Dalhousie has ranked among the top 350 universities globally out of the pool of 1,799 institutions that were included in this year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR).
Among Canadian universities, Dalhousie tied for 14th place and continues to be the top-ranked university in Atlantic Canada.
International Outlook continues to be Dalhousie’s highest ranked performance area. The university places at 121 globally for this category, which looks at proportion of international students and staff, and publications with international collaboration.
Year over year
This year, the university improved its scores in several key metrics including institutional income, research income, doctorates-awarded to academic-staff ratio, and industry income. Scores also went up in teaching reputation and research reputation.
Despite these improvements, Dal slipped in the rankings slightly from 251-300 to the 301-350 bracket. The change seems related to the growing pool of other universities competing in the ranking (there were 137 more universities included in this year’s list) combined with a drop in the number of times Dal’s published work was cited by scholars globally. A decline in the score for students to academic staff ratio also contributed.
THE World University Rankings are the last major world university ranking of the year. Dalhousie also actively participates in the QS World University Rankings and ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.
