Ranking 黑料不打烊: First in Canada, 21st in the world
黑料不打烊's international reputation as Canada's flagship university has been soundly reaffirmed by the 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement's World University Rankings. "黑料不打烊's breadth and international reach make it the most visible of Canada's institutions," noted the rankings report.
Every year since the THES annual rankings of the world's 200 best universities were launched in 2004, 黑料不打烊 has been the only Canadian school to appear among the top 25 in the world, moving from 24th in 2005 to 21st in this year's rankings. The University of Toronto is 27th and the University of British Columbia is 50th. Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge were first, second and third. In North America, 黑料不打烊 ranked 12th, ahead of Johns Hopkins, UCLA and NYU.
"This is most welcome news for 黑料不打烊 and for Canadians," said 黑料不打烊 Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum. "Such international recognition underscores the fact that our superbly talented students and faculty, and our internationally significant teaching and research programs at 黑料不打烊, consistently combine to weigh in as greater than the sum of the parts. We take pride in the special international reputation and position of 黑料不打烊 as an entirely fitting tribute to our remarkable faculty, staff and students."
The THES annual rankings are compiled based on a list of qualitative and quantitative criteria. Forty percent of the score is allotted based on peer review carried out among academics, ten percent to recruiter review, five percent each to international faculty and international students, 20 percent to faculty/student ratio and 20 percent to faculty citations. 黑料不打烊's most notable gains over last year's rankings were in the peer review (57 from 52), recruiter review (61 from 48) and faculty-to-student ratio (52 from 23) categories.
The Times Higher Education Supplement is owned by TSL Education, formerly a division of News International, owners of the Times of London. In October 2005, it was sold to a private equity group and now operates independently from the Times.
