In order by total research granted by canada’s foundation, here is top twenty canadian universities:
1. University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia. The main campus in the Greater Vancouver area is located in the University Endowment Land on Point Grey, a peninsula about 10 km from downtown Vancouver, with smaller speciality and satellite campuses located at Great Northern Way and Robson Street, both in Vancouver proper. While the originating legislation created UBC on March 7, 1908, the first day of lectures was. September 30,1915. On September 22,1925, lectures began on the new Point Grey campus.
2. University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontaria, Canada, situated north of the city’s Financial District on the grounds that surround Queen’s Park. The university was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, it assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it consists of twelve colleges that differ in character and history, with each retaining substantial autonomy. The university operates sixteen academic faculties, ten teaching hospitals and numerous research institutes.
Academically, the University of Toronto is noted for influential movements and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory, known collectively as the Toronto School. The university was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology and the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole. By a significant margin, it receives the most annual research funding of any Canadian university. The Varsity Blues are the athletic teams that represent the university in intercollegiate league matches, with particularly long and storied ties to gridiron football and ice hockey. The university’s Hart House is an early example of the North American student centre, simultaneously serving cultural, intellectual and recreational interests within its large Gothic-revival complex.
3. McGill University:(www.mcgill.ca)
McGill University (or simply McGill) is a public research university located in Monteal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university. Founded in 1821, McGill is one of the oldest universities in Canada, chartered during the British Columbia era, 46 years before the Candian Confederation. Having shifted from a private institution to a public institution, McGill has evolved during its history, especially in the area of anglophone-francophone relations.
The university’s main campus is set upon 32 hectares (80 acres) at the foot of Mount Royal in Downtown Montreal. A second campus, the Macdonald Campus, is situated on 6.5 square kilometres (1,600 acres) of fields and forested land in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 30kilometres west of the downtown campus. With 21 faculties and professional schools, McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, including medicine and law. Although the language of instruction is English, students have the right to submit any graded work in English or in French, except when learning a particular language is an objective of the course. Over 34,000 students attend McGill, with international students comprising one-fifth of the student population.
McGill is recognized for its award-winning research and participates in research organizations both within Canada and in the world, including the G13, the Association of American Universities, and Universities 21. Its undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools rank among the top 5 universities in national rankings such as those published by Maclean’s, and among the top 50 universities in regional and worldwide rankings, including the Times Higher Education (THE) – QS World University Rankings and Shanghi Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. With around 200,000 living alumni worldwide, students and professors at McGill have been recognized in fields ranging from the arts and sciences, to business, politics, and sports. Notably, people include eight Nobel Laureates, three astronauts, two Canadian prime ministers, four justices of the Canadian Supreme Court, three foreign leaders, nine Academy Award winners, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and twenty-five Olympic medalists. A nation-leading 130 students have also won Rhodes Scholarships to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
4. University of Alberta:(www.alberta.ca)
The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Troy its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the top universities in Canada. The university’s current enrollment is over 45,000, making it the second largest university in the country. The main campus covers 50 city blocks with over 90 buildings directly across the North Saskatchewan River from downtown Edmonton.
The continued economic boom in Alberta, driven mainly by high energy prices, has resulted in multi-billion dollar government fiscal surpluses. This has led to the introduction of Bill 1 by the provincial government, which promises to create a $4.5 billion endowment for Alberta’s post-secondary institutions.
5. University of Western Ontario:(www.uwo.ca)
The University of Western Ontario (known as Western or UWO) is a public research university located in London, Ontario. It was founded in 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth of Bishop’s University and the Anglican Diocese of Huron as The Western University of London Ontario. Huron College, established in 1863 as an Anglican theological school, provided the basis for the new university. The University covers 395 acres (1.6 km²) of land on the north branch of the Thames River and the main campus consists of 75 buildings. The university also has extensive land holdings outside of the main campus.
The school colours are purple and white, and the school’s motto is Veritas et utilitas, meaning Truth and usefulness. The University’s Chancellor is John Thompson, and its President is Dr. Amit Chakma. Through its twelve faculties and schools, and three affiliated colleges, the University offers more than 200 different degree and diploma programs
6. University of Calgary:(www.ucalgary.ca)
The University of Calgary is a research-intensive public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University is composed of 24,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students.
