June 15th, 2024 at 03:42 am

Top Canadian Universities in QS World University Rankings

For the second consecutive year, three of Canada’s best universities are included in the QS World University Rankings 2025.

QS is a global authority for analyzing higher education institutions. QS also claims that its World University Rankings are the ‘only ranking methodology to measure both employability and sustainability performance.’

Where Did Canada’s Top Universities Rank in QS World University Rankings for 2025?

Looking ahead to next year, QS has placed the following three schools near the top of its 2025 World University Rankings.

This year’s list featured almost 1500 institutions.

Notably, three of Canada’s top universities in the QS World University Rankings are situated in three popular provinces for newcomers.

All but one of Canada’s top ten institutions for 2025 are based in Ontario, British Columbia, or Quebec. The only exception is the University of Alberta.

University of Toronto (U of T)

• Overall ranking: 25.
• Overall score: 84.1 Score breakdown by component

Score by factor

• Academic Reputation: 99.7
• Faculty/Student Ratio: 44.9
• Citations per Faculty: 50.8
• Employer Reputation: 96.9
• International Faculty/Student Ratio: 96.9 (Faculty) and 96.1 (Student)
• Sustainability: 100
• Employment Outcomes: 98.7
• International Research Network: 97.7

What To Know About UofT

UofT is Canada’s highest-ranking post-secondary university for the second year in a row, despite falling a few spaces from 21st place in the QS World University Rankings the previous year.

However, UofT ranked first overall in the QS world ranking for sustainability.

With scores of 96.0 or above for academic reputation, employer reputation, employment outcomes, international research network, and both international ratios, UofT is once again rated as one of the world’s best postsecondary schools.

Note: This is UofT’s seventh appearance in QS’s top 30 in the last six years.

McGill University – McGill

• Overall ranking: 29.
• Overall score: 83.

Score by Factor

• Academic Reputation: 94.3
• Faculty/Student Ratio: 62.3
• Citations per Faculty: 57.9
• Employer Reputation: 87.6
• International Faculty/Student Ratio: 83.7 (Faculty) and 89.6 (Student)
• Sustainability: 99.1
• Employment Outcomes: 98.3
• International Research Network: 94.2

What to Know about McGill

McGill University is ranked as one of Canada’s top universities by QS World University Rankings.

McGill is now ranked in the top 30 of the QS World University Rankings, up one spot from last year and for the first time since 2022. This year also continues McGill’s 13-year streak of consistently ranking in the top 35 of the QS World University Rankings.

University of British Columbia (UBC)

• Overall ranking: 38.
• Overall score: 81.

Score by Factor

• Academic Reputation: 98.3
• Faculty/Student Ratio: 34.5
• Citations per Faculty: 57.7
• Employer Reputation: 94.3
• International Faculty/Student Ratio: 95.5 (Faculty) and 72.8 (Student)
• Sustainability: 99.8
• Employment Outcomes: 74.6
• International Research Network: 96.2

What to Know about UBC

After ranking 34th on the QS World University Rankings in 2024, UBC has dropped four places in the QS 2025 rankings.

UBC received a score of 94.2 or higher in five of QS’s eight assessed criteria, the most notable of which were academic reputation and sustainability. Just a few points behind UofT, UBC was ranked fourth overall in QS’ global sustainability rankings.

Which Schools rounded out Canada’s Top Ten?

Aside from Canada’s top universities in QS world rankings, special rankings have been created for some of the top international student destinations.

The following institutions, along with UofT, McGill, and UBC, make up Canada’s top ten post-secondary institutions for 2025, according to QS Rankings.

• University of Alberta (ranked #96 overall)
• University of Waterloo (ranked #115 overall)
• Western University (number 120 overall)
• Université de Montréal (#159 overall)
• McMaster University (number 176 overall)
• University of Ottawa (ranked 189 overall)
• Queen’s University (ranked 193 overall)
• University of Calgary (ranked #198 overall)

Who is QS?

QS releases the World University Rankings every year, identifying the best schools based on eight different criteria. Three of these characteristics were newly introduced after QS published its 2024 ranking.

The variables used to rate these universities/institutions are:

• Academic Reputation
• Faculty/Student Ratio
• Citations per Faculty
• Employer Reputation
• International Faculty/Student Ratio
• Sustainability
• Employment Outcomes
• International Research Network

Each school ranked in the QS World University Rankings receives an overall score as well as a score for each of the five variables listed above individually.

How does QS develop its ranking system?

QS now ranks institutions based on eight separate factors in its World University Rankings.

The following factors are listed in order of weight:

1. Academic Reputation

A school’s academic reputation is assessed by conducting polls with thousands of people ‘who teach and research’ in higher education.

2. Citations per Faculty

This criterion takes into account how many times a work written or produced by a faculty member at a given school has been cited by another publication in the last five years.

According to QS, ‘citations per faculty’ are used to assess an institution’s credibility in academic writing.

3. Employer Reputation

This is another survey-based criterion. This section of the QS methodology takes into account the views of global companies, who are asked to ‘identify up to ten local and thirty overseas universities that they believe’ will generate some of the most potentially employable graduates.

QS technique prioritizes low student-to-faculty ratios and small class sizes, resulting in a personalized and collaborative learning environment.

4. International Faculty/Student Ratio

Similar to the aforementioned student/faculty ratio component, this element of the QS system takes into account two ratios:

• The ratio of international faculty members to domestic faculty members.
• The ratio of international students to domestic students.

Note: Each of the above ratios is weighted at 5%, and QS indicates that these ratios are confirmed against official data whenever feasible.

5. Sustainability

This element assesses an institution and its alumni’s commitment to sustainability.

6. Employment outcomes

These factors assess an institution’s relative capacity to provide a high level of employability for its graduates.

7. International Research Network

According to the QS, a measure of ‘how universities build and sustain research partnerships resulting in internationally co-authored publications to collaborate on tackling the world’s challenges and disseminating vital findings to wider audiences.

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