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:

Indicator Weightage
Academic Reputation 40
Employer Reputation 10
Student/Faculty Ratio 20
Citations per Faculty 20
International Faculty Ratio 5
International Student Ratio 5

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.  

Subject 2018 Rank 2017 Rank 2016 Rank
Nursing 2 6 3
Sports Related Subjects 6 6 -
Anthropology 8 11 12
Social Policy and Administration 8 18 15
Anatomy and Physiology 8 8 -
Geography 9 9 10
Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies 8 11 -
Computer Science and Information Systems 10 10 11
Education and Training 11 10 11
English Language and Literature 12 12 13
Library & Information Management 11 - -
Life Sciences and Medicine 13 15 -
Medicine 11 11 12
Philosophy 13 18 17
History 14 12 14
Politics 14 12 24
Development Studies 15 15 14
Pharmacy & Pharmacology 15 21 24
Biological Sciences 16 13 14
Earth and Marine Sciences 17 14 14
Statistics and Operational Research 17 17 16
Law and Legal Studies 18 17 19
Sociology 18 17 19
Mathematics 19 16 14
Psychology 18 12 12
Linguistics 20 22 22
Chemistry 21 20 24
Arts and Humanities 22 18 -
Economics and Econometrics 22 21 23
Natural Sciences 23 22 -
Engineering - Electrical and Electronic 24 30 27
Physics & Astronomy 23 25 32
Accounting and Finance 24 28 34
Engineering - Mineral & Mining 25 17 30
Modern Languages 30 22 19
Classics & Ancient History 33 - -
Engineering - Civil and Structural 33 31 31
Archaeology 34 27 21
Environmental Studies 33 31 37
Social Sciences and Management 34 30 -
Engineering – Mechanical 36 32 37
Engineering – Chemical 39 34 37
Business & Management Studies 41 35 35
Engineering and Technology 43 34 -
Architecture 43 39 33
Dentistry 42 48 47
Performing Arts 47 51-100 51-100
Materials Sciences 51-100 49 39
Agriculture & Forestry 51-100 51-100 51-100
Art & Design 51-100 51-100 51-100

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.

Indicators Indicators Breakdown Weightage
Teaching Reputation Survey 18%
Research Income 6%
Research Papers publish per faculty member 6%
Research Reputation Survey 18%
Research Income 6%
Research Papers publish per faculty member 6%
Research Citations University’s research obtained normalized by subject area 30%
International Outlook International to Domestic Student Ratio 2.5%
International to Domestic Staff Ratio 2.5%
International Research Collaboration 2.5%
Industry Income Industry Income earned relative to number of academic staff employed 2.5%

University of Toronto is ranked 22nd in THE World University Rankings 2018, with an overall score of 82.8. The university was ranked 24th 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.

Domain (Subject/Area) Global Rank 2018
Law 10
Education 11
Psychology 13
Engineering & Technology 29
Life Sciences 22
Physical Sciences 29
Social Sciences 27
Business & Economics 22
Computer Science 22
Arts & Humanities 15
Clinical, pre-Clinical and Health 19

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:

Indicators Description Weightage
Alumni Number of alumni who has won Nobel Prize of Field Medals 10%
Awards Number of staff who has won Nobel Prize or Field Medals 20%
Highly Cited Researchers Number of highly cited researchers from the institutions 20%
Papers in Nature and Science Number of articles published in a 4-year span. This does not apply for Social Sciences and Humanities 20%
Papers Indexed Number of papers indexed in the Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Indexin the previous year. Double weightage for papers indexed in Social Science Citation 20%
Per capita Performance Weighted scores of all indicators divided by number of full time equivalent academic staff 10%

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.

Subject 2017 Rank
Aerospace Engineering 18
Automation & Control 13
Biomedical Engineering 17
Biotechnology 9
Business Administration 17
Chemical Engineering 51-75
Civil Engineering 19
Clinical Medicine 16
Communication 76-100
Computer Science Engineering 13
Dentistry & Oral Sciences 22
Education 43
Electrical & Electronics Engineering 46
Energy Science & Engineering 101-150
Environmental Science & Engineering 23
Instruments Science & Technology 101-150
Law 24
Library & Information Sciences 43
Management 12
Material Science & Engineering 51-75
Mechanical Engineering 51-75
Medical Technology 3
Mining & Mineral Engineering 9
Nano Science & Nano Technology 51-75
Nursing 12
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 51-75
Political Sciences 40
Psychology 2
Public Administration 22
Public Health 5
Sociology 25
Statistics 13
Telecommunication Engineering 51-75
Transportation Science & Technology 35
Water Resources 101-150
Mathematics 27
Chemistry 29
Geography 22
Ecology 40
Biological Sciences 20
Human Biological Sciences 6
Economics 24
Finance 9

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.

