Several publications in Canada release annual rankings of Canadian Universities. Most notably, rankings of universities in Canada is published annually by news magazine Maclean's under the name Maclean's University Rankings which began in 1991. Other publications include online sources such as The World University Rankings and CollegeSage's annual Canadian University Rankings. The primary aim of the rankings is to inform potential undergraduate applicants about Canadian universities based on a range of criteria, including student body characteristics, classes, faculty, finances, library, and reputation. The rankings are split into three categories: schools that focus on undergraduate studies with few to no graduate programs, schools that have both extensive undergraduate studies and an extensive selection of graduate programs and schools that have a professional medical program and a selection of graduate programs. A notable difference between rankings in the United States and Maclean's rankings, however, is that Maclean's excludes privately funded universities.
Starting in 2014, CampusRankings.ca publishes its Canadian University and College Rankings every year, which focuses mainly on undergraduate education. These rankings are student generated. Over 40,000 undergraduate students and alumni were asked to rate their schools. The survey was done across 135 schools in Canada. This data was used to develop a school matching quiz, [3] MatchU, where students are matched to schools based on their personality type and school preferences. These are available for free to students online.
In 2012, the Higher Education Strategy Associates published a study ranking Canadian Universities based on research strength. The study ranks Canadian Universities in two broad fields: Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Humanities.
Video Rankings of universities in Canada
International-based rankings
A number of Canadian universities, including all members of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, were ranked in the four major international universities rankings, including the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Ranking, the Times Higher Education World University Ranking, and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. Nine out of ten provinces have universities placed in international rankings, with Prince Edward Island being the only province whose university was not ranked in the four major rankings.
The following table lists the university's global rank with their national rank in parenthesis.
Notes:
Maps Rankings of universities in Canada
National-based rankings
Maclean's
Maclean's rankings focus on taking a measure of the "undergraduate experience", comparing universities in three peer groupings: Primarily Undergraduate, Comprehensive, and Medical Doctoral.
In addition to these three main categories, Maclean's also produces a reputation ranking for universities, as well as rankings for individual subjects.
Medical/Doctoral Universities
Maclean's ranking for "Medical/Doctoral" universities is for universities with a broad range of Ph.D programs and research, as well as an associated medical school. The Medical/Doctoral category includes some of the country's largest universities. The following is Maclean's 2017 ranking of medical/doctoral universities.
Comprehensive Universities
Maclean's ranking for comprehensive universities is for universities with a significant degree of research activity and a wide range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate, and professional degrees. The following is the 2017 edition of Maclean's comprehensive university ranking.
Undergraduate Universities
Maclean's rankings for primary undergraduate is for universities smaller in size, and offer fewer graduate programs then universities found in its other categories. The following is the 2017 edition of Maclean's undergraduate university ranking.
Criticism
The University of Calgary produced a formal study examining the ranking methodology, illuminating the factors that determined its rank and criticising certain aspects of the methodology. The University of Alberta, the University of Toronto and University of Manitoba have expressed displeasure over the ranking system.
Since September 2006, over 20 Canadian universities, including several of the most prestigious and largest universities such as the University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, Concordia University, McMaster University and Dalhousie University, jointly refused to participate. University of Alberta president Indira Samarasekera wrote that Maclean's initially filed a "Freedom of Information" request but that it was "too late" for the universities to respond. Samarasekera further stated, "Most of [the universities] had already posted the data online, and we directed Maclean's staff to our Web sites. In instances where the magazine staff couldn't find data on our Web site, they chose to use the previous year's data."
See also
- College and university rankings
References
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