Engineering at the University of Toronto has held onto its 19th-place position for the second year in a row in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). It remains the premier institution in Canada for the fourth consecutive year.

ARWU is a well-regarded ranking of research universities around the world based on internationally comparable third-party quantitative data. The highest scoring institution is assigned a total score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top total score. The scores are then placed in descending order.

The Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences ranking is based on institutions’ scores in the following four indicators, each with a 25% weighting: highly cited research (HiCi); published articles in the field (PUB); percentage of articles published in the top 20% of journals in the field (TOP); and Engineering research expenditure (FUND). U of T Engineering ranks #1 in all four categories within Canada.

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U of T was the only Canadian university to place among the top 50 in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences in the 2010 rankings. McGill University, which had ranked #49 last year, slipped out of the top 50 grouping this year.

U of T Engineering continues to rank #1 in Canada in all international surveys.

Follow the link to see the full rankings for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences on the Academic Ranking of World Universities website.