If you live in Toronto, you’ve seen those hard-working University of Toronto students walking around. Maybe you’re one of them, or were one of them once upon a time. The school was founded in the 1800s, and today, it has three campuses across the city (St. George, Scarborough, and Mississauga). Not only is it considered one of the best universities in the country, but it’s ranked among the top 20 in the entire world.

According to the U.S. News Global University Report, “Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.”

For the 2025-2026 global rankings, U of T came in at 16th. Some of the other rankings the school racked up include:

  • Third in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Fourth in Surgery
  • Fifth in Art and Humanities
  • Fifth in Clinical Medicine
  • Sixth Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
  • Eighth in Oncology
  • 10th in Space Science
  • 14th in Neuroscience and Behaviour
  • 19th in Biology and Biochemistry
  • 21st in Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • 23rd in Immunology
  • 29th in Cell Biology
  • 29th in Infectious Diseases
  • 30th in Chemistry

As for some of the other top institutions, here’s what spots beat U of T:

  • Harvard
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Stanford
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University College London
  • University of Washington Seattle
  • Yale
  • Columbia
  • Imperial College London
  • Tsinguha University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Pennsylvania

So, do you agree with the ranking and with the fact that the University of Toronto is Canada’s best university?

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Associate Editor – Taylor is a Toronto-based journalist with a passion for storytelling. Whether chasing a story, writing, or editing, she brings a creative spin to the media world and has a blast doing it. Taylor brings years of journalism experience in sports, local/national news, and entertainment. In her spare time, you can typically find Taylor trying out a new restaurant or cocktail bar, cooking, golfing or binge-watching true crime documentaries.

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