Administrator mtlurb Posted November 14, 2007 Administrator Share Posted November 14, 2007 McGill takes 12th spot in global ranking ELIZABETH CHURCH From Thursday's Globe and Mail November 8, 2007 at 5:05 AM EST An international ranking of universities has put Montreal's McGill University in 12th spot, the highest rank to be reached by a Canadian institution. The annual rating, done by London-based Times Higher-QS World University Rankings, moved McGill up from its 21st placement last year. Ten other Canadian universities made the top 200 list, with the University of British Columbia finishing in the 33rd spot and the University of Toronto in the 45th. "This is such a source of pride for us. It shows that McGill is moving in the right direction," principal Heather Munroe-Blum said. The placement means McGill is now the top-ranked public university in North America, she said. It also demonstrates that the practice of concentrating resources on areas of excellence such as neuroscience, developmental biology and law is showing results, she added. "We have chosen our spots very carefully in areas where we can be leaders in the world." The rating, which was to be released this morning in London, comes at an important time for McGill as it looks to tap its network of alumni for a major fundraising campaign and is striving to increase its profile. Harvard University once again was placed at the top of the international ranking, which was conducted by an independent firm, sold off by the owners of the Times of London in 2005. Oxford, Cambridge and Yale all shared second place. The survey considers a number of factors in its rankings and gathers input from more than 5,000 academics around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator mtlurb Posted November 14, 2007 Author Administrator Share Posted November 14, 2007 They didn't mention that Université de Montréal was rated 92, two Montréal universities in the top 100!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesseps Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 woot go McGill. Guess #1 goes to a school in Britain or the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTLskyline Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 ^ Yeah 1. Harvard 2. Oxford, Cambridge and Yale (3-way tie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornello Mastrocola Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 GO redmen!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornello Mastrocola Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Université de Montréal was rated 92. Was that the highest rated French University? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbx Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 The Ecole Normale Superieure (26) & the Ecole Polytechnique (28) of France are the two top french speaking schools in the ranking. However, they can't be considered as "universities" per se as they only welcome very few students (about 2000 each) compared to douzens of thousands for the UofM. Here's the ranking (present year, last year) 1 1 HARVARD University United States 2= 2 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom 2= 3 University of OXFORD United Kingdom 2= 4= YALE University United States 5 9 Imperial College LONDON United Kingdom 6 10 PRINCETON University United States 7= 7 CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States 7= 11 University of CHICAGO United States 9 25 UCL (University College LONDON) United Kingdom 10 4= MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 11 12 COLUMBIA University United States 12 21 MCGILL University Canada 13 13 DUKE University United States 14 26 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States 15 23 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States 16 16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia 17 19= University of TOKYO Japan 18 33= University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 19 6 STANFORD University United States 20= 35= CARNEGIE MELLON University United States 20= 15 CORNELL University United States 22 8 University of California, BERKELEY United States 23 33= University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom 24 46= King's College LONDON United Kingdom 25 29= KYOTO University Japan 26 18 Ecole Normale Supérieure, PARIS France 27 22 University of MELBOURNE Australia 28 37 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France 29 42 NORTHWESTERN University United States 30 40 University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom 31 35= The University of SYDNEY Australia 32 54= BROWN University United States 33= 50= University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada 33= 45 University of QUEENSLAND Australia 33= 19= National University of SINGAPORE Singapore 36 14 PEKING University China 37 64= University of BRISTOL United Kingdom 38= 50= The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 38= 29= University of MICHIGAN United States 40 28 TSINGHUA University China 41 31 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 42 24 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland 43 38 MONASH University Australia 44 41 University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia 45 27 University of TORONTO Canada 46 70= OSAKA University Japan 47 66 BOSTON University United States 48 69 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands 49 43 NEW YORK University (NYU) United States 50 46= The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand 51= 63 SEOUL National University Korea, South 51= 32 University of TEXAS at Austin United States 53= 58= HONG KONG University of Science & Technology Hong Kong 53= 78 TRINITY College Dublin Ireland 55= 84 University of WASHINGTON United States 55= 79= University of WISCONSIN‐Madison United States 57 73 University of WARWICK United Kingdom 58 44 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States 59 17 LONDON School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom 60 58= HEIDELBERG University Germany 61 96 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium 62 105= University of ADELAIDE Australia 63 86 DELFT University of Technology Netherlands 64 111= University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia 65= 90= University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 65= 98 Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München (MUNICH) Germany 67 82= Technische Universität MÜNCHEN Germany 68 102= University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom 69 61= NANYANG Technological University Singapore 70 85 University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom 71= 61= DARTMOUTH College United States 71= 111= UPPSALA University Sweden 73 77 University of ILLINOIS United States 74= 56 EMORY University United States 74= 124= University of YORK United Kingdom 76 109= University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom 77= 88 University of PITTSBURGH United States 77= 127 PURDUE University United States 79 111= University of MARYLAND United States 80= 121 University of LEEDS United Kingdom 80= 141= University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom 82 53 VANDERBILT University United States 83 81 University of GLASGOW United Kingdom 84 90= LEIDEN University Netherlands 85= 60 CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States 85= 116= FUDAN University China 85= 87 University of VIENNA Austria 88 176 QUEEN'S University Canada 89 95 UTRECHT University Netherlands 90= 99= PENNSYLVANIA STATE University United States 90= 118 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan 92 102= RICE University United States 93= 54= University of COPENHAGEN Denmark 93= 181= University of MONTREAL Canada 95 48= University of ROCHESTER United States 96 170= University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States 97= 133= University of ALBERTA Canada 97= 145 GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States 99 141= CARDIFF University United Kingdom 100 116= University of HELSINKI Finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgill Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 What they don't mention is that they actually invited over 200,000 academics from all over the world and only 5,000 responded, AND that's 5,000 over a three year period! The response rate is less than 1% per year. A reminder that all rankings, as flattering as they may be, are to be taken lightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francely57 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Comme j'ai dit à mon ami de l'Université de Montréal (93e meilleure université du monde), nous (12e meilleure université de la Terre) devons prendre ce titre avec humilité et retenue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErickMontreal Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 McGill University improves world ranking The Gazette Published: 6 hours ago McGill University rose three spots in the most recent annual world ranking of universities. According to Shanghai Jiao Tong University's 2008 list, McGill is ranked 60th in the world, 42nd in North and Latin America and third in Canada. Harvard University captured first place worldwide and in the Americas; the University of Toronto took first place in Canada. Shanghai University researchers studied about 1,200 universities to compile the list, taking into account such factors as the number of Nobel Prizes awarded to faculty and staff, publications by faculty, research citations and per capita academic performance. View the full results at www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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