University of Toronto Mississauga Ranking

QS World University Rankings are global education rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds. It has been in existence since 2004. It was the first to be approved by International Ranking Expert group (IREG) hence it is read and trusted in high number. Total of 1130 universities across 75 countries have been assessed by QS.

Rankings of Global Universities, Rankings of Universities in Asia and Rankings of Universities in Latin America are the ones to be approved by IREG. Universities are ranked by taking a lot of factors into consideration. Score is given out of 100 to every institution and the indicators with their weightage are as follows:

All these factors taken into consideration form a comprehensive analysis of an institution. University of Toronto is ranked 31st in QS World University Rankings 2018. The ranking for year 2017 was 32 and for the year 2016 was 34. Also, U of T has been given the following scores on University Ranking:

• Overall score of 84
• 99.7 out of 100 in terms of Academic Reputation
• 50 out of 100 is given for Citations per Faculty
• 95.6 for Employer Reputation
• 74.5 for Faculty Students
• 97 out of 100 for International faculty
• 92.1 for International Students

The University of Toronto has been ranked 15 in 2018 and 19 in 2017 on Graduate Employability Ranking on the basis of following factors:

• Overall Score: 89. 6
• Alumni Outcomes: 95.8
• Employer-Student Connections: 60.7
• Employer Reputation: 90.3
• Graduate Employment Rate: 69.8
• Partnership with Employers: 95.5

Subject-wise Ranking by QS University

QS Rankings publish subject wise rankings for 48 different subjects in 5 subject areas. Factors which are considered are – Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Research Citations per year and H-index (productivity and impact of research paper). Different weightage is assigned to each of the factor for different kinds of subjects.

University of Toronto stands in top 10 universities globally for these subjects – Nursing, Geography, Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies and Computer Science & Information Systems.  

Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE)

Times Higher Education World University Rankings are global education rankings published by Times Higher Education Magazine. Earlier, THE gave rankings in collaboration with QS World Rankings but it made its separate ranking methodology in 2009.

THE takes 5 overall factors into account, which are further divided into 13 individual factors.

University of Toronto is ranked 22nd in THE World University Rankings 2018, with an overall score of 82.8. The university was ranked 24^th in the year 2017. The university has been ranked 24 in World Reputation Rankings. The scores given for University of Toronto are given below:

• Overall: 82.8
• Teaching: 74.6
• Research: 84.8
• Citations: 92.6
• Industry Income: 46.5
• International Outlook: 80.1

Subject-wise Ranking by THE

THE takes few factors into consideration using 13 indicators. These factors are – Teaching (the learning environment) with 30% weightage, Research (volume, income & reputation) with 30% weightage, Citations (research influence) with 30% weightage, International Outlook (staff, research, students) with 7.5% and Industry Income (knowledge transfer) with 2.5% weightage.

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is a China based ranking institute that publishes global rankings every year since 2009. Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is a fully independent organization dedicated to research and consultancy in education which publishes the rankings.

University of Toronto is ranked 23rd in Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017. ARWU also ranked it number 1 in Canada. The ranking in 2016 was 27 and in 2015 was 25.

ARWU takes 6 overall factors into consideration which are described below:

Performance of University of Toronto on the basis of Broad Subject Fields are:

• Natural Sciences and Mathematics: 51-75
• Engineering/ Technology and Computer Sciences: 50
• Life and Agricultural Sciences: 38
• Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy: 31
• Social Sciences: 20

Subject-wise Ranking by ARWU

Subject Wise Rankings of ARWU are prepared by taking 6 factors in account. These factors are PUB (Number of Publications), CNCI (Category Normalized Citation Impact), IC (International Collaboration), TOP (Number of Publications in Leading Journals) and AWARD (Faculties winning significant prizes) and Alumni. The weightage of these factors depends upon the subject under study.

According to ARWU Rankings, University of Toronto excels in subjects such as Psychology, Medical Technology, Public Health, Human Biological Sciences, Biotechnology and Finance.

Round University Rankings (RUR)

Round University Rankings is a Russia based ranking institute which ranks 930 institutes across 80 countries. RUR Ranking agency was established in 2013 in Moscow.

RUR ranks institutes on the basis of 4 primary factors which are divided into 20 indicators.

Round Ranking Agency ranks University of Toronto at 54th spot in global rankings. It ranks U of T at 3rd spot in Canada. Other category rankings are mentioned below:

• Teaching Ranking: 184
• Research Ranking: 29
• International Diversity Ranking: 57
• Financial Sustainability Ranking: 78
• Reputation Ranking: 29
• Academic Ranking: 39

Subject-wise Ranking by Round Ranking

Subject wise rankings of RUR are determined by taking similar factors as mentioned above. It publishes rankings for 6 domains. The rankings for University of Toronto are given below:

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)

URAP is a non-profit organization that is based in Middle East and focuses on ranking HEIs (Higher Education Institutes) on the basis of their academic excellence. It was established in 2009 and has been publishing rankings since 2011.

University of Toronto is ranked 2nd in URAP world rankings for the year 2017-2018, with a score of 569.53 out of 600.  It has been ranked number 1 university in Canada University Rankings by URAP.

URAP takes 6 indicators into consideration while calculation of the world rank.

Subject-wise Ranking by URAP

URAP consider 6 factors while giving rankings. University of Toronto is ranked best for subjects such as Language, Communication and Culture, Education, Medical and Health Sciences, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Studies in Human Society and Pharmacology.

Other rankings are given below:

Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)

CWUR is an organization which works for providing valuable strategic insights, policy advice and consultancy to universities. Since 2012, it is publishing academic ranking of global universities.

CWUR takes 8 factors into consideration which are as follows:

According to CWUR Rankings, University of Toronto stands at 28th spot globally. Other ranking given by URAP are:

• National Rank: 1
• Quality of Education Rank: 44
• Alumni Employment Rank; 71
• Quality of Faculty Rank: 22
• Publications Rank: 2
• Influence Rank: 16
• Citations Rank: 8
• Broad Impact Rank: 6
• Patents Rank: 205
• Overall Score: 59.09

Subject-wise Ranking by CWUR

CWUR gives universities subject wise rankings, on the basis of number of research articles published in top journals. CWUR obtains data from Clarivate Analytics for this purpose.

CWTS Leiden Ranking

CWTS Leiden Rankings are annual global university rankings. CTWS Leiden ranks 903 universities from 54 countries on the basis of Citation Impact and Scientific Collaboration.

CWTS Leiden Rankings use a complex system of obtaining the ranks using the number of papers published and international collaboration. University of Toronto is ranked 2nd in the CWTS Rankings, both in terms of Citation Impact and Scientific Collaboration.

Subject-wise Ranking by CWTS Leiden

CWTS Leiden rankings use Web of Science, which is the bibliographic database of Thomson Reuters, as the source of Data. Center for Science and Technology Studies of Leiden University (Netherlands) compiles these rankings.

Only core publications are taken into account which must follow certain criteria such as the thesis being published at a core journal. Also, international collaboration is another indicator that is used for ranking.