Hamilton, Ontario, Canada's McMaster Institution (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university. On 121 hectares (300 acres) of land, the main McMaster campus is situated next to the Royal Botanical Gardens and close to the residential areas of Ainslie Wood and Westdale. [9] The DeGroote School of Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Science, and Science is one of its six academic departments. It belongs to the U15, a collection of Canadian universities with a focus on research.