University Rankings
Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) at the University of Alberta
Latest U of A Rankings News
U of A leads the nation in nursing and petroleum engineering base on latest QS subject rankings
Eighteen subjects rank among Top 100 in the world, highlighting the institution’s continued excellence at an international level.
At a Glance
Top Programs
U of A Program |
Rank |
Ranking Body |
| Nursing | #5 (Global) #1 (Canada) |
QS |
| Petroleum Engineering | #5 (Global) #1 (Canada) |
QS |
| Mining & Mineral Engineering | #10 (Global) #2 (Canada) |
QS |
| Environmental Science & Engineering | #10 (Global) #1 (Canada) |
ARWU |
| Instruments Science & Technology | #1 (Canada) | ARWU |
| Chemical Engineering | #1 (Canada) | ARWU NTU |
| Chemistry | #2 (Canada) | ARWU |
| Food Science & Technology | #2 (Canada) | ARWU |
| Agriculture Science | #2 (Canada) | NTU |
University Rankings
Ranking Body |
World Ranking |
Canadian Ranking |
| Quacquarelli Symonds | #110 | #4 |
| Times Higher Education | #118 | #6 |
| Academic Ranking of World Universities | #92 | #5 |
| National Taiwan University | #104 | #4 |
U of A in Canada and the World
Top 5 in University Rankings in Canada
Ranking Criteria & Ranking Bodies
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
ranks universities by several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in Nature and Science, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.- Quality of Education - Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals [10%]
- Quality of Faculty - Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals and Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories [40%]
- Research Output - Papers published in Nature and Science* and Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index [40%]
- Per Capita Performance - Per capita academic performance of an institution [10%]
Find a more detailed breakdown of the ARWU ranking methodology here.
Published annually since 2011, the QS World University Rankings by Subject highlights the world's top-performing institutions in a broad spectrum of individual academic areas. The rankings aim to help prospective students identify leading universities in their chosen field of study.
For its subject-area rankings, QS ranks universities based on:
- academic reputation,
- employer reputation,
- academic citations and
- research impact.
Find more information on QS ranking indicators and methodology here.
Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings list the best global universities and are the only international university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Performance indicators are grouped into five areas:
- Teaching (the learning environment)
- Research (volume, income and reputation)
- Citations (research influence)
- International outlook (staff, students and research)
- Industry income (knowledge transfer).