Campus life at the University of Toronto. (Photograph by Andrew Tolson) PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW TOLSON

World ranking names nine Canadian universities to prestigious list for 2019

University of Toronto, UBC and McGill among the top 100 schools

September 26, 2018

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The University of Toronto, UBC and McGill are the top three Canadian universities on the 2019 World University Rankings, published by Times Higher Education. Overall, nine schools from Canada ranked among the top 200 on the global list, up from just six schools in the previous year. As the top ranked Canadian school, the University of Toronto placed 21st on the list, followed by UBC at 37 and McGill, which landed at 44, a tie with the Technical University of Munich. Meanwhile, the University of Montreal cracked the top 100 for the first time since 2013, claiming the 90th spot. New Canadian additions to the top 200 include the University of Ottawa (176), Western University (190) and the University of Calgary (199). Overall, the University of Oxford placed first on the ranking, followed by the University of Cambridge, Stanford University, MIT and the California Institute of Technology. For the past 15 years, Times Higher Education, a data and analysis firm, has ranked research-intensive universities around the world on indicators ranging from reputation to research citations to percentage of international students to their staff-to-student ratio. It ranks 1,250 highereducation institutions in 86 countries. Canadian schools

Canada Table

Institution name	2019 global ranking	2018 global
		ranking
University of Toronto	21	22
University of British Columbia	37	34
McGill University	44	42
McMaster University	77	78
University of Montreal	90	108
University of Alberta	132	119
University of Ottawa	176	201-250
Western University	190	201-250
University of Calgary	199	201-250
University of Waterloo	201-250	201-250
Dalhousie University	251-300	251-300
Laval University	251-300	251-300
Queen's University	251-300	251-300
Simon Fraser University	251-300	251-300
University of Victoria	301-350	301-350
York University	351-400	351-400
University of Manitoba	401-500	401-500
University of Saskatchewan	401-500	401-500
Carleton University	501-600	501-600
University of Guelph	501-600	NR
Memorial University of Newfoundland	501-600	501-600
Concordia University	601-800	501-600
Université du Québec	601-800	501-600
University of Regina	601-800	601-800
Université de Sherbrooke	601-800	501-600
University of Windsor	601-800	601-800
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)	801-1000	601-800