon Guyatt had been credited for establishing the methodologies used in evidence - based medicine .
 A titan arum blooming inside the McMaster Biology Greenhouse . The Greenhouse is one of many facilities used for research at the university .
 Other notable research facilities include the McMaster Biology Greenhouse , and the Brockhouse Institute for Material Research ( BIMR ) . The Biology Greenhouse holds 217 plants in a 780 - square - metre ( 8,400 sq ft ) facility , and is used as a teaching and research facility by the Department of Biology . In addition to maintaining its permanent collection , the Biology Greenhouse also grows plants for both short term research studies . The Brockhouse Institute was created in 1960 by Howard Petch , the institute was named after McMaster alumnus Bertram Brockhouse . The BIMR is an interdisciplinary research organization with the mandate to develop , support , and co - ordinate all materials research related activities at McMaster . Its membership of 123 faculty members is drawn from 13 departments in the Faculties of Science , Engineering , and Health Sciences , as well as several Canadian and international universities . Facilities of the BIMR include the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy , Centre for Crystal Growth , McMaster Analytical Xray Facility , Electronic and Magnetic Characterization Facility , and the Photonics Research Laboratories . The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy is home to the world 's most advanced microscope . The Titan 80–300 cubed microscope has a magnification of 14 million and is used for material , medical , and nanotechnology research .
 The McMaster Nuclear Reactor is the largest research reactor in the Commonwealth of Nations .
 In addition , the university also operates the McMaster Nuclear Reactor , used for nuclear science and engineering research since 1959 . The university regularly acquires an operating license for the reactor from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission , with the latest 10 - year license issued on 1 July 2014 . The strength of nuclear science at McMaster was augmented in 1968 under the presidency of Dr. H.G. Thode by the construction of a 10MV Model FN Tandem particle accelerator . The 3MV Model KN single - ended accelerator was added the same year . The academic direction of the laboratory fell to the Physics Department in the early days , as it was primarily a nuclear structure laboratory . During the next 28 years , the nuclear research effort was extensive , with hundreds of graduate students trained and many publications generated . The Pool - type Reactor is used for research , educational , and commercial applications such as neutron radiography , and medical radioisotope production ; Iodine-125 is used in cancer therapy . The reactor at McMaster produces 25 per cent of the world 's supply of iodine-125 , an isotope used in nuclear medicine to treat prostate cancer . The production of molybdenum-99 at Chalk River Laboratories has occasionally been moved to the university 's reactor , when Chalk River 's National Research Universal reactor is forced to shut down .
 The requirements for admission differ between students from Ontario , other provinces in Canada , and international students due to the lack of uniformity in marking schemes . The acceptance rate at McMaster for full - time , first - year applications in 2018 was 52.6 per cent . In September 2014 , the secondary school average for full - time first - year students at McMaster University was 87.7 per cent . Students entering McMaster 's more selective undergraduate programs , including the Integrated Sciences program and the Arts and Science program , had a secondary school average of 96.3 per cent . McMaster received 28,079 applicants in the 2016 . McMaster 's medical school is the most competitive medical program in Canada by application numbers , with more than 5,200 applicants competing for 204 positions .
 The Michael DeGroote School of Medicine has notably developed admission tests that has since become adopted by other schools . In 2001 , they developed the multiple - mini interview in an effort to address long - standing concerns over standard panel interviews ; viewed as poor reflectors for medical school performance . This format uses short , independent assessments in a timed circuit to obtain aggregate scores in interpersonal skills , professionalism , ethical / moral judgment , and critical thinking to assess candidates . The multiple - mini interview has consistently shown to have a higher predictive validity for future performance than traditional interviews . The multiple - mini interview process has since been adopted by the majority of Canadian medical schools , as well as a number of medical schools in the United States . In 2010 , the medical school developed the Computer - based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics , in order to better assess the personal characteristics of the applicant . A number of other medical schools have since adopted the CASPer test , including New York Medical College , Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine .
