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U of T rises one spot to place 21st in Times Higher Education rankings of world's best universities

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The 狐狸视频 has moved up one spot, to 21st place, rankings of the world鈥檚 best universities.

The 2019 rankings, released today, also saw U of T retain its positions as Canada鈥檚 top university and one of the top 10 publicly funded institutions in the world.

鈥淲e are very pleased to see the 狐狸视频 once again ranked among the world鈥檚 best universities,鈥 said U of T President Meric Gertler.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a recognition of both the strength and impact of the research, as well as the exceptional quality of teaching, that takes place across U of T鈥檚 three campuses every day.鈥

Times Higher Education, a weekly magazine based in London, U.K., uses 13 indicators to rank the world鈥檚 universities. The indicators are broadly grouped into five categories: research, citations, teaching, industry income and international outlook. 

The world-class research produced at U of T, in fields ranging from African studies to radiation oncology, played a significant role in the university鈥檚 strong showing. That鈥檚 because Times Higher Education places the heaviest emphasis on research, citations and teaching in its rankings.

The top schools in the 2019 Times Higher Education rankings were largely unchanged from last year. The first three spots were once again held by University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Stanford University.

The other Canadian universities in the rankings鈥 top 100 were the University of British Columbia (37th), McGill University (44th), McMaster University (77th) and Universit茅 de Montr茅al (90th), which climbed 18 places to enter the top 100 for the first time since 2013.

Editors at Times Higher Education said Canada has a unique opportunity to further establish itself in the higher education landscape as both the U.S. and U.K. become more inward-looking when it comes to issues surrounding immigration. 

鈥淕overnment initiatives to increase the number of overseas students studying in the country and provide additional support to such students are likely to further improve [Canada鈥檚] already-strong higher education sector,鈥 Ellie Bothwell, the editor of global rankings, said in a statement.

Several schools in China made significant gains in the rankings. Tsinghua University, for example, was up eight places to 22nd, the University of Science and Technology of China was up 39 places to 93rd and Zhejiang University was up 76 places to 101st.

, President Gertler explained how U of T has capitalized on its location in Toronto, one of the world鈥檚 most livable cities, to recruit top faculty and students from around the world.  That includes finding novel ways to work on city-building initiatives with communities surrounding U of T鈥檚 three Toronto-area campuses and the launch of a new School of Cities, which is charged with finding solutions to the most pressing challenges facing the world鈥檚 urban areas.

鈥淥ur strategy has provided a framework for leveraging more systematically the benefits of 鈥榖eing there,鈥 in a culturally rich, economically vibrant urban region,鈥 President Gertler wrote. 鈥淚n the process, it has enhanced our ability to achieve our core academic objectives.鈥

U of T鈥檚 strong showing in the latest Times Higher Education rankings comes on the heels of similarly robust performance in another ranking by the same organization earlier this year focused on university reputations. In that ranking, U of T placed 22nd in the world 鈥 and first in Canada 鈥 based on the power of its university brand. That鈥檚 up two spots from the previous year.

Overall, U of T continues to be the highest ranked Canadian university and one of the world鈥檚 top-ranked public universities in the five principal international rankings: Times Higher Education, QS World Rankings, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, U.S. News Best Global Universities and National Taiwan University.

U of T is also among only a handful of global universities to be highly ranked across all disciplinary fields.

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