Macleans / en 茄子直播 ranked Canada's most innovative university by Maclean's magazine /news/u-t-ranked-canada-s-most-innovative-university-maclean-s-magazine <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">茄子直播 ranked Canada's most innovative university by Maclean's magazine</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/UofT85060_2020-03-17-Campus-Shots-credit-Johnny_Guatto-%2834%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=h5AlVVWX 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/UofT85060_2020-03-17-Campus-Shots-credit-Johnny_Guatto-%2834%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=uSFrTg7k 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/UofT85060_2020-03-17-Campus-Shots-credit-Johnny_Guatto-%2834%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=V5gf8nBw 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/UofT85060_2020-03-17-Campus-Shots-credit-Johnny_Guatto-%2834%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=h5AlVVWX" alt="A student walks behind a glass wall at 茄子直播's Myhal Centre"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-10-13T13:52:05-04:00" title="Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 13:52" class="datetime">Tue, 10/13/2020 - 13:52</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">(photo by Johnny Guatto)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/geoffrey-vendeville" hreflang="en">Geoffrey Vendeville</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/entrepreneneurship" hreflang="en">Entrepreneneurship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/macleans" hreflang="en">Macleans</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rankings" hreflang="en">Rankings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/startups" hreflang="en">Startups</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">茄子直播 Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">茄子直播 Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto <a href="https://www.macleans.ca/education/university-rankings/canadas-best-universities-by-reputation-rankings-2021/">is the top university in Canada for spurring innovation</a>, according to the latest <em>Maclean鈥檚</em> national reputational rankings.</p> <p>The annual ranking compares universities鈥 reputations based on the results of a survey conducted by the magazine of university faculty, senior administrators and business people across the country.</p> <p>鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled that the University of Toronto has been recognized for its efforts to foster a climate of innovation and entrepreneurship alongside its reputation for world-class research and academics,鈥 said <strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, 茄子直播鈥檚 vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>鈥淥ne of 茄子直播's strengths is creating opportunities for researchers and students to move their discoveries out of the university into the real world where they can make a difference in people's lives.鈥</p> <p>Overall, 茄子直播 held onto first place in the <em>Maclean鈥檚</em> reputational rankings for the sixth year running. In addition to innovation, it received top marks in categories related to quality and producing 鈥渓eaders of tomorrow.鈥</p> <p>The other Canadian universities ranked in the top five overall by reputation were the University of British Columbia, the University of Waterloo, McGill University and McMaster University, respectively.</p> <p>茄子直播 placed second behind McGill in separate list of the best medical doctoral universities published by <em>Maclean鈥檚</em>.</p> <p>茄子直播 has a long and rich history of ground-breaking research going back 200 years, <em><a href="https://www.macleans.ca/education/university-rankings/canadas-top-school-for-reputation-2021-university-of-toronto/">Maclean鈥檚 notes</a>. </em>That includes the invention of the electric wheelchair, alkaline battery, IMAX and insulin.</p> <p>Today, the university is also home to a vibrant innovation and entrepreneurship scene that has helped fuel Toronto鈥檚 recent tech boom, which has resulted in new jobs and investment. <a href="https://2019.research.utoronto.ca/">The 2019 annual report</a> of 茄子直播鈥檚 Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation noted that there were 180 invention disclosures, 250 commercialization projects, 75 priority patent applications and 35 licensing and option agreements at the university in the year prior.</p> <p>茄子直播 entrepreneurs, meantime, have created 500 startups in the last 10 years and secured more than $1.5 billion in investment. Most of these startups are student-led.</p> <p>Companies led by 茄子直播 graduates and faculty are regularly in the news, <em>Maclean鈥檚</em> says, <a href="/news/u-t-infectious-disease-expert-s-ai-firm-now-part-canada-s-covid-19-arsenal">citing BlueDot</a>, the AI software company that was the first to warn the world of the COVID-19&nbsp;pandemic.