Initially, the university was the Calgary Branch of the University of Alberta. In the first half of the 20th century, the University of Calgary separated from the University of Alberta, and was founded in 1966. The University of Calgary, or “U of C”, is composed of 17 faculties including a teacher’s college, law school, medical school and veterinary school. The campus is in the north-west quadrant of Calgary.
The University of Calgary is one of the top research-intensive universities in canada with seventh most Canada Research Chairs. It is a member of the G13 (Group of Thirteen), Association of Commonwealth Universities, International Association of Universities, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. The university has a sponsored research revenue of $282 million, with total revenues exceeding $800 million. Being in Calgary, with Canada’s highest concentration of engineers and geoscientists, both the Faculty of Science, Department of Geoscineces and the Schulich School of Engineering maintain ties to the petroleum and geoscience industry.
7. McMaster University:(www.mcmaster.ca)
McMaster University (Mac) is a public research university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It bears the name of William McMaster, a prominent Canadian Senator and banker whose substantial bequeathed funds helped form the beginning of the university. The institution being incorporated under the terms of an act of the Legislative Asssembly of Ontario in 1887. The university was originally located in Toronto and moved to its present home in Hamilton in 1930. Originally controlled by the Baptist Convention of Ontario it became a non-denominational private institution in 1957.
The university operates six academic faculties: Science, Health Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students. The main campus is located on 300 acres (1.2 km2) of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale adjacent to Hamilton’s Royal Botanical Gardens.
The university is noted as strong in the fields of Health Sciences and Engineering and has been named Canada’s most innovative medical-doctoral university eight times in the past eleven years. The university was ranked 89th in a 2008 ranking of the top 500 universities worldwide
8. University of Ottawa:(www.uottawa.ca)
The University of Ottawa or Université d’Ottawa in French (also known as uOttawa or nicknamed U of O or Ottawa U) is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada, and was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Formerly a liberal arts college, it has been teaching pure and applied sciences in both French and English since the 1800s. The university has been conferring Bachelor’s degrees since 1872, Master’s degrees since 1875, and Doctorates since 1888. Saint Paul University is federated with the university and is also located in the city of Ottawa.
The University of Ottawa is ranked 5th in research-intensity, and 9th in total research funding in Canada. It is a member of the G13, a league of the most research-intensive universities in the country.
9. University of Waterloo:(www.uwaterloo.ca)
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G.Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff. The school is notable for being the first university in North America to create a Faculty of Mathematics and for having the largest co-operative education program in the world. Waterloo maintains one of the lowest endowments of all large Canadian universities, something officials have been trying to improve over the last 10 years. The school is also known for having more company spin-offs than any other Canadian university, and as such, the university has been called the “Silicon Valley of the North”. The enrollment for 2006 was 23,729 undergraduate and 3,013 graduate students, with 963 full-time faculty members and 2,167 staff. The school has approximately 130,000 alumni in 141 countries. The university press, @UW and The Boar (Arts Faculty) are members of CUP. Other university newspapers include the Imprint (The Official Student Newspaper), The Iron Warrior Engineering, and mathNEWS (Math).
10. Carleton University:(www.carleton.ca)
Carleton University is an international, comprehensive university located in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines, including public affairs, journalism, film studies, engineering, high technology, and international studies. More than 2 000 faculty members instruct some 23 000 students drawn from over 147 countries, studying for a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree.
The University is named after Carleton County, Ontario, which included the city of Ottawa at the time Carleton was founded. Carleton County, in turn, was named in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an early Governor-General of British North America.
Past chancellors include two Nobel laureates; pioneering scientist Gerhard Herzberg and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, as well as six Order of Canada recipients. The Right Honourable Herb Gray, Canada’s longest-serving continuous Member of Parliament, former Cabinet minister in the Trudeau, Turner, and Chretien governments, former Deputy Prime Minister, and acting Leader of the Opposition, is the current Chancellor of the University. Dr. Roseann Runte was appointed the university’s president on January 8, 2008, succeeding David W. Atkinson and his pro tempore (acting) successor Samy Mahmoud, the previous Vice-President (academic).
11. University of Guelph:(www.uoguelph.ca)
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of achievement in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and within Canada for its School of Fine Art and Music.
In 2008, the University of Guelph was ranked by Maclean’s magazine as the fourth-best comprehensive university in Canada (“comprehensive” indicating institutions with significant research activity and a range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including professional degrees). It has held the top place in this ranking in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2007, with its reputation, innovative research-intensive programs, and lively campus life cited as particular strengths.
