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Best engineering universities in Canada: 2018 ranking

Here are the 20 best engineering programs in Canada for 2018

Iranian visiting Ph.D. student Maryam Eslami works at a chemical engineering lab at McGill University in Montreal on Thursday, October 19, 2017. (Photograph by Dario Ayala)

Iranian visiting Ph.D. student Maryam Eslami works at a chemical engineering lab at McGill University. (Photograph by Dario Ayala)


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

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