U of T ranked top 10 internationally in six subjects: QS ranking
Published: March 8, 2017
The 狐狸视频 has top 10 international ranking in six subjects, says the independent .
In the report released today, U of T ranked in the top 10 globally in nursing (6th), sports-related subjects (6th), anatomy & physiology (8th), geography (9th), computer science (10th) and education (10th). Medicine, anthropology and religious studies just missed the top 10 list, landing in 11th place.
Among Canadian universities, U of T was first in all five of the broad subject areas and first in 32 of the 43 subjects in which the university was ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds.
Globally, the results place the 狐狸视频 among the world鈥檚 elite institutions in all five subject areas and in 43 of the 46 subjects surveyed. The university scored even higher when public higher education institutions alone were counted in the subject areas ranked.
The news comes one day after placed U of T in a group of 53 institutions that 鈥渉ave the greatest chance of catching up with and surpassing the likes of Oxbridge and the Ivy League.鈥 THE editors cited U of T鈥檚 clinical ranking as a primary reason for adding it to a list of 鈥渋nternational powerhouse institutions.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to see the breadth and depth of the research programs offered at the 狐狸视频 once again globally recognized for their excellence across the board,鈥 said Vivek Goel, U of T鈥檚 vice-president of research and innovation.
To compile the rankings, QS evaluated 4,438 global universities, qualified 3,098 and ranked 1,117 institutions in total. More than 127 million citations attributions were analyzed and the company verified the provision of more than 18,900 programs.
The QS subject ranking includes five broad subject areas and 46 narrow subject-level rankings in a hierarchical structure. This is a new format for 2017 and the inclusion of the broad subject areas is a replacement for the QS Faculty Area Rankings that haven鈥檛 been published since 2015.
The QS subject ranking results are based on four measures: academic survey results, employer review survey results, citations per faculty and the H 鈥揑ndex, which attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist of scholar.
Read ranking results from U.S. News & World Report
Read U of T in fourth spot in 2016 National Taiwan University Ranking
Read U of T scored 22nd in THE's world university rankings
Read about the overall QS ranking
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