Perhaps, the first consideration is location. Montreal is a wonderful city, but how far or close is it to your current location? Are you looking for a large university in a busy, downtown environment? Does McGill offer the program you want? Does THAT program have a good reputation? Remember, while McGill may be great, some programs at other universities may have a better reputation. What about the faculty? Your program of choice at McGill may have great faculty, but not all are world renowned in their fields. Again, the best may teach and research somewhere else. Do you have the required average to get into McGill? It's one of the best in Canada, which also mean that you'll need a pretty good Grade 12 average to be admitted. Furthermore, look at facilities, support systems and other resources. Do they meet all of your needs? Finally, how were McGill and the other universities evaluated? If you were to rank universities would you use the same assessment? As you’ll see, there’s some question about QS’ methodology.
So many variables, so many questions, but do give yourself time to consider all of your options. Use the same analysis when you consider this ranking, the Macleans ranking and any other that you see in your research.
Here are the other Canadian universities on the QS World University Ranking and how they ranked in this top 300 global list:
17. McGill University
23. University of Toronto
51. University of British Columbia
100. University of Alberta
137. Universite de Montreal
144. Queen's University
157. University of Western Ontario
159. McMaster University
160. University of Waterloo
218. University of Calgary
234. Dalhousie University
256. University of Ottawa
260. Simon Fraser University
292. University of Victoria
What about the other Canadian universities not on the list? Do not automatically exclude them for all the reasons discussed above. The results of another world university ranking will be released on October 6th. I can guarantee that the results will be different. Stay tuned.
