Canada had the fifth best showing worldwide in the annual university rating by London-based Times Higher Education, a weekly British publication based in London. Canada had nine schools in the Top 200, including the three largest universities in British Columbia. The U.S. was first with 72, followed by the U.K. with 29, Germany with 14 and The Netherlands with 10. Times Higher Education, which specializes in education reporting was established in 1971 and has been publishing annual rankings since 2004.
The rankings use 13 performance indicators -- grouped into categories of teaching, research, citations of its research in literature, industry income and innovation, and international mix of staff and students.
Rankings
A selected look at the best Canadian and international universities Rank Name
1 Harvard, Mass.
2 Calif. Inst. of Technology
3 Mass. Inst. of Technology
4 Stanford, Conn.
5 Princeton, N.J.
17 University of Toronto
30 University of B.C.
35 McGill, Montreal
93 McMaster, Hamilton
127 Univ of Alta., Edmonton
130 University of Victoria
138 University of Montreal
193 Dalhousie, Halifax
199 Simon Fraser University
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