The university is also home to the Ontario Veterinary College, Ontario’s only veterinary school.
The university’s School of English and Theatre Studies is a leader in Canadian literary and dramatic writing and theory, employing many leading voices in its field.
The university is home to North America’s major graduate program in Scottish Studies and the library holds the largest Scottish Studies collection outside the United Kingdom
12. University of Victoria:(www.uvic.ca)
The University of Victoria (UVic) is the second oldest degree granting university in British Columbia. This medium-sized university is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (northeast of Victoria) with an enrollment figure of more than 19,000 students. The campus is famous for its prestige, beautiful gardens and mild climate. It attracts many students in part because of its size, its picturesque location, and its cooperative education program, which is the third largest in Canada. The university is the nation’s lead institution in the Venus and Neptune projects.
13. Queen’s University:(www.queensu.ca)
Queen’s University, generally referred to simply as Queen’s, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 2008, Queen’s maintained its status as one of the top universities in Canada.
The jChurch of Scotland established Queen’s College at Kingston, Ontario in 1841 with a royal charter from Queen Victoria. The institution was founded on October 16, 1841, pre-dating the founding of Canada by 26 years. The first classes were held March 7, 1842 with 13 students and 2 professors. Queen’s was the first degree-granting institution in the United Province of Canada and the first university west of the maritime provinces to admit women, and to form a student government. In 1883, a women’s college for medical education was established affiliated with Queen’s University. In 1888, Queen’s University began offering extension courses, becoming the first Canadian university to do so.
Queen’s University founders modeled their nascent college after the University of Edinburgh for the Scottish university’s tradition of academic freedom, authority, and moral responsibility. Beyond the Kingston campus, the university has an International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, Eastt Sussex, England formerly the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
14. University of Saskatchewan:(www.usask.ca)
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is a coeducational public research university located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, founded over 100 years ago in 1907. The University of Saskatchewan Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1995. It established the provincial university on April 3, 1907 “for the purpose of providing facilities for higher education in all its branches and enabling all persons without regard to race, creed or religion to take the fullest advantage”. The University of Saskatchewan is now the largest education institution in the Canadian province of saskatchewan.
The university began as an agricultural college in 1907 and established the first Canadian university-based department of extension in 1910. 300 acres (1.2 km2) were set aside for university buildings and 1,000 acres (4 km2) for the U of S farm, and agricultural fields. In total 10.32 km² was annexed for the university. Currently, main University campus is situated upon 2,425 acres (10 km2) with another 500 acres (2 km²) allocated for Innovation Place Research Park. The University of Saskatchewan agriculture college still has access to neighbouring urban research lands. University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) facility, (2003) develops DNA-enhanced immunization vaccines for both humans and animals. Since its origins as an agricultural college, research has played an important role at the university. Discoveries made at the U of S include sulphate-resistant cement and the cobalt-60 cancer therapy unit. The university currently offers over 200 academic programs. Duncan P. McColl was appointed as the first registrar, establishing the first convocation from which Chief Justice Edward L. Wetmore was elected as the first chancellor. Walter Charles Murray became the first president of the university’s board of governors.
15. University of Manitoba:(www.umanitoba.ca)
The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is also Manitoba’s most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed in SJTU’s list of the world’s Top 500 Universities. The presses, The Gradzette and The Manitoban, are members of CUP.
16. Simon Fraser University:(www.sfu.ca)
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. It was established in 1965 and presently has more than 32,000 students and 900 faculty members. The university was named after Simon Fraser, a North West Company fur trader and explorer. Undergraduate and graduate programs operate on a year-round tri-semester schedule. SFU was ranked 1st in Canada’s top Comprehensive Universities in 2008’s Macleans Magazine , ranked 57th in the world and 3rd in Canada in 2009 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
17. Dalhousie University:(www.dal.ca)
Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As the largest post-secondary educational institution in the Maritime Provices it offers a wide array of programs, including a medical program and the Schulich School of law. The chancellor is Mr. Fred Fountain; Dr. Tom Traves serves as president and vice-chancellor.
Dalhousie is consistently named among Canada’s top research universities. It is a member of the Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13, a group of the leading research universities in Canada.
In 2003 and 2004, The Scientist magazine placed Dalhousie among the top five places in the world, outside the United States, for postdoctoral work and conducting scientific research. In 2007 Dalhousie topped the list of The Scientist’s “Best Places to Work in Academia”. The annual list divides research and academic institutions into American and international lists; Dalhousie University is ranked first in the international category. According to a survey conducted by The Scientist magazine, Dal was named the best non-commercial scientific institute in which to work in Canada.