 In the 2016–2017 academic year , the university had an enrollment of 31,625 students : 26,780 undergraduate students , 4,485 graduate students . The student body is largely made up of Canadians , making up 90.27 per cent of the student population . International students represented , respectively , 9.73 per cent of the student population . Full - time students make up about 93.8 per cent of the student body . Among full - time students , the university has a first - time student retention rate of 90.9 per cent .
 The McMaster University Student Centre plaza . The Student Centre , to the right , houses a number of student groups , including the McMaster Students Union .
 The main student unions on administrative and policy issues are the McMaster Students Union for full - time undergraduates , the McMaster Association of Part - Time Students for part - time undergraduates , and the McMaster Graduate Students Association for postgraduates . In addition , each faculty has its own student representative body . There are more than 300 student organizations and clubs , covering a wide range of interests such as academics , culture , religion , social issues , and recreation . Many of them are centred on the McMaster student activity centre , the McMaster University Student Centre . The Silhouette , the student - run newspaper , is the oldest student service at McMaster University , in publication since 1929 . Since 1968 , the McMaster Engineering Society has published The Plumbline , the main satire magazine of McMaster University . The campus radio station CFMU - FM ( 93.3 FM ) is Canada ’s second - oldest campus radio station , and has been broadcasting since 1978 . MacInsiders , a popular online student - run forum and information network , has been operating since 2007 and has over 18,000 registered members . The McMaster Marching Band , created in September 2009 , is a brass , reed and percussion marching band composed of 45 graduate and undergraduate students as well as members of the surrounding community who wish to participate .
 Athletics at McMaster is managed by the university 's student affairs , under their athletics and recreation department . The university 's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports ( formerly called Canadian Interuniversity Sport ) . The university 's team sports programs include baseball , basketball , football , lacrosse , rugby , soccer , swimming , volleyball , and water polo . The first major sport game played at McMaster was in 1889 , when a group of alumni from Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College played an exhibition game against one another , sparking an early intercity rivalry between McMaster students . In 1897 the university placed all physical activity and sports under the jurisdiction of a central executive committee . The varsity teams have been known as the McMaster Marauders since 1948 , through a contest run by the student newspaper , The Silhouette , to name the university 's men 's basketball team . In 2016–2017 academic year , McMaster had over 1,100 student - athletes in either varsity or club teams .
 The McMaster Marauders football team at Ron Joyce Stadium .
 The Marauders have won 11 national championships and 139 provincial champions since 1961 . The men 's water polo team has won the Ontario University Athletics championship 25 times , making it the Marauders ' most successful team at the provincial level . The men 's wrestling team has been the Marauders ' most successful team at the national level , winning the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship four times . McMaster University has graduated 34 Olympic athletes , eight Olympic coaches , two Olympic administrators and two Olympic officials . As is mandatory for all members of U Sports , McMaster University does not provide full - ride athletic scholarships .
 The fireball is the emblem of the Faculty of Engineering . The emblem is based off the coat of arms of the defunct Hamilton College .
 In addition to the visual representations of the institution , the university 's individual departments , faculties , and schools also employ symbols to visually represent them . One such example is the Faculty of Engineering 's fireball emblem , adopted by the faculty in 1960 . The fireball was adopted from the coat of arms of the defunct Hamilton College .
 The coat of arms consists of a shield , a crest , and a motto , together with a helmet . The shield contains an eagle , symbolic of the heavenly vision , with a cross on its breast to indicate Christianity as the inspiration for the university 's vision . The chief of the shield bears an open book , a common symbol of learning . A golden maple leaf is situated on each side of the book , signifying the university 's charter was granted by the Province of Ontario . The helmet , above the shield , has the open visor and forward - facing style typically used by universities . The mantling surrounding the shield and helmet represents the cloak worn over a knight 's armour as protection from the sun . The crest , located above the helmet , is a stag and oak tree , which serves as a tribute to the Canadian senator , William McMaster , who also used a stag and oak on his insignias . The motto is located above the crest , as is common in Scottish heraldry .
 Tihomir Orešković , 11th Prime Minister of Croatia .
