Where do Alberta universities rank among the best in the world?

The University of Alberta and University of Calgary have cracked to Top 200 on an international ranking of the top universities in the world.

Times Higher Education has released its 2016-2017 list of the top 980 universities around the globe.

The University of Alberta ranked 107th in the world, which is up 30 positions from last year.

The University of Calgary came in at 195th in the world, also up from the 2015-16 rankings.

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The University of Toronto came out on top in terms of Canadian universities, sitting in the 22nd position in the world. Other Canadian universities to make the list were the University of British Columbia (36th), McGill University in Montreal (42nd) and the University of Montreal (103rd).

The U of A was the fifth highest Canadian university on the list. The ranking comes as the post-secondary institution celebrates a few other honours.

“We just learned that eight faculty members were inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, and our vice-president of research Lorne Babiuk was named 2016 World Agriculture Prize Laureate,” David Turpin, president of the U of A, said. “That all happened in a week where we are celebrating the achievements and honours of 121 faculty, staff and students as part of our annual campus awards ceremony. It is the outstanding work of individuals such as these that has built our international reputation for excellence in teaching and research.

“I am proud to see that excellence reflected in this year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings, where we have gone up a remarkable 30 spaces.”

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The U of C was eighth in Canada behind the University of Waterloo and McMaster University in Hamilton, ON.

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The number one university in the world, according to Times Higher Education, is the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The top five rounds out as follows:

2) California Institute of Technology (United States)
3) Stanford University (U.S.)
4) University of Cambridge (U.K.)
5) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S)

Times Higher Education uses 13 performance indicators to compile its list.

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