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#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

Ranking Organization	Release Date	Canada	North American Public	World
QS World University Ranking for Engineering and Technology	Mar-23	1	8	27
QS World University Ranking by Subject	Mar-23
– Chemical Engineering		1	7	23
– Civil & Structural Engineering		1	6	19
– Computer Science & Information Systems		1	2	12
– Electrical & Electronic Engineering		1	5	18
– Materials Science		1	10	41
– Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering		1	11	38
– Mineral & Mining Engineering		5	7	21
Higher Education (THE) – Elsevier World University Ranking for Engineering & Technology	Oct-22	1	6	27
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for	Jul-22
Engineering Subjects
– Aerospace Engineering		1	7	19
– Biomedical Engineering		1	4	21
– Chemical Engineering		4	21	137
– Civil Engineering		3	10	42
– Computer Science and Engineering		1	3	15
– Electrical & Electronic Engineering		2	13	50
– Materials Science & Engineering		2	14	68
– Mechanical Engineering		3	16	84
– Mining & Mineral Engineering		2	4	29
National Taiwan University (NTU) Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities	Aug-22	1	6	69
NTU Performance Ranking by Subject	Aug-22
– Chemical Engineering		4	14	147
– Civil Engineering		3	8	62
– Computer Science		4	8	86
– Electrical Engineering		4	9	79
– Materials Science		1	9	82
– Mechanical Engineering		2	5	60

Figure 5.2a QS World University Rankings: Top 50 Universities for Engineering & Technology, 2023

Figure 5.2a QS World University Rankings: Top 50 Universities for Engineering and Information Technology, 2023

Text description of chart QS World University Rankings: Top 50 Universities for Engineering & Technology, 2023

A horizontal bar chart depicting the top 50 world universities for engineering & technology, as ranked by QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The length of each bar relates to the overall score, while the rank for Canadian universities is shown at right. U of T is ranked 27th in the world and the top-ranked Canadian university, with the University of British Columbia ranked 33rd, University of Waterloo ranked 37th and McGill University ranked 41st.

Figure 5.2b QS World University Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering & Technology, 2023

Figure 5.2b QS World University Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering and Information Technology, 2023

Text description of chart QS World University Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering & Technology, 2023

A horizontal bar chart depicting the top North American Public universities for engineering & technology, as ranked by QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The length of each bar relates to the overall score, while the rank for Canadian universities is shown at right. U of T Engineering is ranked 8th overall, with the University of British Columbia ranked 9th, University of Waterloo ranked 10th and McGill University ranked 11th. Other Canadian universities on the list include the University of Alberta (17th), Université de Montréal (20th), University of Calgary (24th) and Queen’s University (29th).

Figure 5.2c QS World University Rankings: Canadian U15 in Top 200, 2023

Text description of chart QS World University Rankings: Canadian U15 in Top 200, 2023

A horizontal bar chart depicting the schools within the Canadian U15 group of research-intensive universities that appear in the global top 200 universities for engineering and information technology, as ranked by QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The length of each bar relates to the overall score, while the rank for Canadian universities is shown at right. U of T Engineering is ranked 27th overall, with the University of British Columbia ranked 33rd, University of Waterloo ranked 37th and McGill University ranked 41st. Other Canadian universities on the list include the University of Alberta (93rd), Université de Montréal (119th), University of Calgary (147th) and Queen’s University (169th).

Figure 5.2d QS World University Rankings: Canadian Universities in QS by Subject, 2023

Text description of chart QS World University Rankings: Canadian Universities in QS by Subject, 2023

A series of horizontal bar charts depicting only Canadian universities group that appear in the global Top 200 for various engineering subject rankings, as ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The length of each bar relates to the overall score. U of T Engineering is ranked higher than any other Canadian U15 university in chemical engineering (23rd overall), civil & structural engineering (19th overall), computer science & information systems (12th overall), electrical & electronic engineering (18th overall), materials sciences (41st overall) and mechanical, aeronautical & manufacturing engineering (38th overall). It ranks fourth in mineral & mining engineering (21st overall).