 Tommy Douglas , 7th Premier of Saskatchewan and first leader of the NDP .
 Bertram Brockhouse , Nobel laureate in physics , for his work with neutron scattering .
 Myron Scholes , Nobel laureate in economics for his work with the Black – Scholes model .
 Harold Innis , contributed to the staples thesis and Toronto School of communication theory .
 Stephen Elop , president and chief executive officer of the Nokia Corporation .
 Cyrus S. Eaton , founder of Republic Steel and chairman of C&O Railway .
 In the year 2016 , McMaster University has over 184,000 alumni residing over 139 countries . Throughout McMaster 's history , faculty , alumni , and former students have played prominent roles in many fields , accumulating a number of awards including Nobel prizes , Rhodes scholarships , the Gates Cambridge Scholarship , and the Lasker Award . Nobel Prize winners include alumnus Myron Scholes , awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1997 for his work with the Black - Scholes model . Two individuals from McMaster were also award the Nobel Prize in Physics , faculty member Bertram Brockhouse in 1994 for his work in neutron scattering ; and alumna Donna Strickland in 2018 for her work on laser physics . Alumnus James Orbinski accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 on behalf of Doctors Without Borders as the organization 's president .
 Prominent alumni in the field of science include Douglas L. Coleman , who discovered leptin ; Richard Bader , noted for his work on the atoms in molecules theory ; Harold E. Johns , who pioneered the use of cobalt-60 in the treatment of cancer , Karl Clark , who pioneered the separation method to extract bitumen from the oil sands ; Steve Mann , a researcher and inventor in the field of computational photography ; Peter R. Jennings , computer programmer and developer of Microchess ; and Simon Sunatori , an engineer and inventor . Notable faculty members include chemist Ronald Gillespie , who helped shape VSEPR theory , as well as David Sackett and Gordon Guyatt , whose research team was credited for establishing the methodologies used in evidence - based medicine . Notable alumni and faculty members in the field of social sciences include Harold Innis , who helped shape communication theory and the staples thesis , and sociologist Henry Giroux , one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy . Two medical researchers , and members of McMaster had travelled in space ; faculty member Dafydd Williams , and alumna Roberta Bondar , the first Canadian woman in space .
 Many former students have gained prominence for serving in government . Croatian Prime Minister , Tihomir Orešković was an alumnus of the university . Lincoln Alexander , the former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , as well as the first visible - minority Lieutenant Governor in Canada was another alumnus of the university . Canadian premiers that have graduated from the university include the former premier of Ontario , Dalton McGuinty , and the former premier of Saskatchewan , Tommy Douglas . Many graduates have also served in the House of Commons of Canada , including , Tony Valeri , the Government House Leader ; and Lawrence Pennell , the Solicitor General of Canada . Roy Kellock , a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada was a graduate from the university . Charles Aubrey Eaton , a member of the United States House of Representatives , and signor of the United Nations Charter on behalf of the United States , was an alumnus of the university .
 A number of prominent business leaders have also studied at McMaster . Examples include David Braley , owner of the Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ; Stephen Elop , former president and CEO of Nokia ; Cyrus S. Eaton , founder of Republic Steel and chairman of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ; Paul D. House , current executive chairman of Tim Hortons ; Lynton Wilson , chairman of Bell Canada , CAE Inc. , and Nortel ; Michael Lee - Chin , current chairman , CEO of AIC Limited ; , Kathy Bardswick , president and CEO of The Co - operators , and Rob Burgess , former chairman and CEO of Macromedia .
 A number of McMaster alumni had also had successful sports careers , including Syl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs ; and NHL coach Roger Neilson . The university has had 34 of its graduates compete in the Olympic games , including Olympic medalists Larry Cain ; Adam van Koeverden ; and Mark Heese . McMaster faculty member Norman Lane was also an Olympic medalist . Several alumni of the university have also become prominent in the entertainment industry , including comedians , actors and directors . Such alumni include Eugene Levy ; Martin Short ; Jonathan Frid ; Ivan Reitman ; Dave Thomas ; and John Candy .
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