Dalhousie University was ranked as the eighth-best university (Medical Doctoral Rankings) in Canada by Maclean’s Magazine in 2008. In addition, Maclean’s ranked Dalhousie’s law school sixth overall for two consecutive years. In the 2008 edition of the annual Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, Dalhousie ranked 11th in Canada and 197th internationally.
18. Memorial University:(www.mun.ca)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, (colloquially known as Memorial University or “MUN”) is a comprehensive university located primarily in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
With historical strengths in engineering, business, geology, and medicine, it is one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada. With over 17,000 students, it is also the largest university in Atlantic Canada MUN’s four main campuses are served by more than 900 faculty and 2,300 staff members. Memorial University of Newfoundland has featured in the SJTU World university rankings, the TOP 500 and many other rankings.
19. Concordia University:(www.concordia.ca)
Concordia University is a comprehensive public university located in Montreal, Canada, one of the city’s two universities whose primary language of instruction is English. In 2008, Concordia’s student enrollment was 43,944, making it among the largest in Canada.
Concordia’s Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science is one of the “G15″ major engineering schools in Canada, and is recognised as a leading research institution in Canada and internationally. According to a worldwide ranking by the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Concordia ranks first among Canadian and 33rd among world universities in terms of graduates occupying the rank of Chief Executive Officer at Fortune 500 companies.
In the 2008 edition of the annual Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings, Concordia ranked 20th in Canada and 357th internationally. The university’s John Molson School of Business is consistently ranked within the top ten Canadian business schools, ranking within the top 100 worldwide
20. York University:(www.yorku.ca)
York University is a university located in Toronto, Ontario. It is canada’s third-largest university and has produced several of the country’s top leaders across the humanities and in sciences such as chemistry, meteorology and space science.
York has a student population of approximately 50,000, 7,000 staff, and 200,000 alumni worldwide. It has eleven faculties, including the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall law shool, Glendon college, the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Health, the Faculty of Environmental Studies, and 24 research centres.
York University has always enjoyed a strong participation in the Canadian Space Program. The Faculty of Science and Engineering is Canada’s primary research facility into Martian exploration and has designed several space research instruments and applications currently used by NASA.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia. The main campus in the Greater Vancouver area is located in the University Endowment Land on Point Grey, a peninsula about 10 km from downtown Vancouver, with smaller speciality and satellite campuses located at Great Northern Way and Robson Street, both in Vancouver proper. While the originating legislation created UBC on March 7, 1908, the first day of lectures was. September 30,1915. On September 22,1925, lectures began on the new Point Grey campus.
2. University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontaria, Canada, situated north of the city’s Financial District on the grounds that surround Queen’s Park. The university was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, it assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it consists of twelve colleges that differ in character and history, with each retaining substantial autonomy. The university operates sixteen academic faculties, ten teaching hospitals and numerous research institutes.
Academically, the University of Toronto is noted for influential movements and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory, known collectively as the Toronto School. The university was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology and the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole. By a significant margin, it receives the most annual research funding of any Canadian university. The Varsity Blues are the athletic teams that represent the university in intercollegiate league matches, with particularly long and storied ties to gridiron football and ice hockey. The university’s Hart House is an early example of the North American student centre, simultaneously serving cultural, intellectual and recreational interests within its large Gothic-revival complex.
3. McGill University:(www.mcgill.ca)
McGill University (or simply McGill) is a public research university located in Monteal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university. Founded in 1821, McGill is one of the oldest universities in Canada, chartered during the British Columbia era, 46 years before the Candian Confederation. Having shifted from a private institution to a public institution, McGill has evolved during its history, especially in the area of anglophone-francophone relations.
The university’s main campus is set upon 32 hectares (80 acres) at the foot of Mount Royal in Downtown Montreal. A second campus, the Macdonald Campus, is situated on 6.5 square kilometres (1,600 acres) of fields and forested land in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 30kilometres west of the downtown campus. With 21 faculties and professional schools, McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, including medicine and law. Although the language of instruction is English, students have the right to submit any graded work in English or in French, except when learning a particular language is an objective of the course. Over 34,000 students attend McGill, with international students comprising one-fifth of the student population.
