McMaster University
Public institution · Ontario
About
McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on 152.4 hectares (377 acres) of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens. It operates six academic faculties: the DeGroote School of Business and the faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Science, and Science. It is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada. The university bears the name of William McMaster, a prominent Canadian senator and banker who bequeathed C$900,000 to its founding.
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On the register
- DLI number
- O19395535729
- Type
- Public
- Post-graduation work permit
- Programmes eligible for a post-graduation work permit
- Master's and doctoral degrees
- Offered; no provincial attestation letter needed for these
- Founded
- 1887
- Students
- 33,147
Designated learning institutions list, IRCC, 2 October 2026.
Campuses and locations
- Downtown Centre, McMaster Innovation Park, Main Campus, McMaster Nursing at Mohawk (Collaborative)Hamilton
- DeGroote School of BusinessBurlington
- McMaster Nursing at Conestoga (Collaborative), Waterloo Regional CampusKitchener
- Niagara Regional CampusSt. Catharines