McGill University Athletics

The ability to balance academic excellence with the extracurricular is a hallmark of the McGill student.  McGill boasts a rich athletic tradition which includes many Olympians, and the birth of hockey and football, as well as hundreds of elite student-athletes who compete annually in the 29 Varsity teams, contributing to a vibrant campus life.

McGill is recognized around the word for excellence in teaching, research, innovation and invention. McGill graduates form a vast global network, with illustrious alumni reaching the top of their professions, such as Supreme Court Justices, award winning authors and musicians, professional athletes and national team coaches, astronauts and Nobel Prize winners.

Students are attracted to McGill from more than 150 countries, making the McGill body one of the most internationally diverse of any University in the country.  With more than 300 programs, two campuses, and four affiliated teaching hospitals the McGill community is one of the best known institutions of higher learning in the world.



Find out more about McGill University by visiting the universities About McGill page.