McGill is recognized for its award-winning research and participates in research organizations both within Canada and in the world, including the G13, the Association of American Universities, and Universities 21. Its undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools rank among the top 5 universities in national rankings such as those published by Maclean’s, and among the top 50 universities in regional and worldwide rankings, including the Times Higher Education (THE) – QS World University Rankings and Shanghi Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. With around 200,000 living alumni worldwide, students and professors at McGill have been recognized in fields ranging from the arts and sciences, to business, politics, and sports. Notably, people include eight Nobel Laureates, three astronauts, two Canadian prime ministers, four justices of the Canadian Supreme Court, three foreign leaders, nine Academy Award winners, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and twenty-five Olympic medalists. A nation-leading 130 students have also won Rhodes Scholarships to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
4. University of Alberta:(www.alberta.ca)
The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Troy its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the top universities in Canada. The university’s current enrollment is over 45,000, making it the second largest university in the country. The main campus covers 50 city blocks with over 90 buildings directly across the North Saskatchewan River from downtown Edmonton.
The continued economic boom in Alberta, driven mainly by high energy prices, has resulted in multi-billion dollar government fiscal surpluses. This has led to the introduction of Bill 1 by the provincial government, which promises to create a $4.5 billion endowment for Alberta’s post-secondary institutions.
5. University of Western Ontario:(www.uwo.ca)
The University of Western Ontario (known as Western or UWO) is a public research university located in London, Ontario. It was founded in 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth of Bishop’s University and the Anglican Diocese of Huron as The Western University of London Ontario. Huron College, established in 1863 as an Anglican theological school, provided the basis for the new university. The University covers 395 acres (1.6 km²) of land on the north branch of the Thames River and the main campus consists of 75 buildings. The university also has extensive land holdings outside of the main campus.
The school colours are purple and white, and the school’s motto is Veritas et utilitas, meaning Truth and usefulness. The University’s Chancellor is John Thompson, and its President is Dr. Amit Chakma. Through its twelve faculties and schools, and three affiliated colleges, the University offers more than 200 different degree and diploma programs
6. University of Calgary:(www.ucalgary.ca)
The University of Calgary is a research-intensive public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University is composed of 24,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students.
Initially, the university was the Calgary Branch of the University of Alberta. In the first half of the 20th century, the University of Calgary separated from the University of Alberta, and was founded in 1966. The University of Calgary, or “U of C”, is composed of 17 faculties including a teacher’s college, law school, medical school and veterinary school. The campus is in the north-west quadrant of Calgary.
The University of Calgary is one of the top research-intensive universities in canada with seventh most Canada Research Chairs. It is a member of the G13 (Group of Thirteen), Association of Commonwealth Universities, International Association of Universities, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. The university has a sponsored research revenue of $282 million, with total revenues exceeding $800 million. Being in Calgary, with Canada’s highest concentration of engineers and geoscientists, both the Faculty of Science, Department of Geoscineces and the Schulich School of Engineering maintain ties to the petroleum and geoscience industry.
7. McMaster University:(www.mcmaster.ca)
McMaster University (Mac) is a public research university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It bears the name of William McMaster, a prominent Canadian Senator and banker whose substantial bequeathed funds helped form the beginning of the university. The institution being incorporated under the terms of an act of the Legislative Asssembly of Ontario in 1887. The university was originally located in Toronto and moved to its present home in Hamilton in 1930. Originally controlled by the Baptist Convention of Ontario it became a non-denominational private institution in 1957.
The university operates six academic faculties: Science, Health Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students. The main campus is located on 300 acres (1.2 km2) of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale adjacent to Hamilton’s Royal Botanical Gardens.
The university is noted as strong in the fields of Health Sciences and Engineering and has been named Canada’s most innovative medical-doctoral university eight times in the past eleven years. The university was ranked 89th in a 2008 ranking of the top 500 universities worldwide
8. University of Ottawa:(www.uottawa.ca)
The University of Ottawa or Université d’Ottawa in French (also known as uOttawa or nicknamed U of O or Ottawa U) is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada, and was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Formerly a liberal arts college, it has been teaching pure and applied sciences in both French and English since the 1800s. The university has been conferring Bachelor’s degrees since 1872, Master’s degrees since 1875, and Doctorates since 1888. Saint Paul University is federated with the university and is also located in the city of Ottawa.
The University of Ottawa is ranked 5th in research-intensity, and 9th in total research funding in Canada. It is a member of the G13, a league of the most research-intensive universities in the country.
