One of Canada’s fortes is good quality of education across the country and on this note, we’ll be sharing with you the top 5 most ranked universities in Canada in this article.
A good number of Canada’s universities are widely known for promoting a global outlook by recruiting foreign staff and students as well as encouraging international collaborations.
This will amount to there being a large community of foreign staff and students at any university in Canada.
The QS World University Rankings includes quite a number of Canada’s top universities, which are ranked on the basis of a methodology which assesses each university’s academic, employer reputations, research impact, etc abilities.
Here’s a list of the country’s top 5 most ranked universities.
- University of Toronto
- McGill University
- University of British Columbia
- Université de Montréal
- University of Alberta
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Top on the list of university rankings in Canada is the University of Toronto in joint 25th worldwide.
A globally top-ranked public research institution, The University of Toronto is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The university went up four places in this year’s rankings and has earned high scores across most of the indicators, especially academic reputation, where it takes the 15th spot worldwide.
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
As one of Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning, McGill university is one of the leading universities in the globe.
The University which is located in Montreal, holds second place in ranking in Canada this year, going up four places in the rankings to joint 31st.
McGill University boasts 12 Nobel Laureates and 145 Rhodes Scholars in its alumni as well as Justin Trudeau, Canada’s current prime minister.
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Next on the list at top three, is the University of British Columbia taking third place in Canada and at 45th in the world, after going six places up this year.
Being 48th in the world ranking for the academic reputation indicator, the University of British Columbia looks to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo.
The institution of higher learning is a global center for teaching and research and has consistently been ranked in the top 20 public universities in the globe.
UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL
Université de Montréal, alongside its affiliated institutions, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal, is the leading center of higher education in Quebec.
Université de Montréal overtook the University of Alberta this year to claim the fourth place in Canada.
Université De Montréal is a French language public research university in Montreal which was founded in 1878 and has over 67,350 students, with 10,000 of them being international students.
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
The University of Alberta located in Edmonton is one of Canada’s top research and teaching universities, with its international reputation for excellence across the engineering, sciences, humanities, business, creative arts, and health sciences.
The University of Alberta dropped six places this year to land in the 119th place. The University of Alberta has a student base of 40,000 students and comprises four campuses. The international faculty indicator is where the university earns its highest score.