</p> <p>茄子直播 was also recognized by Reuter鈥檚 last year in <a href="/news/reuters-ranks-u-t-most-innovative-university-canada-27th-world">their ranking of the most innovative universities</a> in the world. 茄子直播 was ranked first in Canada in that list and 27th globally, up 19 spots from 2017.</p> <p>鈥溓炎又辈 is proud to support its researchers and entrepreneurs as they look to turn their ideas into reality,鈥 said <strong>Derek Newton</strong>, assistant vice-president, innovation, partnerships and entrepreneurship.</p> <p>鈥淭hrough successful partnerships with industry, intellectual property protection and its many startup accelerators, 茄子直播 helps innovators each step of the way.鈥</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:52:05 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 166006 at 茄子直播 moves to top spot in Maclean's ranking of medical-doctoral universities /news/u-t-moves-top-spot-maclean-s-ranking-medical-doctoral-universities <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">茄子直播 moves to top spot in Maclean's ranking of medical-doctoral universities</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2018-10-12-library-rankings-resized.jpg?h=2fe880c3&amp;itok=KFGXS0pc 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2018-10-12-library-rankings-resized.jpg?h=2fe880c3&amp;itok=xg8KNteO 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2018-10-12-library-rankings-resized.jpg?h=2fe880c3&amp;itok=FMBZGaN0 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2018-10-12-library-rankings-resized.jpg?h=2fe880c3&amp;itok=KFGXS0pc" alt="Photo of library at 茄子直播 Scarborough"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>noreen.rasbach</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2018-10-15T00:00:00-04:00" title="Monday, October 15, 2018 - 00:00" class="datetime">Mon, 10/15/2018 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">(photo by Ken Jones)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/chris-sorensen" hreflang="en">Chris Sorensen</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/graduate-students" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/innovation-entrepreneurship" hreflang="en">Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/macleans" hreflang="en">Macleans</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rankings" hreflang="en">Rankings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto has been ranked first in Canada by&nbsp;<em>Maclean鈥檚</em>&nbsp;magazine in the research-intensive medical and doctoral category.</p> <p>The annual ranking, released this week, saw 茄子直播 move up one spot in the important category 鈥 which ranks research-focused universities with a broad range of graduate-level programs, including PhDs 鈥 and tie for first place with Montreal鈥檚 McGill University.</p> <p>茄子直播 was also ranked by&nbsp;<em>Maclean鈥檚</em>&nbsp;as the Canadian school with the best overall reputation 鈥 a position it has occupied in the ranking for four straight years.</p> <p>鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to see the University of Toronto recognized for its strength in the medical and doctoral category,鈥 said 茄子直播 President&nbsp;<strong>Meric Gertler</strong>.</p> <p>鈥淚n fact, in the major global university rankings, 茄子直播 is routinely ranked as one of the world鈥檚 top research-intensive institutions and in the top 10 public universities on the planet.鈥</p> <p>茄子直播鈥檚 performance in the&nbsp;<em>Maclean鈥檚&nbsp;</em>2019 ranking in the medical and doctoral category was due to its first-place position in several key metrics, including faculty awards, medical and scientific grants and the total amount of research dollars it is awarded.</p> <p>The University of British Columbia was ranked third in the same category, while Hamilton, Ont.鈥檚 McMaster University was ranked fourth.</p> <p>The <em>Maclean鈥檚</em> ranking was released on the same day as a global ranking of the world鈥檚 most innovative universities by information technology giant Thomson Reuters. That ranking saw 茄子直播 jump 11 spots to 35<sup>th</sup> in the world 鈥 and No. 1 in Canada 鈥 when it comes to advancing science and inventing technologies that 鈥減ower new markets and industries.鈥</p> <p>Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University took the top three spots in the Reuters ranking, which was generally dominated by U.S. schools. The only other Canadian school to rank in the top 100 was UBC, which captured 61<sup>st</sup> place.</p> <p>The Reuters innovation ranking is based on metrics like patent volume, patent citations and the number of scientific articles written in collaboration with industry. The global list is limited to universities that filed more than 70 patents to the World Intellectual Property Association during a five-year period.</p> <p>One of the world鈥檚 top research universities, 茄子直播 is increasingly focused on moving its discoveries and knowledge out of the lab and into the real world. Since 2010, 茄子直播 has filed more that 400 patent applications and negotiated over 250 license agreements.