McGill University Trust

The Charity is a charitable company limited by guarantee (company number 03031537; charity number 1044904) and is governed by Articles of Association. Clause 4 of the Articles sets out the following charitable objects:

“…to further such objects and purposes in any part of the world as are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to advance and promote education, religion and other charitable purposes connected with a university in Montreal Quebec Canada entitled the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning and generally known as McGill University (“the University”) and its students (whether past, present or prospective) including:

(a) the provision of scholarships exhibitions bursaries or maintenance allowances to students from the United Kingdom to enable or assist them to attend the University;
(b) the provision of special prizes grants or rewards to scholars and in particular to past and present students at the University;
(c) the endowment of fellowships and professorships at the University; and
(d) the provision, improvement, replacement or repair of buildings or other fixed and other equipment and assets of the University whether by making new additions to them or otherwise.”