McMaster is highly ranked by Times Higher Education, QS, Shanghai Jiao Tong, 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.
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Times Higher Education World University 2023 | Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 | QS World University Rankings 2024 | |
World Ranking |
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Canada Ranking |
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7 |
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McMaster ranked 33rd in the world and 7th in Canada by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023. The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings assess universities against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
McMaster researcher Gerry Wright is a trailblazer in antimicrobial discovery, leading the global fight against superbugs and antibiotic resistance. He leads a global network that is working to prevent future pandemics as part of SDG 3.
Sustainable Development Goal 1 is about ending poverty in all its forms everywhere. Learn how a McMaster business professor is helping.
Sustainable Development Goal 10 SDG 10 is a call to action to reduce inequalities within and among countries. The United Nations has appointed this McMaster expert to help.
SDG 9 is about finding innovative solutions to build resilient infrastructure and promote sustainable industrialization. Here’s how a McMaster business professor is working on making ecommerce logistics better for communities, the environment and the economy.
SDG 17 is about strengthening global partnerships to support and implement the goals. To this McMaster physician, that means making evidence accessible to those with the power to act on it.
Sustained and inclusive economic growth can create decent jobs for all. Find out how a McMaster health sciences researcher is driving progress on SDG 8.
McMaster is ranked #25 in the world in Clinical and Health by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023.
McMaster was ranked #4 in Canada in the “medical-doctoral” category by Maclean’s University Rankings 2023. (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 3rd), Total Research Dollars (ranked 2nd) and Library Acquisitions (ranked 2nd).
McMaster is ranked #24 in Nursing, #40 in Medicine and #48 in the “Broad Subject Area” of Life Sciences & Medicine by the QS World University Rankings 2023.
McMaster is ranked #22 in Sports-Related Subjects, #36 in Anatomy & Physiology and in the top 100 in ‘Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies’ by the QS World University Rankings 2023.
McMaster is ranked #105 in the world in Life Sciences by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023.
McMaster was ranked #47 in the world in Clinical Medicine by the ShanghaiRankings Consultancy Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) 2022.