Education & Admissions
Together, advancing health through learning and discovery
McMaster’s Health Sciences is known globally for our innovative method of small group problem-based education, our focus on self-directed life-long learning and our interdisciplinary research. Here, we look to translate what we learn in our laboratories into health care thought and practice.
When you join Health Sciences at McMaster, you benefit from our world-renowned education advances and research excellence, consistently placing us among the top universities in the world for health and medicine.
McMaster’s Health Sciences is known globally for our innovative method of small group problem-based education, our focus on self-directed life-long learning and our interdisciplinary research. Here, we look to translate what we learn in our laboratories into health care thought and practice.
The programs featured here are highly sought after and regarded. We invite you to explore what the Health Sciences has to offer, and to consider joining our culture of innovation, exploration and collaboration, where we lead by learning what was, challenging what is and optimistically embracing what could be.
Rob Whyte
Vice-Dean, Education
Faculty of Health Sciences
Together, advancing health through learning and discovery
McMaster’s Health Sciences is known globally for our innovative method of small group problem-based education, our focus on self-directed life-long learning and our interdisciplinary research. Here, we look to translate what we learn in our laboratories into health care thought and practice.
When you join Health Sciences at McMaster, you benefit from our world-renowned education advances and research excellence, consistently placing us among the top universities in the world for health and medicine.
McMaster’s Health Sciences is known globally for our innovative method of small group problem-based education, our focus on self-directed life-long learning and our interdisciplinary research. Here, we look to translate what we learn in our laboratories into health care thought and practice.
The programs featured here are highly sought after and regarded. We invite you to explore what the Health Sciences has to offer, and to consider joining our culture of innovation, exploration and collaboration, where we lead by learning what was, challenging what is and optimistically embracing what could be.
Rob Whyte
Vice-Dean, Education
Faculty of Health Sciences
Uncover some of our world-renowned programs
No matter where you are along your academic journey, the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University offers you a pathway to a diverse range of careers in health. With specialized clinical and research programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, learners can find a program that meets their needs and advances their careers.
World rankings
Choosing to study a program in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster means you are choosing to study at one of the top ranked institutions in the world for the study of health. We routinely rank among the top 50 universities in the world across the major university rankings.
- 36th in Clinical and Health in Time Higher Education World University Rankings by subject
- 4th ranked Medical and Doctoral university in Maclean’s Education Rankings
- 4th in Nursing Reputation and 6th overall in Maclean’s Education Rankings
- 36th in Clinical and Health in Times Higher Education World University Rankings
- 36th in Clinical Medicine in U.S. News & World Report Global University Rankings
- 39th in Clinical Medicine in Shanghai Rankings
- 43rd in Medicine in QS World University Rankings
- 44th in Anatomy and Physiology in QS World University Rankings
Top 4
in Canada in Medical & Doctoral
Top 35
in the World in Nursing
Top 50
in Health & Medicine in Four Major
International Rankings
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