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| Established | 1974 |
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| Dean | Paul O'Byrne |
| Students | 5,000 |
| Location | , , |
| Website | Faculty of Health Sciences |
The McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The faculty was established in 1974 to oversee the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, and Graduate programs in health sciences. Today, the Faculty of Health Sciences oversees 5,000 students, 770 full-time faculty, more than 1,800 part-time faculty, and 28 Canada Research Chairs.[1][2] The faculty is well known for running the most competitive medical and undergraduate program in Canada. The MD program at McMaster University Medical School receives 5000 applications for 203 positions.[3] The BHSc program at McMaster University receives over 5100 applications for 210 positions annually and was ranked the most competitive undergraduate program in Canada by Yahoo Finance in 2016.[4][5] The faculty was ranked 25th in the world in the 2015 Times Higher Education World Rankings in the Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health category.
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- ^ "Canada Research Chairs". Archived from the original on 2007-11-04.
- ^ "Class of 2017 Statistics" (PDF). McMaster University. McMaster University. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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- ^ Lorde, Nisean. "The 5 toughest undergrad programs in Canada to enter". Yahoo Finance. Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 15 February 2016.