Ten subjects at Waterloo Engineering made the top 50 worldwide in annual rankings recently released for 2025 by an influential organization based in China.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, included an evaluation of 57 subject areas at almost 2,000 universities in 100 countries based on research output, research influence, international collaboration, research quality and academic awards.
Remote sensing (20th), telecommunication engineering (21st), energy science and engineering (21st), electrical and electronic engineering (27th), environmental science and engineering (34th), water resources (35th), transportation science and technology (36th), computer science and engineering (38th), artificial intelligence (38th) and materials science and engineering (49th) at Waterloo all cracked the top 50 globally.
Six of the other nine engineering subjects rated at Waterloo – robotic science and engineering, mechanical engineering, automation and control, instruments science and technology, nanoscience and nanotechnology, and civil engineering – fell between 51st and 150th.
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