Figure 5.3a THE World University Rankings: Top 50 Universities for Engineering, 2023

Figure 5.3a THE World University Rankings: Top 50 Universities for Engineering and Information Technology, 2023

Text description of chart THE World University Rankings: Top 50 Universities for Engineering, 2023

Figure 5.3b THE World University Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering, 2023

Figure 5.3b THE World University Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering and Information Technology, 2023

Text description of chart THE World University Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering, 2023

A horizontal bar chart depicting the top North American public universities for engineering as ranked by THE Times Higher Education. The length of each bar relates to the overall score, while the rank for Canadian universities is shown at right. U of T Engineering is ranked 6th overall, with the University of British Columbia ranked 12th, University of Waterloo ranked 14th, McGill University ranked 15th and the University of Alberta ranked 24th.

Figure 5.3c THE World University Rankings: Canadian U15 in Top 200 Universities for Engineering, 2023

Figure 5.3c THE World University Rankings: Canadian U15 in Top 200 Universities for Engineering and Information Technology, 2023

Text description of chart THE World University Rankings: Canadian U15 in Top 200 Universities for Engineering and Information Technology, 2023

A horizontal bar chart depicting only the universities in the Canadian U15 group for engineering, as ranked by THE Times Higher Education. The length of each bar relates to the overall score, while the rank for Canadian universities is shown at right. U of T Engineering is ranked 27th overall, with the University of British Columbia ranked 49th, University of Waterloo ranked 69th, McGill University ranked 76th and the University of Alberta ranked 115th and Western University ranked 192nd.

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.

Text description of chart Canadian Universities in the Top 200 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Subject, 2022

A series of horizontal bar charts depicting only the universities in the Canadian U15 group that appear in the global Top 200 for various engineering subject rankings, as ranked by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The length of each bar relates to the overall score. U of T Engineering is ranked higher than any other Canadian U15 university in aerospace engineering (19th overall), biomedical engineering (21st overall) and computer science & engineering (15th overall). In the other subjects, it ranks anywhere from 28th overall to 137th, but always within the top three Canadian U15 schools for that subject.

Figure 5.5a NTU Rankings: Top 80 World Universities for Engineering, 2022

Figure 5.5a NTU Rankings: Top 80 World Universities, 2022

Text description of chart NTU Rankings: Top 80 World Universities for Engineering, 2022

Figure 5.5b NTU Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering, 2022

Figure 5.5b NTU Rankings: Top North American Public Universities, 2022

Text description of chart NTU Rankings: Top North American Public Universities for Engineering, 2022

A horizontal bar chart depicting the top North American public universities for engineering, as ranked by the National Taiwan University (NTU). The length of each bar relates to the overall score, while the rank for Canadian universities is shown at right. U of T placed 6th overall. Other Canadian universities on the list include the University of Waterloo (7th), the University of Alberta (17th), the University of British Columbia (18th) and McGill University (28th).

Figure 5.5c NTU Rankings: Canadian U15 Universities in Top 200 for Engineering, 2022

Figure 5.5c NTU Rankings: Canadian U15 Universities in Top 200, 2022

Text description of chart NTU Rankings: Canadian U15 Universities in Top 200 for Engineering, 2022

A horizontal bar chart depicting the only Canadian U15 universities for engineering appearing in the top 200 global rankings, as ranked by the National Taiwan University (NTU). The length of each bar relates to the overall score. U of T placed 69th overall. Other Canadian universities on the list include the University of Waterloo (72nd), the University of Alberta (113th) and the University of British Columbia (127th).

Figure 5.5d NTU Rankings: Canadian Universities by Subject, 2022

Text description of chart NTU Rankings: Canadian Universities by Subject, 2022

A series of horizontal bar charts depicting only the universities in the Canadian U15 group that appear in the global Top 200 for various engineering subject rankings, as ranked by National Taiwan University. The length of each bar relates to the overall score. U of T Engineering is ranked higher than any other Canadian U15 university in materials science (82nd overall). In the other subjects, it ranks anywhere between 60th overall to 147th overall, but always within the top four Canadian U15 schools for that subject.