9. University of Waterloo:(www.uwaterloo.ca)
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G.Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff. The school is notable for being the first university in North America to create a Faculty of Mathematics and for having the largest co-operative education program in the world. Waterloo maintains one of the lowest endowments of all large Canadian universities, something officials have been trying to improve over the last 10 years. The school is also known for having more company spin-offs than any other Canadian university, and as such, the university has been called the “Silicon Valley of the North”. The enrollment for 2006 was 23,729 undergraduate and 3,013 graduate students, with 963 full-time faculty members and 2,167 staff. The school has approximately 130,000 alumni in 141 countries. The university press, @UW and The Boar (Arts Faculty) are members of CUP. Other university newspapers include the Imprint (The Official Student Newspaper), The Iron Warrior Engineering, and mathNEWS (Math).
10. Carleton University:(www.carleton.ca)
Carleton University is an international, comprehensive university located in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines, including public affairs, journalism, film studies, engineering, high technology, and international studies. More than 2 000 faculty members instruct some 23 000 students drawn from over 147 countries, studying for a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree.
Past chancellors include two Nobel laureates; pioneering scientist Gerhard Herzberg and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, as well as six Order of Canada recipients. The Right Honourable Herb Gray, Canada’s longest-serving continuous Member of Parliament, former Cabinet minister in the Trudeau, Turner, and Chretien governments, former Deputy Prime Minister, and acting Leader of the Opposition, is the current Chancellor of the University. Dr. Roseann Runte was appointed the university’s president on January 8, 2008, succeeding David W. Atkinson and his pro tempore (acting) successor Samy Mahmoud, the previous Vice-President (academic).
11. University of Guelph:(www.uoguelph.ca)
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of achievement in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and within Canada for its School of Fine Art and Music.
In 2008, the University of Guelph was ranked by Maclean’s magazine as the fourth-best comprehensive university in Canada (“comprehensive” indicating institutions with significant research activity and a range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including professional degrees). It has held the top place in this ranking in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2007, with its reputation, innovative research-intensive programs, and lively campus life cited as particular strengths.
The university is also home to the Ontario Veterinary College, Ontario’s only veterinary school.
The university’s School of English and Theatre Studies is a leader in Canadian literary and dramatic writing and theory, employing many leading voices in its field.
The university is home to North America’s major graduate program in Scottish Studies and the library holds the largest Scottish Studies collection outside the United Kingdom
12. University of Victoria:(www.uvic.ca)
The University of Victoria (UVic) is the second oldest degree granting university in British Columbia. This medium-sized university is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (northeast of Victoria) with an enrollment figure of more than 19,000 students. The campus is famous for its prestige, beautiful gardens and mild climate. It attracts many students in part because of its size, its picturesque location, and its cooperative education program, which is the third largest in Canada. The university is the nation’s lead institution in the Venus and Neptune projects.
13. Queen’s University:(www.queensu.ca)
Queen’s University, generally referred to simply as Queen’s, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 2008, Queen’s maintained its status as one of the top universities in Canada.
The jChurch of Scotland established Queen’s College at Kingston, Ontario in 1841 with a royal charter from Queen Victoria. The institution was founded on October 16, 1841, pre-dating the founding of Canada by 26 years. The first classes were held March 7, 1842 with 13 students and 2 professors. Queen’s was the first degree-granting institution in the United Province of Canada and the first university west of the maritime provinces to admit women, and to form a student government. In 1883, a women’s college for medical education was established affiliated with Queen’s University. In 1888, Queen’s University began offering extension courses, becoming the first Canadian university to do so.
Queen’s University founders modeled their nascent college after the University of Edinburgh for the Scottish university’s tradition of academic freedom, authority, and moral responsibility. Beyond the Kingston campus, the university has an International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, Eastt Sussex, England formerly the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
14. University of Saskatchewan:(www.usask.ca)
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is a coeducational public research university located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, founded over 100 years ago in 1907. The University of Saskatchewan Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1995. It established the provincial university on April 3, 1907 “for the purpose of providing facilities for higher education in all its branches and enabling all persons without regard to race, creed or religion to take the fullest advantage”. The University of Saskatchewan is now the largest education institution in the Canadian province of saskatchewan.
