This document provides information about McMaster University, including that it was established in 1887, has over 28,000 students and faculty from 55 countries, and ranks highly in several international university rankings. It notes that McMaster has a diverse student population, with international students making up 7.7% of undergraduates and 22% of graduates. The document also introduces McMaster's award-winning Master of Science in Global Health program and some of its community partnerships and initiatives related to global health and education.

1. Global citizens:
The impossible dream?
A McMaster Perspective

2. McMaster University
• Established in 1887
• 28,000+ full-time undergraduate and
graduate students
• 955 full-time faculty (36% female; 94% hold PhDs)
• 6 Faculties – Business, Engineering, Health
Sciences, Humanities, Science, Social Sciences
• ranked 66th in the Shanghai Jiao Tong Ranking of
World Universities 2017 – one of only four Canadian
universities in the Top 100
• ranked 78th in the Times Higher Education World
University Rankings 2017 – one of only four Canadian
universities in the Top 100
• ranked 140th in the QS World University Rankings
2017 – one of only six Canadian universities
in the Top 150
• ranked 74th in the THE Global Employability Rankings
2017 – one of only five Canadian universities in the
Top 100

3. McMaster and Its
International Flavour
Source: McMaster Fact Book 2016-2017
 Full-time faculty represents 55 countries. The
largest representation of countries, other than
Canada, includes the United States, the United
Kingdom, India and China.
 International undergraduate students represent
7.7% of the student population (2016/17).
 International graduate students represent 22%
of the graduate student body (2016/17).
 McMaster’s international students represent
107 countries (2016/17).
 Over 10,000 active alumni reside outside of
Canada, representing 139 countries
(2016/17).

4.  Named Canada’s Most Diversified Municipality
and Ontario’s Fastest Growing Economy
 Canada’s 9th largest regional economy with a
market size of over 8M people within a 2 hour
driving radius
 Millennials outnumber Baby Boomers (2017)
 1 in 4 people in Hamilton were born outside of
Canada
 Over 4000 international students attend our
academic institutions
 Over 23 Universities and Colleges in the region
(within a 2 hour driving radius)

5. Master of Science in Global Health:
An award-winning program that prepares the next
generation of global health professionals for a
changing world
GLOBAL
HEALTH
GRADUATE EDUCATION

6. …. continuing to prepare action-oriented
leaders and helping to create lasting impacts
on health and social systems both at home and
abroad
L. Redwood-Campbell
2018 Ontario Medical Association
(OMA) Presidential Award
.... recognizes exceptional and
long-standing humanitarian
service to the greater community,
in Ontario or elsewhere
John N. Lavis, Director
Grand Erie Six Nations Clinical Education Campus

7. Supporting Links
• https://oia.mcmaster.ca/
• https://globalhealth.mcmaster.ca/
• https://www.mcmasterforum.org/
• http://maccare.mcmaster.ca/index.html
• http://fammedmcmaster.ca/