Figure 5.6a Number of Engineering Publications Indexed by Thomson Reuters for Association of American Universities (AAU) Public and Canadian Peer Institutions, 2017 to 2021

Text description of chart Number of Engineering Publications Indexed by Thomson Reuters for Association of American Universities (AAU) Public and Canadian Peer Institutions, 2017 to 2021

A horizontal bar chart depicting the number of engineering publications indexed by Thomson Reuters for publich universities that are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU) as well as select Canadian peer institutions. The totals include papers published between 2017 and 2021, the most recent range for which complete data is available. During this time, U of T Engineering published 4,437 papers, just behind the University of Waterloo (4,581) and the University of Alberta (4,859). The list is led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, which published 8,090 papers during the sample period.

Figure 5.6b Summary of U15 Bibliometrics for Publications (Thomson Reuters/AAU, 2017 to 2021)

University	Publications	Faculty Count	Publications per Faculty	Rank on Publications per Faculty
U Alberta	4,859	280	17.4	3
U Waterloo	4,581	322	14.2	8
U Toronto	4,437	273	16.3	5
U British Columbia	3,655	204	18.0	2
McGill U	3,049	189	16.2	6
U Montréal	2,699	469	5.8	15
U Calgary	2,290	100	22.9	1
McMaster U	2,139	159	13.4	9
Western U	1,946	114	17.1	4
Laval U	1,510	162	9.3	12
U Ottawa	1,476	139	10.6	11
U Saskatchewan	1,352	93	14.5	7
Queens U	1,340	166	8.1	14
U Manitoba	1,151	89	12.9	10

Figure 5.6c Number of Engineering Citations Indexed by Thomson Reuters for Association of American Universities (AAU) Public and Canadian Peer Institutions, 2017 to 2021

Figure 5.6c Number of Engineering Citations Indexed by Thomson Reuters Association of American Universities (AAU) Public and Canadian Peer Institutions, 2017 to 2021

Text description of chart Number of Engineering Citations Indexed by Thomson Reuters for Association of American Universities (AAU) Public and Canadian Peer Institutions, 2017 to 2021

A horizontal bar chart depicting the number of engineering citations indexed by Thomson Reuters for public universities that are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU) as well as select Canadian peer institutions. The totals include papers published between 2017 and 2021, the most recent range for which complete data is available. During this time, papers published by U of T Engineering researchers received 106,862 citations, just behind the University of Waterloo (109,139). The list is led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, which received 243,015 citations during the sample period.

Figure 5.6d Summary of U15 Bibliometrics for Citations (Thomson Reuters/AAU, 2017 to 2021)

University	Citations	Faculty Count	Citations per Faculty	Rank on Citations per Faculty	Citations per Publication	Rank on Citations per Publication
U Waterloo	109,139	322	339.4	4	23.8	2
U Toronto	106,862	273	391.7	1	24.1	1
U Alberta	81,862	280	292.5	6	16.8	9
U British Columbia	68,338	204	335.6	5	18.7	5
McGill U	51,920	189	275.4	8	17.0	7
Western U	44,235	114	388.0	2	22.7	3
U Montréal	41,290	469	88.1	15	15.3	14
U Calgary	36,708	100	367.1	3	16.0	12
McMaster U	33,798	159	212.2	10	15.8	13
U Saskatchewan	26,091	93	279.9	7	19.3	4
Laval U	25,194	162	155.5	13	16.7	11
U Ottawa	24,852	139	178.8	11	16.8	10
U Manitoba	19,570	89	219.9	9	17.0	8
Queens U	18,077	166	109.2	14	13.5	15

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.

