McMaster University facts for kids

McMaster University in a panoramic view in 2008

McMaster University (commonly referred to as McMaster or Mac) is a public research university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on 121 hectares (300 acres) of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Hamilton.

It opened in Toronto in 1890. It was named after famous Canadian Senator William McMaster (1811–1887) who donated C$900,000 to create the university. It was relocated to a larger ground space in Hamilton in 1930. McMaster was controlled by the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec until it became a privately chartered, publicly funded non-denominational institution in 1957.

The university is co-educational, and has over 25,000 undergraduate and over 4,000 post-graduate students.

The university ranked 4th among Canadian universities and 94th in the world according to the 2015-2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

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McMaster Hall, located in Toronto, was the original location of the university. The building is currently used as the headquarters for 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.
University Hall is one of the oldest facilities still used by the university.
The McMaster Museum of Art holds the highest attendance figures for a university-affiliated museum in Canada.
The former Bank of Montreal Pavilion in downtown Hamilton is home to the Centre for Continuing Education
The David Braley Health Sciences Centre at the McMaster Health Campus in downtown Hamilton.
The John Hodgins Building houses several facilities for the university's Faculty of Engineering
A titan arum blooming inside the McMaster Biology Greenhouse. The Greenhouse is one of many facilities used for research at the university.
Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery is a multipurpose building that houses several research facilities of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The McMaster Nuclear Reactor is the largest research reactor in the Commonwealth of Nations.
The McMaster Marauders football team at Ron Joyce Stadium.
The fireball is the emblem of the Faculty of Engineering. The emblem is based on the coat of arms of the defunct Hamilton College.
The university's Office of Alumni Advancement, and the McMaster Alumni Association is housed at Alumni House
Tihomir Orešković, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia.
Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan and first leader of the NDP.
Donna Strickland, Nobel laureate in physics for her work with laser physics
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.
Cyrus S. Eaton, founder of Republic Steel and chairman of C&O Railway.