Ph.D. students Beau Schlageter, left, and Petr Kolosov, right, working at a lab in the chemical engineering department at McGill University in Montreal. (Photograph by Dario Ayala) Photograph by Dario Ayala
Best engineering universities in Canada: 2018 ranking
Here are the 20 best engineering programs in Canada for 2018
Program Rankings Engineering - 2018
| School | Rank last year | Program reputation | Research reputation | Fractional publications | Fractional citations | Field Weighted citation impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Toronto | [1] | *1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. Waterloo | [2] | *1 | *2 | *2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3. UBC | [3] | 3 | *2 | *2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4. McGill | [5] | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 5. Alberta | [4] | 5 | 5 | *2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6. Montréal | [13] | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | *22 |
| *8. McMaster | [8] | *6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | *28 |
| *8. Queen's | [6] | *6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 20 |
| 9. Calgary | [7] | 8 | 9 | 7 | *7 | *24 |
| 10. Concordia | [16] | 11 | 15 | 8 | *12 | 19 |
| 11. Simon Fraser | [*17] | *15 | *19 | *17 | 19 | 6 |
| *12. UQAM | [*14] | *20 | 14 | *27 | *25 | *1 |
| *12. Ryerson | [9] | 24 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| *14. Victoria | [10] | 26 | *16 | *21 | 18 | 4 |
| *14. Wester | [*11] | 10 | 11 | 10 | *7 | *28 |
| 16. York | [*14] | *15 | *31 | 29 | 29 | *1 |
| *17. Carleton | N/A | *20 | *16 | 16 | 21 | 8 |
| *17. Ottawa | [*11] | *20 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 19. Dalhousie | [*20] | 14 | 23 | *17 | 16 | *16 |
| *20. Manitoba | N/A | *20 | *19 | 15 | 17 | *14 |
| *20. Saskatchewan | [19] | *15 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 18 |
*Indicates a tie
Subscribe to Message Board, our weekly newsletter guide to planning your post-secondary journey
Whether you’re a student, parent or guidance counsellor, Message Board is a resource you won’t want to miss out on.