McMaster University
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| Formation | 1887 |
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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McMaster University is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
McMaster University has over 27,000 undergraduate and over 4,000 post-graduate students.[1]
History
The university bears the name of William McMaster, a prominent Canadian senator and banker who bequeathed C$900,000 to its founding. The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec controlled the university until it became a privately chartered, publicly funded non-denominational institution in 1957.
Professional programs during the interwar period were limited to just theology and nursing. During the Second World War, and immediately after, McMaster was the scene of a meteoric growth of scientific research and the reception of students under the direction of H.G Thode. This added financial constraints to an institution that was still considered a Baptist institution. Therefore, in 1957, McMaster Divinity College was introduced to continue the religious tradition of the university, while the university itself became a secular public institution.