Researchers at National Taiwan University have recognized the University of Waterloo as an impressive force among Canada’s engineering institutions. Waterloo Engineering ranked second in Canada in the 2015 Taiwan Ranking’s engineering field, and first for Chemical Engineering. The University of Waterloo also ranked in Canada’s top five for the Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering subjects.
The rankings are sponsored by the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), and use eight indicators based on bibliometric data from the Thomson Reuters Web of Science. Subject categories are based on journal classifications used in Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators.