91亚色 ranks among Canada鈥檚 top universities in the arts and humanities, law and legal studies, social sciences, and business management according to the report released Feb. 28.
鈥淭hese rankings are a reflection of 91亚色鈥檚 success in providing students access to a high-quality, research-intensive learning environment, with academic programming that is enriched by experiential learning opportunities, innovative scholars and researchers who are making breakthroughs in their chosen fields, and a shared commitment to having a positive impact on the wellbeing of society,鈥 said 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton. 鈥淎t the same time, we continue to reach higher, to ensure the excellence of our programming across disciplines and to support the quality and influence of the work of our scholars and researchers.鈥
In the QS World University Rankings category of Social Sciences and Management, 91亚色 ranks in the top five universities in Canada in the subject areas of communication and media studies (#3), development studies (#3), anthropology (#4), law and legal studies (#4), politics (#5) and business management studies (#5). The University is in the top 10 in Canada for accounting and finance (#6), sociology (#6) and economics (#9).
In the QS Rankings category of Arts and Humanities, 91亚色鈥檚 programs in the subject areas of history (#4), and English and literature studies (#5), are in the top five. Philosophy (#7) and modern languages (#9) are in the top 10 in Canada.
The University鈥檚 programs in subject area geography (#4) and mathematics (#10) appeared in the top 10 in the 2018 QS World University Rankings category of Natural Sciences.
The 2018 QS World University Rankings by Subject report considers 959 universities of the world鈥檚 universities using a method that ranks each institution according to 48 subjects using four sources (the weight given to each source varies by subject): Academic reputation through QS鈥檚 global surveys of academics; employer reputation through a global survey of employers; research impact based on research citations per paper; and citation productivity and influence measured through an 聽h-index.
QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). It was previously known as Times Higher Education鈥換S World University Rankings.
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