&nbsp;It has also partnered with hundreds of corporations over the past decade and launched more than 500 startup companies that have collectively generated more than $1 billion in investment.&nbsp;</p> <p>Overall, 茄子直播 continues to be the highest ranked Canadian university and one of the world鈥檚 top-ranked public universities in the five principal international rankings: Times Higher Education, QS World Rankings, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, U.S. News Best Global Universities and National Taiwan University.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +0000 noreen.rasbach 144820 at Maclean's lauds 茄子直播鈥檚 reputation, and research and innovation in annual rankings /news/maclean-s-lauds-u-t-s-reputation-and-research-and-innovation-annual-rankings <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Maclean's lauds 茄子直播鈥檚 reputation, and research and innovation in annual rankings</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-10-26-ranking-macleans-lead-2.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=-SghJAvY 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2016-10-26-ranking-macleans-lead-2.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Mk73rss6 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2016-10-26-ranking-macleans-lead-2.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=DYOsYV23 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-10-26-ranking-macleans-lead-2.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=-SghJAvY" alt="Photo of students taking notes"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-10-26T15:29:22-04:00" title="Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 15:29" class="datetime">Wed, 10/26/2016 - 15:29</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Students take notes in class (photo by Jason Krygier-Baum)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/jennifer-robinson" hreflang="en">Jennifer Robinson</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Jennifer Robinson</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/ranking" hreflang="en">Ranking</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t" hreflang="en">茄子直播</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/macleans" hreflang="en">Macleans</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/innovation" hreflang="en">Innovation</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>If you want to know which&nbsp;Canadian university has the best reputation among business leaders, guidance counsellors and fellow professors, the answer is the University of Toronto, <em>Maclean's </em>says.</p> <p>For its annual ranking of Canada鈥檚 top institutions of higher learning, the storied magazine conducted a cross-country reputational survey, which placed 茄子直播 in the No.1 spot.</p> <p>The&nbsp;influencers participating in the survey also named a 茄子直播 degree as the 鈥渉ighest quality鈥 of all universities surveyed in Canada and its students as the No.1 鈥渓eaders of tomorrow.鈥 The university also placed second in the most innovative university category.</p> <p>Regularly named the top Canadian university and among the top 10 global public universities by international surveys 鈥&nbsp;including this week鈥檚 <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em>&nbsp; rankings 鈥&nbsp;茄子直播 placed second overall in the <em>Maclean's</em>&nbsp;medical doctoral category, which ranked universities with a broad range of PhD programs and research, as well as medical schools. Other schools in the category included McGill University, the University of British Columbia, McMaster University and the University of Alberta.</p> <p>鈥淐anada is fortunate to have a number of strong universities. We鈥檙e proud that the value of a University of Toronto degree and the experience of our students learning from some of the top minds in the world is one of the reasons we consistently rank among the very best in the world,鈥 said <strong>Vivek Goel</strong>, 茄子直播鈥檚 vice-president of research and innovation.</p> <p>To compile results for its 26th annual survey, <em>Maclean's</em> used five factors (students, faculty, resources, student support and reputation) based on 14 performance indicators. Each indicator was allocated a weight percentage. For example, reputation was worth 15 per cent of the overall score, while nine per cent was allocated to library services and resources.</p> <p>In addition to its reputation survey results, 茄子直播 was also at the top&nbsp;in faculty awards, medical and science grants, citations and total research dollars.</p> <p>The magazine鈥檚 methodology differs from global rankings. It highly weights input measures and focuses more on undergraduate student measures.</p> <p>茄子直播 has done well this year in several international rankings:</p> <ul> <li>21st on this week鈥檚 <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report </em>rankings</li> <li>22nd on the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) annual rankings of the top universities in the world</li> <li>32nd in the QS World University Rankings</li> <li>27th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) report by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.