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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
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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