Rankings

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McMaster is highly ranked by Times Higher Education, QS, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, CWS Leiden, Maclean’s magazine and others. Learn more about our consistently high performance and international reputation when it comes to global impact, teaching, research, top 100 programs, equity, diversity and sustainability.

Times Higher Education World University 2026 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2025 QS World University Rankings 2026
World Ranking 

116

14

101-150

173
Canada Ranking

4

3

5

8

Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals Learn More

McMaster ranks 14th in the world and 3rd in Canada by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025. The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings assess universities against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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SDG 3: McMaster ranks #4 globally and #1 in Canada Learn more

SDG 6: McMaster ranks #8 globally and #1 in Canada Learn more

SDG 1: McMaster ranks #18 globally and #1 in Canada Learn more

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SDG 11: McMaster ranks #28 globally and #5 in Canada Learn more

SDG 10: McMaster ranks #29 globally and #1 in Canada Learn more

SDG 8: McMaster ranks #32 globally and #3 in Canada Learn more

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SDG 2: McMaster ranks #45 globally and #5 in Canada Learn more

SDG 9: McMaster ranks #51 globally and #4 in Canada Learn more

SDG 17: McMaster ranks #59 globally and #1 in Canada Learn more

Clinical & Health Rankings

THE World University

McMaster is ranked #42 in the world in Medical and Health by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

Maclean's University

McMaster was ranked #5 in Canada in the “medical-doctoral” category by Maclean’s University Rankings 2026. (Universities in this category have a broad range of research opportunities and PhD programs, as well as medical schools).

Top Performing Indicators: Student Services (ranked 1st), Medical/Science Grants (ranked 2nd), Total Research Dollars (ranked 2nd), and Library Acquisitions (ranked 2nd).

QS World University

McMaster is ranked #30 in Nursing, #41 in Medicine, #44 in Anatomy & Physiology and #59 in the “Broad Subject Area” of Life Sciences & Medicine by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

Subject Rankings

QS World University

McMaster is ranked #30 in Nursing and #33 in Sports-Related Subjects by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

THE World University

McMaster is ranked #42 in the world in Medical and Health, in the top 150 in the world in Life Sciences and Psychology and the top 200 for Engineering and Social Sciences by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026.

Academic Rankings of World Universities

McMaster is ranked #34 in Public Health, and #48 in the world in Clinical Medicine by the Shanghai Rankings Consultancy Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) 2025.