By the Numbers 2023
Explore comprehensive visual data about the Faculty in this companion piece to our 2023 Impact Report
Chapter 5: Awards & Rankings
Facts & Figures
#1
Rank among Canadian universities according to QS, NTU and THE rankings
13.7%
Proportion of major awards given to Canadian engineering professors, despite holding only 5.5% of the total professoriate
391.7
Citations per faculty member, as indexed by Thomson Reuters between 2017 and 2021, the highest in Canada
Figure 5.1 Summary of University of Toronto Engineering Performance in World Rankings, 2022–2023
Figure 5.4 Canadian Universities in the Top 200 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Subject, 2022
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) does not provide rankings for universities in the category of engineering and information technology: instead they provide overall university rankings and rankings at the level of individual subjects. Of these, the subject rankings are most relevant to our key performance indicators.
Figure 5.6b Summary of U15 Bibliometrics for Publications (Thomson Reuters/AAU, 2017 to 2021)
Figure 5.6d Summary of U15 Bibliometrics for Citations (Thomson Reuters/AAU, 2017 to 2021)
Figure 5.7 Summary of Major International, National and Provincial Awards and Honours Received by U of T Engineering, 2013 to 2022
(*) denotes U of T performance indicator. Data shown are by calendar year (January to December) and include faculty award recipients only.
Figure 5.8a Number of Major National and International Awards Received by U of T Engineering Compared to other Canadian Engineering Faculties, 2022
Data shown are by calendar year (January to December) and include faculty award recipients only. The following major awards are included: International — MIT Top 35 under 35, and the U.S. National Academies; National — NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Brockhouse Prize, Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellowship, Engineering Institute of Canada Awards, Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowship, Engineers Canada Awards, Killam Prize (Engineering), Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada Fellowship (Engineering/Physical Sciences), Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Steacie Fellowships, Steacie Prize and Synergy Awards for Innovation.
Figure 5.8b Percentage of Engineering Faculty and Total Major Awards Received in Canadian Engineering Faculties, 2022
Data shown are by calendar year (January to December) and include faculty award recipients only. The following major awards are included: International — MIT Top 35 under 35, and the U.S. National Academies; National — NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Brockhouse Prize, Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellowship, Engineering Institute of Canada Awards, Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowship, Engineers Canada Awards, Killam Prize (Engineering), Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada Fellowship (Engineering/Physical Sciences), Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Steacie Fellowships, Steacie Prize and Synergy Awards for Innovation. Faculty counts include all tenured, tenure-stream and teaching-stream faculty.
Figure 5.10 Selected Awards Received by Faculty, 2022–2023
Figure 5.11a 2023 U of T Engineering Staff and Faculty Awards
Figure 5.11b 2022 Engineering Alumni Network Awards