</li> </ul> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-named-best-global-university-canada-21st-world-us-news-world-report">Read about 茄子直播's performance in the recent U.S. News &amp; World Report's best global universities ranking</a></h3> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-nabs-4th-spot-2016-national-taiwan-university-ranking">Read about the National Taiwan University Ranking</a></h3> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-again-top-25-best-global-universities">Read about the&nbsp;THE's world university ranking</a></h3> <h3><a href="/news/sterling-reputation-propels-u-t-global-ranking">Read about the QS ranking</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:29:22 +0000 ullahnor 101566 at Macleans 2015 University Rankings: 茄子直播 tops in reputation, research output and impact and faculty awards /news/macleans-2015-university-rankings-u-t-tops-reputation-research-output-and-impact-and-faculty-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Macleans 2015 University Rankings: 茄子直播 tops in reputation, research output and impact and faculty awards</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>sgupta</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2015-10-29T14:41:25-04:00" title="Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 14:41" class="datetime">Thu, 10/29/2015 - 14:41</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/brianna-goldberg" hreflang="en">Brianna Goldberg</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Brianna Goldberg</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/more-news" hreflang="en">More News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/undergraduate-students" hreflang="en">Undergraduate Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rankings-2015" hreflang="en">Rankings 2015</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rankings" hreflang="en">Rankings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/macleans" hreflang="en">Macleans</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/education" hreflang="en">Education</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Macleans</em> magazine released its 2015 university rankings on Oct. 28, placing&nbsp;茄子直播 first in such categories as Faculty Awards, Reputation, Medical/Science Research Grants, Citations and&nbsp;Total Research Dollars.&nbsp;</p> <p>The magazine groups universities into three categories: medical/doctoral (for&nbsp;institutions hosting a broad range of PhD programs, research and medical schools); primarily undergraduate and comprehensive. In the category of medical/doctoral, Macleans ranked&nbsp;the top three universities in Canada as&nbsp;McGill, 茄子直播 and UBC.&nbsp;</p> <p>Macleans ranked 茄子直播 #1 for reputation (followed by UBC and McGill) across all categories of universities,&nbsp;based on its&nbsp;survey of business people, high school guidance counsellors and university faculty and senior administrators across the country. Respondents were asked to assess&nbsp;universities' reputation for&nbsp;innovation, quality and&nbsp;鈥渓eaders of tomorrow鈥.</p> <p>鈥淭he specific results for 茄子直播 are in the same range as results from previous years,鈥 said <strong>Marny Scully</strong>, assistant vice-president, government, institutional and community relations. 鈥淚n the most prestigious international rankings from this year 鈥 Times Higher Education, National Taiwan University, Shanghai and US News &amp; World 鈥 the University of Toronto placed first in Canada in each ranking and between third and 25th in the world, again consistent with previous years.鈥</p> <h2><a href="http://news.utoronto.ca/tags/rankings">Read more about 茄子直播 and international rankings&nbsp;</a></h2> <p>The <em>Macleans</em> methodology differs from the global rankings in that it highly weights input measures (such as financial investment) rather than output or impact measures (such as citations), Scully said. She added that it also differs in its focus on undergraduates rather than a more complete view that includes graduate metrics.</p> <p>Despite these methodological limits, Scully said <em>Macleans</em>鈥 latest ranking includes a new metric on research impact. &nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淔or the first time, a citations metric has been added that measures research output and impact. While this is a positive change, the new metric is still one measure out of 14 used by <em>Macleans</em>.鈥</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-picpath field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">picpath</div> <div class="field__item">sites/default/files/2015-10-29-rankings-macleans-sized.jpg</div> </div> Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:41:25 +0000 sgupta 7393 at