Awards and Honours	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
International
MIT Top 35 Under 35					1
National Academy of Inventors						1		1		1
Royal Academy of Engineering						1
Royal Society, U.K.							1
U.S. National Academies*		1		1				1
National
Arthur McDonald Fellowship										1
Brockhouse Prize				1					1
Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellowship	6	3	5	5	5	3	2	5	2	3
Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowship	3	3	2	3	1	1	3	4	1	3
Engineering Institute of Canada Awards	2		1	1	2		1
Engineers Canada Awards	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
Governor General's Innovation Award					1	1
Herzberg Prize								1
Killam Prize*		1		1	1			1
Order of Canada					2	1		2	1
Royal Society of Canada Fellowship*		2	2	1	2		2		1	1
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists		1	1	1	1	1		1		1
Steacie Fellowship*	1	1	1	1
Steacie Prize*					1
Synergy Award for Innovation									1
Provincial
Ontario Professional Engineers Awards	2	2	1	2	3	1	3	1	2	1
OCUFA Teaching Awards			1	1				1	1
Order of Ontario						1		1
Total	15	15	15	18	21	12	13	20	11	11

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.

Text description of chart Number of Major National and International Awards Received by U of T Engineering Compared to other Canadian Engineering Faculties, 2022

Figure 5.8b Percentage of Engineering Faculty and Total Major Awards Received in Canadian Engineering Faculties, 2022

University	Percentage of Total Full Time Equivalent Engineering Faculty in Canada	Percentage of Total Major Awards Received by Engineering Faculties
U Waterloo	6.5%	17.8%
Western U	2.3%	15.1%
U Toronto	5.5%	13.7%
McMaster U	3.2%	5.5%
U Alberta	5.7%	4.1%
U British Columbia	4.1%	4.1%
Concordia U	4.5%	4.1%
U Manitoba	1.8%	4.1%
Memorial U	1.5%	2.7%
U Calgary	2.0%	2.7%
Polytech Montréal	9.5%	1.4%
Queen’s U	3.3%	1.4%
Careleton U	2.8*	1.4%
Dalhousie U	2.2%	1.4%
U Guelph	1.2%	1.4%
McGill U	3.8%	1.4%
Ontario Tech	1.5%	1.4%
Québec ETS	7.2%	1.4%
U Regina	1.1%	1.4%
U Saskatchwan	1.9%	1.4%
U Sherbrooke	3.0%	1.4%
Simon Fraser U	1.1%	1.4%
Toronto Metro U	3.0%	1.4%
U Victoria	1.5%	1.4%
U Windsor	1.9%	1.4%
York U	2.1%	1.4%

Figure 5.9 Number of Awards Received by U of T Engineering Faculty Compared to Other Canadian Engineering Faculties 2018 to 2022

Data shown are by calendar year (January to December) and include faculty award recipients only.

Text description of chart Number of Awards Received by U of T Engineering Faculty Compared to Other Canadian Engineering Faculties, 2018 to 2022

A series of horizontal bar charts depict the proportion of selected awards open to Canadian engineering faculty members between 2018 and 2022 that went to U of T Engineering faculty members. U of T Engineering faculty members comprised 50.0% of the Foreign Members of the U.S. National Academies (one of two awarded); 33.3% of the Killam Prizes in Engineering (one of three awarded); 16.4% of the Engineering institute of Canada Fellows (12 of 73 awarded); 14.3% of the Royal Society of Canada Fellows awarded in the Academy of Science (4 of 28 awarded); 12.1% of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellows (15 of 124 awarded; and 36.4% of the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (8 of 22 awarded).

