Again in January, McGill took a beating within the TIME/Statista world university rankings, touchdown at 154th globally whereas the College of Toronto got here in at twenty fourth. This week, the tables turned.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds printed its 2026 World University Rankings by Subject, and the headline consequence belongs to McGill. Its Engineering — Mineral and Mining program climbed to second on this planet, its highest rating ever, and the very best rank achieved by any Canadian college in a selected topic throughout this 12 months’s whole record. This system has now sat within the international High 10 for 10 consecutive years.
For broader context, McGill additionally sits at twenty seventh in QS’s overall global university rankings (that record was launched final June), placing it forward of U of T at twenty ninth and UBC at fortieth.
Of the 55 tutorial disciplines assessed throughout greater than 18,000 applications at 1,900 establishments worldwide, McGill positioned 43 applications within the international High 50 and one other 10 within the High 100.
A number of different applications additionally positioned among the many best possible globally. Anatomy & Physiology held agency at fifth on this planet, Library & Info Administration jumped to eleventh, Music tied for thirteenth, and Performing Arts got here in at fifteenth. 5 McGill topics ranked within the High 20 and 10 positioned within the High 30, together with Psychology at twenty second and Medication at twenty third.
Past the highest performers, McGill noticed broad features throughout the board. Of the topics ranked in each 2025 and 2026, 33 improved 12 months over 12 months. Pharmacy & Pharmacology made one of many larger leaps, climbing from 58th to thirty seventh. Arithmetic rose 17 locations to fifty fifth, Enterprise & Administration Research improved 16 locations to forty fourth, and Sociology gained 16 spots to achieve thirty second worldwide.
On the college degree, 4 of McGill’s 5 broad topic areas improved in comparison with final 12 months. Social Sciences & Administration rose to thirty second, Pure Sciences to thirty ninth, Engineering & Know-how to forty first, and Arts & Humanities to thirty fifth. Life Sciences & Medication tied for twenty eighth globally.
You may entry Quacquarelli Symonds’ whole international rating here.