McMaster University in Ontario is joining the Universitas 21 Group, becoming the 26^th member. The move was announced Friday at the U21 conference in Melbourne. McMaster is the second Canadian member, joining the University of British Columbia.

McMaster is a public, research intensive institution, which placed 66^th in last year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. This puts it 7^th in the U21 group, behind U Edinburgh, U British Columbia, Uni Maryland, UniMelb, Uni Queensland and U Zurich.