Earth Sciences students at Dalhousie University test chemical properties and velocity at a local watershed. (Photograph by Andrew Tolson) Photograph by Andrew Tolson
Best environmental science universities in Canada: 2018 ranking
Here are the 20 best universities for environmental science programs in Canada for 2018
Program Rankings environmental science - 2018
| School | Rank last year | Program reputation | Research reputation | Fractional publications | Fractional citations | Field Weighted citation impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. UBC | [1] | *1 | 1 | *1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. McGill | [2] | 3 | *2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 3. Toronto | [4] | *1 | *2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 4. Alberta | [5] | 4 | *2 | *1 | 2 | 18 |
| 5. Waterloo | [3] | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | *21 |
| 6. Simon Fraser | [7] | 7 | *6 | 16 | 13 | 4 |
| 7. Guelph | [6] | 6 | *6 | 8 | 10 | *21 |
| 8. Saskatchewan | [*10] | *8 | *8 | 6 | 6 | *10 |
| 9. Dalhousie | [13] | 10 | *12 | 11 | *11 | 8 |
| 10. Ottawa | [12] | *12 | *8 | 12 | *11 | *10 |
| 11. UQAM | [16] | *15 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 1 |
| 12. McMaster | [8] | 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 10 |
| 13. Victoria | [15] | *22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 3 |
| 14. Laval | [*19] | *15 | 11 | 7 | *8 | 25 |
| 15. Western | [14] | *19 | *8 | 14 | *8 | 19 |
| 16. Montréal | [9] | *32 | *25 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| *17. Carleton | [*17] | 27 | *17 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
| *17. Queen's | [*10] | 812 | *17 | 15 | 17 | *33 |
| *19. Lakehead | N/A | 25 | 24 | 30 | *28 | 9 |
| *19. Sherbrooke | [*17] | *29 | 27 | 29 | *26 | 6 |
*Indicates a tie
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