Located in downtown Montreal, McGill University offers a unique opportunity for students to attend an English-speaking university in the heart of Francophone Canada. Students come from over 150 countries, adding even more of an international flair to the school. The Desautels Faculty of Management is home to the popular Bachelor's of Commerce program, where students can choose from majors such as international management, accounting and marketing. Other notable faculties include the Schulich School of Music, Canada's largest university music program, and the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, located on its own picturesque campus, 40 minutes outside of Montreal. First-year students are guaranteed a spot in one of McGill's 12 residence halls, which include traditional dormitories, apartment buildings and renovated historic mansions.
The University of Toronto is home to more than 57,000 undergraduates on three campuses in and around Canada's largest city. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has majors as diverse as Croatian and Serbian studies, forest conservation science and pharmaceutical chemistry. Toronto is also known for strong technology programs, such as cutting-edge engineering programs like nanotechnology and a computer science department where students can specialize in areas such as artificial intelligence or double-major in subjects like math or physics. The university has programs to support various minority groups on campus, such as a Sexual and Gender Diversity Office that promotes a safe environment for GLBT students and a First Nations House, where Native students can socialize and receive specialized advising. Undergraduate Arts and Sciences students are also guaranteed space in a residential college, where students live, play and study together.
The University of Alberta is located in the provincial capital city of Edmonton. As Alberta is a province rich in natural resources, the university offers a range of majors in relevant fields such as agriculture, forestry and petroleum engineering. The University of Alberta also has the nation's only Faculty of Native Studies, where students can major or take courses in Native languages and cultures. Students who want a French-speaking environment can enroll at the Campus Saint Jean, western Canada's only Francophone campus. Liberal arts degrees entirely in French are offered at this campus, along with bilingual degrees in business and nursing. A shuttle bus travels between campuses so that students who choose to live or study at Campus Saint Jean still have access to all the amenities of the main campus.
Located in Vancouver, the province's largest city, the University of British Columbia is known for its natural beauty and outstanding academics. Although the university has more than 40,000 students, there are a number of initiatives to promote a "small campus" atmosphere. For example, first-year students in the Faculty of Science can enroll in the Coordinated Science Program, where they take all their first-year math and science courses with the same cohort of 30 students. Notable programs include the bachelor's in midwifery, the only program of its kind in British Columbia, and the Faculty of Forestry, which offers undergraduate degrees in subjects such as forest sciences and natural resource conservation.