York is a top ranked university
As a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø of change makers, York University strives for excellence in teaching, research, and global impact. This excellence has achieved strong momentum and placement in global university rankings
York University Rankings Achievements
Top 20%
of nearly 3000 global universities
(THE World University Ranking 2025)
38th
in the world for impact towards sustainable development
(THE Impact Ranking 2025)
333rd
top university in the world
(QS World University Ranking 2026)
Top 5
Best Comprehensive University in Canada
(Maclean's University Rankings, 2025)
As an institution committed to excellence in teaching, research, and impact in our local and global 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, York University gladly participates in the premier global university ranking tables. York participates in and is highly ranked in a variety of ranking produced by Times Higher Education, QS World Rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, Maclean's, and others.
Global rankings provide an opportunity to highlight York's excellence and achievements. By adopting a whole-of-institution collaborative approach, York has achieved great success across many rankings and in doing so further the university's global reputation as a preeminent educational and research institution.
Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
Times Higher Education (THE) is the most widely participated in university ranking tables, with over 2,000 global universities participating in a variety of THE rankings. THE Rankings assess a variety of teaching, reputation, research, and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø impact across the university as a whole and 11 subjects.
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2025 York Ranking Highlights
Top 401-500
Of Global Universities
15th
Best University in Canada
Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking
The Times Higher Education Impact Ranking began in 2019 and examines the impact universities have towards achieving the seventeen United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Top 40 in the world for sustainable development
four years running
York is proud to have been an inaugural member of the Impact Ranking and has consistently been in the top 50 universities in the world for sustainable development.
QS World University Rankings
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Rankings is one of the most popular global university ranking agencies. QS publishes a variety of world university and subject rankings, largely determined by academic and research reputation, and research output. In 2023, QS unveiled a new Sustainability Ranking to measures a university's initiatives to promote social and economic sustainability through its teaching, research, and governance.
to see York's profile by QS Rankings.
2025 York Ranking Highlights
333rd
Of Global Universities
118th
in the world for sustainability
Maclean's University Rankings
Maclean's Magazine university rankings is the most popular Canadian domestic university ranking. Maclean's ranks Canadian universities through three major categories: Primarily Undergraduate, Medical Doctoral, and Comprehensive. As an interdisciplinary university, York is categorized as an comprehensive university and is ranked based on its operating budget, scholarship availability, research funding, availability of student services and teaching reputation.
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2025 York Ranking Highlights
5th in Canada
for comprehensive universities
2nd in Canada
for availability of scholarships and grants in the comprehensive category
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) also known as the Shanghai Ranking is a research focused ranking that examines a higher education institutions research output and impact.
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2025 York Ranking Highlights
401-500
Of Global Universities
Tied for 17th
Best university in Canada
Financial Times Business Rankings
As one of the premier financial and economic journals in the world, the Financial Times publishes annual business school rankings. Encompassing a variety of undergraduate, graduate and continuing education rankings, York's Schulich School for Business has consistently been ranked as one of the world's top business schools.
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2025 York Ranking Highlights
27th
in the world for Executive Education (Open Education)
42nd
in the world for Executive Education (Custom Education)
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking
First published in 2014, the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking builds off the U.S. News' more established American college rankings. In partnership with data power by Clarivate Analytics, the U.S. News & World Report Global University Ranking analyzes universities across 13 metrics on reputation, bibliometrics and international collaboration.
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2025York Ranking Highlights
466th
top university in the world
17th
best university in Canada
4th
in Canada for Economics & Business and Arts & Humanities