CAN McGill University

McGill University, a public university, founded in 1821, is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from over 150 countries, our student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country.

McGill is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. Ernest Rutherford's Nobel Prize-winning research on the nature of radioactivity was conducted at McGill, part of a long tradition of innovation on our campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today our professors are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants and driving human achievement in every field imaginable.

McGill have partnered with edX to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from McGill:
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• Natural Disasters
  
• Food for Thought
  
• The Body Matters: Why Exercise Makes You Healthy and How to Stay Uninjured
  
• Social Learning for Social Impact

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