For more than 185 years, McGill has distinguished itself as one of the world's great public universities, renowned for outstanding students, professors and alumni, for achievement in teaching and research, and for its distinctive international character and reach. McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and the country's leading research-intensive University. With students coming to McGill from about 140 countries, their student body is the most internationally diverse of any medical-doctoral university in Canada. The oldest university in Montreal, McGill was founded in 1821 from a generous bequest by James McGill, a prominent Scottish merchant. Since that time, McGill has grown from a small college to a bustling university with two campuses, 11 faculties, some 300 programs of study, and more than 32,000 students. The University partners with four affiliated teaching hospitals to graduate over 1,000 health care professionals each year.

The McGill New Residence Hall (formerly a Marriott Renaissance Hotel) is located in downtown Montreal, only steps away from major business centers, art galleries and museums, the subway, world famous underground shopping centers and fabulous entertainment and restaurants. On premises you will find a grocery store, post office, beauty palor, cleaners, movie theater, clothing stores, dentist, restaurants, coffee shop, health club and many other shops. On premises you will find the following amenities:

* Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
* Billiard and TV lounge
* Bilingual staff
* Cafeteria and catering service
* Disabled ramp and wheelchair access
* Front Desk open 24 hours
* Ice Machines
* Meeting and banquet facilities for up to 700 people
* Piano
* Public indoor parking
* Shopping mall at lower level
* Snack and beverage vending machines
* 96 standard single rooms with one Queen size bed
* 264 standard double rooms with two double beds
* Adjoining rooms available
* Air conditioning
* Complimentary toiletries
* Hairdryer
* Free high-speed Internet access
* Iron and board
* Laundry room
* Pets are not allowed
* Private Bathroom
* Refrigerator
* Rollaway beds available
* Rooms to accommodate physically challenged guests available
* Smoke detectors and sprinklers
* Telephone and voice mail (free local calls)
* Television and cable
* Wake up call service
* Work desk