What is McMaster University?
[[File:McMaster University, seen from above and from the southwest (from Scenic Drive).jpg|thumb|right|250px|McMaster University in a [[Panorama|panoramic view]] in 2008]] '''McMaster University''' (commonly referred to as '''McMaster''' or '''Mac''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. The main campus is located on {{convert|121|ha|acre}} of land near the residential neighbourhoods of [[Ainslie Wood, Ontario|Ainslie Wood]] and [[Westdale, Ontario|Westdale]], Hamilton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rd-review.ca/eic/site/033.nsf/vwapj/sub198.pdf/$file/sub198.pdf|title=U15 Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development|publisher=Review of Federal Support to R&D|date=18 February 2011|access-date=22 July 2011|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313024055/http://rd-review.ca/eic/site/033.nsf/vwapj/sub198.pdf/$file/sub198.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=THE World Rankings Clinical|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/subject-ranking/subject/clinical-pre-clinical-health|website=THE|publisher=THE|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> It opened in [[Toronto]] in 1890. It was named after famous Canadian Senator [[William McMaster]] (1811–1887) who donated [[Canadian dollar|C$]]900,000 to create the university. It moved to a larger ground space in Hamilton in 1930.<ref name=MAC20>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/about_history_1920s.html|title=McMaster in the 1920s|work=History of McMaster|publisher=McMaster University|year=2008|access-date=13 November 2010|archive-date=8 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608165446/http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/about_history_1920s.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> McMaster was controlled by the [[Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec]] until it became a privately chartered, publicly funded non-denominational institution in 1957. The university is [[co-educati