Measured Groups Indicator Weightage
Teaching Academic Staff per Student 8%
Academic staff per Bachelor degrees awarded 8%
Doctoral degree awarded per Staff 8%
Doctoral degree awarded per Bachelor degree awarded 8%
World Teaching Reputation 8%
Research Citations per academic and research staff 8%
Doctoral degrees per admitted PhD 8%
Normalized Citation Impact 8%
Papers per academic and research staff 8%
World Research Reputation 8%
International Diversity Share of International academic staff 2%
Share of International students 2%
Share of International co-authored papers 2%
Reputation outside region 2%
International Level 2%
Financial Stability Institutional income per academic staff 2%
Institutional income per students 2%
Papers per research income 2%
Research income per academic and research staff 2%
Research income per institutional income 2%

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:

Domain (Area/Subject) Rank in 2017 Rank in 2016 Rank in 2015
Medical Sciences 6 2 10
Humanities 62 62 47
Social Sciences 76 80 44
Technical Sciences 127 95 87
Life Sciences 142 96 74
Natural Sciences 194 128 67

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.

Indicator Weightage
Number of Articles 21%
Citations Received 21%
Total Scholarly Documents published 10%
Citation Total Impact 15%
Article Impact Total 18%
International Collaboration 15%

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:

Field Rank in 2017
Mathematical Sciences 43
Physical Sciences 24
Chemical Sciences 26
Environmental Sciences 38
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences 3
Information and Computing Sciences 14
Biological Sciences 5
Engineering 36
Technology 40
Medical and Health Sciences 2
Education 2
Economics 15
Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services 11
Studies in Human Society 3
Law and Legal Studies 16
Studies in Creative Arts and Writing 28
Language, Communication and Culture 1
Statistics 17
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 44
Dentistry 24
Pharmacology 3
Urban Planning 7
Sociology 3
Psychology 4
Film and Digital Media 50
Archeology 28
History 8
Business 16
Philosophy 9

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:

Indicator Weightage
Quality of Education 25%
Alumni Employment 25%
Quality of Faculty 25%
Publication 5%
Influence 5%
Citations 5%
Broad Impact 5%
Patents 5%

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.

Subject Rank
Anesthesiology 2
Behavioral Sciences 2
Biochemical Research Methods 8
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 3
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology 9
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems 4
Cell and Tissue Engineering 3
Cell Biology 8
Clinical Neurology 4
Critical Care Medicine 2
Developmental Biology 5
Education and Educational Research 10
Education, Scientific Disciplines 2
Emergency Medicine 6
Endocrinology and Metabolism 4
Biomedical Engineering 4
Ergonomics 6
Ethnic Studies 6
Family Studies 7
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 3
Genetics and Heredity 6
Geography 6
Health Care Sciences and Services 2
Health Policy and Services 7
Hematology 5
History and Philosophy of Sciences 5
Industrial Relations and Labor 8
Linguistics 4
Mathematical and Computational Biology 10
Mathematics 10
Medical Informatics 9
Medical Laboratory Technology 6
General and Internal Medicine 3
Research and Experimental Medicine 7
Multidisciplinary Sciences 10
Neuroimaging 8
Neurosciences 6
Obstetrics and Gynecology 9
Oncology 3
Orthopedics 6
Otorhinolaryngology 4
Paleontology 10
Pathology 5
Pediatrics 3
Peripheral Vascular Disease 3
Pharmacology and Pharmacy 3
Physiology 7
Psychiatry 8
Psychology 9
Experimental Psychology 3
Multidisciplinary Psychology 3
Social Psychology 4
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health 9
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging 2
Rehabilitation 1
Respiratory System 4
Rheumatology 3
Social Issues 5
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 3
Social Work 2
Sport Sciences 9
Surgery 4
Transplantation 3
Transportation 10
Urban Studies 7
Urology and Nephrology 3

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.

Broad Field Rank based on Citation Impact Rank Based on Scientific Collaboration
Biomedical and Health Sciences 2 3
Life and Earth Sciences 42 47
Mathematics and Computer Science 30 34
Physical Sciences and Engineering 55 53
Social Sciences and Humanities 3 3