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:
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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