QS World University Rankings, a world university ranking company, surveyed 1,500 universities around the world and announced that the University of Toronto ranked 13th in the world.
The University of Toronto was recognized for its excellence in several areas, including securing scholarships, research, and teaching methods. Montreal’s McGill University moved up one spot to No. 30.
McGill University is a large university with 40,000 students and 1,500 permanent faculty. The University of British Columbia UBC ranked in the top 100 at number 34. Last year it was 47th. In Canada, only the above three universities ranked in the world’s top 100. MIT, which monopolized the top university position for the past 10 years, was also rated the best this time.
QS, which began evaluating universities in 2004, looked at faculty-to-student ratios, faculty ratings, opinions of employers who hire graduates, and academic achievement in the survey.