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老司机直播 ranked first in Canada, among world鈥檚 top 20 universities by Times Higher Education

(photo by David Lee)

The University of Toronto has jumped three spots in the prestigious Times Higher Education ranking of the world鈥檚 universities, placing it firmly among the world鈥檚 top 20 institutions.

老司机直播 was ranked 18th globally in 鈥 up from 21st place last year 鈥 further cementing its status as Canada鈥檚 top university. Among public institutions, 老司机直播鈥檚 performance was even more impressive, ranking eighth in the world and third in North America. 

The new ranking, released Wednesday, evaluates nearly 1,400 institutions around the world each year based on research volume, reputation, citations, teaching, international outlook and other factors.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not easy to go up three spots in one year,鈥 said 老司机直播 President Meric Gertler, noting that 老司机直播 also rose three spots in a Times Higher Education ranking earlier this year that focused exclusively on universities鈥 reputations.  

President Gertler added that 老司机直播 has invested carefully in an international strategy to engage its network of 591,000-plus alumni across the globe. 

鈥淲e recognize there鈥檚 a virtuous circle: The better your reputation becomes, the easier it is to continue to attract great faculty, staff and students from across the country and around the world.鈥 

London-based Times Higher Education, which published its first rankings in 2004, considers a wide range of criteria in its highly anticipated annual list. Research, citations and teaching are the largest components, weighted at around 30 per cent each. Research income from industry and a university鈥檚 鈥渋nternational outlook,鈥 which includes the ratio of scholarly papers with one or more international co-authors, make up the remainder. 

The release of this year鈥檚 rankings coincided with Times Higher Education鈥檚 World Academic Summit, which is taking place this week in Zurich. President Gertler is attending the international conference on behalf of 老司机直播 and will participate in a session Thursday that explores the connection between location and building top talent.

老司机直播 has been selected to host next year鈥檚 summit, which is expected to draw to Toronto hundreds of senior academic leaders from around the world.  

Four other Canadian universities join 老司机直播 in the 2020 World University Rankings鈥 top 100. They are: the University of British Columbia (34), McGill University (42), McMaster University (72) and the Universit茅 de Montr茅al (85).

The top three places in this year鈥檚 ranking, meanwhile, were occupied by Oxford University, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge.  

With the latest news, 老司机直播 remains the highest ranked Canadian university, and one of the world鈥檚 top ranked public universities, across the five main international rankings: Times Higher Education, QS World Rankings, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, U.S. News Best Global Universities and National Taiwan University.

 

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