The university began as an agricultural college in 1907 and established the first Canadian university-based department of extension in 1910. 300 acres (1.2 km2) were set aside for university buildings and 1,000 acres (4 km2) for the U of S farm, and agricultural fields. In total 10.32 km² was annexed for the university. Currently, main University campus is situated upon 2,425 acres (10 km2) with another 500 acres (2 km²) allocated for Innovation Place Research Park. The University of Saskatchewan agriculture college still has access to neighbouring urban research lands. University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) facility, (2003) develops DNA-enhanced immunization vaccines for both humans and animals. Since its origins as an agricultural college, research has played an important role at the university. Discoveries made at the U of S include sulphate-resistant cement and the cobalt-60 cancer therapy unit. The university currently offers over 200 academic programs. Duncan P. McColl was appointed as the first registrar, establishing the first convocation from which Chief Justice Edward L. Wetmore was elected as the first chancellor. Walter Charles Murray became the first president of the university’s board of governors.
15. University of Manitoba:(www.umanitoba.ca)
The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is also Manitoba’s most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed in SJTU’s list of the world’s Top 500 Universities. The presses, The Gradzette and The Manitoban, are members of CUP.
16. Simon Fraser University:(www.sfu.ca)
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. It was established in 1965 and presently has more than 32,000 students and 900 faculty members. The university was named after Simon Fraser, a North West Company fur trader and explorer. Undergraduate and graduate programs operate on a year-round tri-semester schedule. SFU was ranked 1st in Canada’s top Comprehensive Universities in 2008’s Macleans Magazine , ranked 57th in the world and 3rd in Canada in 2009 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
17. Dalhousie University:(www.dal.ca)
Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As the largest post-secondary educational institution in the Maritime Provices it offers a wide array of programs, including a medical program and the Schulich School of law. The chancellor is Mr. Fred Fountain; Dr. Tom Traves serves as president and vice-chancellor.
Dalhousie is consistently named among Canada’s top research universities. It is a member of the Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13, a group of the leading research universities in Canada.
In 2003 and 2004, The Scientist magazine placed Dalhousie among the top five places in the world, outside the United States, for postdoctoral work and conducting scientific research. In 2007 Dalhousie topped the list of The Scientist’s “Best Places to Work in Academia”. The annual list divides research and academic institutions into American and international lists; Dalhousie University is ranked first in the international category. According to a survey conducted by The Scientist magazine, Dal was named the best non-commercial scientific institute in which to work in Canada.
Dalhousie University was ranked as the eighth-best university (Medical Doctoral Rankings) in Canada by Maclean’s Magazine in 2008. In addition, Maclean’s ranked Dalhousie’s law school sixth overall for two consecutive years. In the 2008 edition of the annual Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, Dalhousie ranked 11th in Canada and 197th internationally.
18. Memorial University:(www.mun.ca)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, (colloquially known as Memorial University or “MUN”) is a comprehensive university located primarily in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
With historical strengths in engineering, business, geology, and medicine, it is one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada. With over 17,000 students, it is also the largest university in Atlantic Canada MUN’s four main campuses are served by more than 900 faculty and 2,300 staff members. Memorial University of Newfoundland has featured in the SJTU World university rankings, the TOP 500 and many other rankings.
19. Concordia University:(www.concordia.ca)
Concordia University is a comprehensive public university located in Montreal, Canada, one of the city’s two universities whose primary language of instruction is English. In 2008, Concordia’s student enrollment was 43,944, making it among the largest in Canada.
Concordia’s Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science is one of the “G15″ major engineering schools in Canada, and is recognised as a leading research institution in Canada and internationally. According to a worldwide ranking by the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Concordia ranks first among Canadian and 33rd among world universities in terms of graduates occupying the rank of Chief Executive Officer at Fortune 500 companies.
In the 2008 edition of the annual Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings, Concordia ranked 20th in Canada and 357th internationally. The university’s John Molson School of Business is consistently ranked within the top ten Canadian business schools, ranking within the top 100 worldwide
20. York University:(www.yorku.ca)
York University is a university located in Toronto, Ontario. It is canada’s third-largest university and has produced several of the country’s top leaders across the humanities and in sciences such as chemistry, meteorology and space science.
York has a student population of approximately 50,000, 7,000 staff, and 200,000 alumni worldwide. It has eleven faculties, including the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall law shool, Glendon college, the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Health, the Faculty of Environmental Studies, and 24 research centres.
York University has always enjoyed a strong participation in the Canadian Space Program. The Faculty of Science and Engineering is Canada’s primary research facility into Martian exploration and has designed several space research instruments and applications currently used by NASA.
