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'''McGill University''' is an English-language [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Founded in 1821 by [[royal charter]],<ref name="Frost, Stanley Brice 1895">Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, 1801–1895.'' McGill-Queen's University Press, 1980. {{ISBN|978-0-7735-0353-3}}</ref> the university bears the name of [[James McGill]], a [[Scotland|Scottish]] merchant and slave owner,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who was James McGill? |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/about/history/who-was-james-mcgill |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=McGill |language=en}}</ref> whose [[bequest]] in 1813 established the '''University of McGill College'''. In 1885, the name was officially changed to McGill University. The university has an enrolment of more than 39,000 students.
McGill's main campus is on the slope of [[Mount Royal]] in [[downtown Montreal]] in the borough of [[Ville-Marie, Montreal|Ville-Marie]], with a [[Macdonald Campus|second campus]] situated in [[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec|Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue]], {{convert|30|km}} west of the main campus on Montreal Island. The university is one of two members of the [[Association of American Universities]] located outside the United States,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474 |title=Association of American Universities |publisher=Aau.edu |access-date=2012-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130114071434/http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474 |archive-date=January 14, 2013}}</ref> alongside the [[University of Toronto]], and is the only Canadian member of the [[Global University Leaders Forum]] (GULF) within the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref name="McGill newsroom">{{cite web|title=McGill newsroom|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-global-university-leaders-forum-260727|access-date=May 12, 2016|archive-date=May 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511170109/http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-global-university-leaders-forum-260727|url-status=live}}</ref> The university offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study. Most students are enrolled in the six largest faculties: [[Arts]], [[McGill University Faculty of Science|Science]], [[McGill University Faculty of Medicine|Medicine]], [[McGill University Faculty of Education|Education]], [[McGill University Faculty of Engineering|Engineering]], and [[Desautels Faculty of Management|Management]].<ref name="Enrolment">{{cite web| title = Enrolment Reports| url = https://www.mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics/| publisher = McGill University| access-date = 2010-04-26| archive-date = September 23, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170923191726/http://mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics| url-status = live}}</ref>
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