Thursday, October 22, 2020
The Department of Chemical Engineering placed 87th in worldwide university rankings for 2021, joining three other Waterloo Engineering subjects in the top 100.
In an evaluation of more than 1,500 global universities by media company U.S. News and World Report, electrical engineering ranked 25th, mechanical engineering ranked 49th and civil engineering ranked 73rd.
Overall, Waterloo Engineering was rated as the 57th best engineering school in the world, up one spot from 2020.
The annual Best Global Universities rankings of schools in more than 80 countries are based on 13 measures of academic research, and global and regional reputation.