How do Canada’s universities rate internationally?

The University of Toronto, University of British Columbia and McGill University are once again the top three Canadian schools in an international comparison. This time it’s the Times Higher Education‘s 2013-14 World University Rankings. Those same three are gold, silver and bronze in the Medical Doctoral category of the Maclean’s 2014 Rankings and on the other two global lists, QS and ARWU.

Once again, 19 Canadian universities are on Times’ list. The rankings are based on 13 performance indicators including the learning environment, research volume and citations. The top three overall are the California Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Oxford University. All of the top 10 are in the U.S. or U.K.

Here are all the Canadian schools that made the list with last year’s ranks in parentheses:

20. University of Toronto (21)
31. University of British Columbia (30)
35. McGill University (34)
92. McMaster University (88)
106. University of Montreal (84)
109. University of Alberta (121)
185. University of Ottawa (171)
201-225. University of Calgary (226-250)
201-225. University of Laval (226-250)
201-225. University of Victoria (196)
226-250. Queen’s University (201-225)
226-250. Simon Fraser University (226-250)
226-250. University of Waterloo (226-250)
226-250. Western University (226-250)
251-275. Dalhousie University (251-275)
276-300. Carleton University (226-250)
276-300. York University (301-350)
301-350. University of Manitoba (301-350)
351-400. University of Guelph (301-350)

Times also ranks six general subject areas. Here are all of the Canadian schools in the top 100:

Arts & Humanities: Toronto (12), McGill (31) and UBC (34)

Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health: Toronto (15), McGill (18), McMaster (26), UBC (30), Montreal (68), Alberta (86) and Queen’s (93)

Engineering & Technology: Toronto (22), UBC (48), McGill (59) and Waterloo (67)

Life Sciences: UBC (23), Toronto (26), McGill (29) and Montreal (76)

Physical Sciences: Toronto (17), UBC (26), McGill (58), Victoria (90) and Carleton (91)

Social Sciences: Toronto (19), UBC (20), McGill (27) and Montreal (97)