Waterloo Engineering continued its steady climb up the top 50 in global university rankings released this week by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) for 2021.
The faculty was rated 38th in the world in the category of engineering and technology - up from 41st last year, 46th in 2019 and 70th in 2018 - in an analysis of 1,440 universities based on academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations and research impact.
Mary Wells is the dean of Waterloo Engineering.
It also notched five top-100 rankings in individual subjects, one more than in 2020 results published by the influential United Kingdom company.
“I'm so pleased to see such strong global ranking results for our engineering programs," said Mary Wells, the dean of Waterloo Engineering. "I am also very proud of our faculty and students, who make it all happen with their commitment to engineering education and research.”
Electrical engineering held down the 48th spot, with mechanical engineering coming in at 76th and chemical engineering at 78th. Civil engineering and architecture were both ranked between 51st and 100th.
QS ranked universities in five broad categories, as well as 51 individual subjects within those categories. Other disciplines at Waterloo Engineering weren’t covered by the rankings.
Campus-wide, the University of Waterloo landed 15 subjects in the top 100.
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