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鶹ֱapp ranks 17th globally, up one spot, in U.S. News & World Report university rankings

A student walks by a building on the 鶹ֱapp Mississauga campus
(photo by Stephen Dagg)

The University of Toronto has climbed one spot to 17th globally in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking.

placed 鶹ֱapp first in Canada and 17th in the world, continuing an upward climb from the previous year when 鶹ֱapp moved into 18th position from 20th

Among public universities, 鶹ֱapp ranked seventh globally – up one spot from last year – and fifth in North America.

“I’m delighted that the University of Toronto continues to be ranked among the top 20 universities in the world by U.S. News and World Report,” said 鶹ֱapp President Meric Gertler. “鶹ֱapp’s consistently strong performance in these and other rankings is testament to our research excellence across a diverse array of fields, from medicine and life sciences to the arts, humanities and social sciences.

“It reflects the growing impact of 鶹ֱapp’s students, faculty, staff and librarians on the research landscape regionally, nationally and around the world.”

鶹ֱapp’s strong performance in the U.S. News & World Report ranking comes on the heels of the recent National Taiwan University Ranking – another research-focused ranking – that ranked 鶹ֱapp third in the world, up one spot from a year earlier. In September, Times Higher Education ranked 鶹ֱapp 18th globally in its closely watched World University Rankings.

In addition to the overall ranking, U.S. News & World Report ranked 鶹ֱapp first in Canada in 30 of 38 subject areas. It was also named among the top 10 universities in the world in 12 subject areas: oncology (4th), surgery (4th), clinical medicine (5th), endocrinology and metabolism (5th), cardiac and cardiovascular systems (6th), arts and humanities (8th), psychiatry/psychology (8th), gastroenterology and hepatology (9th), radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging (9th), biology and biochemistry (10th), cell biology (10th) and social sciences and public health (10th).

The U.S. News & World Report ranking assessed 1,500 universities from 87 countries through the lens of research performance, as measured by indicators such as global and regional reputations, citations, scholarly publications, international collaboration and citation impact. Data was obtained from Clarivate Analytics.

The methodology used to compile the rankings was identical to 2020, though this year’s edition featured the addition of 10 new subject areas.

Two other Canadian schools joined 鶹ֱapp among the top 100 globally in the most recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report: University of British Columbia, which ranked 31st, and McGill University, which ranked 51st.

The top five universities in the 2021 edition of the ranking were Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Oxford.

Overall, 鶹ֱapp continues to be the highest-ranked Canadian university and ranked among the top 25 universities globally in the five most closely watched international rankings: Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities Rankings and National Taiwan University World University Ranking.

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