Figure 5.10 Selected Awards Received by Faculty, 2022–2023

Level	Organization	Award	Recipient
International	American Society of Bone and Mineral Research	Fellow	Lidan You (MIE)
International	American Society of Mechanical Engineers	Fellow	Markus Bussmann (MIE)
International	American Society of Mechanical Engineers	Fellow	Goldie Nejat (MIE)
International	American Society of Mechanical Engineers	Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award	Kamran Behdinan (MIE)
International	Biomedical Engineering Society	Fellow	Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE)
International	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers	Fellow	Jason Anderson (ECE)
International	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers	Richard W. Hamming Medal	Frank Kschischang (ECE)
International	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society	Technical Achievement Award	Yu Sun (MIE)
International	International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures	Honorary Member	Doug Hooton (CivMin)
International	National Academy of Inventors	Fellow	Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME)
International	Optica	Fellow	Li Qian (ECE)
National	Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame	Member	James DeLaurier (UTIAS)
National	Canadian Academy of Engineering	Fellow	Hugh Liu (UTIAS)
National	Canadian Academy of Engineering	Fellow	Alison McGuigan (ChemE, BME)
National	Canadian Academy of Engineering	Fellow	Craig Simmons (MIE, BME)
National	Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute	C.D. Howe Award	David Zingg (UTIAS)
National	Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute	McCurdy Award	Hugh Liu (UTIAS)
National	Canadian Association of Physicists	Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics	Hoi-Kwong Lo (ECE)
National	Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum	Distinguished Lecturer	Steven Thorpe (MSE)
National	Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering	Emerging Technologies Medal	Javad Mostaghimi (MIE)
National	Chemical Institute of Canada	Environment Division Research and Development Dima Award	Greg Evans (ChemE, ISTEP)
National	Engineering Institute of Canada	Fellow	Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE)
National	Engineering Institute of Canada	Fellow	Xinyu Liu (MIE)
National	Engineering Institute of Canada	Julian C. Smith Medal	Michael Carter (MIE)
National	NSERC	Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship	Angela Schoellig (UTIAS)
National	Royal Society of Canada	Fellow	David Sinton (MIE)
National	Royal Society of Canada — College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists	Member	Ervin Sedjic (ECE)
National	Sanford Fleming Foundation	Wighton Fellowship	Ariel Chan (ChemE)
Provincial / Regional	Ontario Professional Engineers Awards	Management Medal	Roderick Tennyson (UTIAS)
U of T	U of T	Early Career Teaching Award	Elham Marzi (ISTEP)
U of T	U of T	Global Educator Award	Amy Bilton (MIE)
U of T	U of T	Northrop Frye Award	Ariel Chan (ChemE)
U of T	U of T	President’s Impact Award	Yu Sun (MIE)
U of T	U of T	University Professor	Cristina Amon

Figure 5.11a 2023 U of T Engineering Staff and Faculty Awards

Type	Award	Recipient
Administrative Staff Awards	Barbara McCann Quality of Student Experience Award for Frontline Staff	Stephen Johns (EngSci)
Administrative Staff Awards	Quality of Student Experience Award for Behind-the-Scenes Staff	Sharon Brown (Dean’s Office)
Administrative Staff Awards	Harpreet Dhariwal Emerging Leader Award	Michelle Deeton (CivMin)
Administrative Staff Awards	Agnes Kaneko Citizenship Award	Diane McCartney (CivMin)
Administrative Staff Awards	Innovation Award	Iliana Sztainbok (ChemE)
Research Awards	Safwat Zaky Research Leader Award	David Lie (ECE)
Teaching Awards	TA Teaching Award	Maryam Ebrahimiazar (MIE)
Teaching Awards	Early Career Teaching Award	Alison Olechowski (MIE, ISTEP)
Teaching Awards	Faculty Teaching Award	Scott Ramsay (MSE)
Teaching Awards	Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award	Ravi Adve (ECE)

Figure 5.11b 2022 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

Award	Recipient
Engineering Alumni Medal	Joseph C. Paradi (ChemE 6T5, MASc 6T6, PhD 7T5)
Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award	Jonathan P. How (EngSci 8T7)
Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award	Audrey Mascarenhas (ChemE 8T2)
Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award	Doug Sinclair (EngSci 9T7)
Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award	Daryl Wilson (ChemE 8T2)
2T5 Mid-Career Achievement Award	Narinder Dhami (Skoll ElecE 0T5 + MBA 08)
2T5 Mid-Career Achievement Award	Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivE PhD 0T8)
7T6 Early Career Award	Phil De Luna (MSE PhD 1T9)
Malcolm F. McGrath Alumni Achievement Award	Mathew Szeto (CompE 0T4)
L.E. (Ted) Jones Award of Distinction	Stephanie McDonald (MechE 2T2) Mackenzie Seward (EngSci 2T2)
Engineering Alumni Network Scholarship	Amy Bagrin (CivE 2T4)

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