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Why The 6 ranks 13th among the best cities in the world for students

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Criteria used to rank cities include such factors as crime, pollution, tolerance and inclusion – as well as the QS academic ranking of universities in the city (photo of Toronto's Kensington Market by Nicolai Grut via Flickr)

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QS places Toronto in a tie with Boston, Vancouver

Toronto ranks 13th among the best cities in the world for students in a survey released this week by the same organization that produces the annual QS World University Rankings.

The rating places Canada’s largest metropolis in a tie with two other major cities, Vancouver and Boston. All scored 355 points out of a theoretical maximum of 500. Paris tops the list with 404 points. Melbourne, Tokyo, Sydney and London follow.

“Toronto's strong showing as a desirable destination for students certainly reflects well on �鶹��Ƶ,” the University of Toronto's Kaleem Hawa said. The double major in international relations and global health was born in Edmonton. He was recently named a Rhodes Scholar.

“While affordability is an area where there is more that can be done, the metrics suggest that our graduates command respect among employers, that our education is rigorous, and that our student population possesses a depth and diversity that are fundamental to the university experience,” Hawa said.

The highest-ranked North American city is Montreal, in seventh spot with 377 points. New York, in 20th position with 334 points, is the second-best American city for students.

To be considered, a city must have a population of at least 250,000 – a requirement that excludes many small municipalities with well-known universities.

QS methodology awards 100 points for each of five categories: student mix, desirability, employer activity, affordability and the QS academic ranking of the universities in the city. Each category comprises various criteria.

“Student mix” includes student population as a proportion of the total population, the presence of international students and “tolerance and inclusion” as measured by the Washington-based Social Progress Imperative organization. Crime, pollution and corruption fall under “desirability.”

The cities ranking is the latest in a series of international and domestic rankings in which �鶹��Ƶ performs highly for innovation, employability of its grads, research strength and more.

Reuters: �鶹��Ƶ is Canada’s most innovative university

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Stewart Aitchison (above) and colleagues James Dou and Rakesh Nayyar credit �鶹��Ƶ's innovation policies and supports for helping them get their company ChipCare off the ground (photo by Roberta Baker)

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�鶹��Ƶ placed 38th in the Reuters rankings, which are based on published academic papers and patent filings. Stanford was first, followed by MIT and Harvard. Besides �鶹��Ƶ, only one other Canadian university made the top 100: the University of British Columbia, in 68th place.

Macleans 2015 University Rankings: �鶹��Ƶ tops in reputation, research output and impact and faculty awards

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Macleans 2015 University Rankings: �鶹��Ƶ tops in reputation, research output and impact and faculty awards sgupta Thu, 10/29/2015 - 14:41

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Macleans magazine released its 2015 university rankings on Oct. 28, placing �鶹��Ƶ first in such categories as Faculty Awards, Reputation, Medical/Science Research Grants, Citations and Total Research Dollars.

The magazine groups universities into three categories: medical/doctoral (for institutions hosting a broad range of PhD programs, research and medical schools); primarily undergraduate and comprehensive. In the category of medical/doctoral, Macleans ranked the top three universities in Canada as McGill, �鶹��Ƶ and UBC.

Macleans ranked �鶹��Ƶ #1 for reputation (followed by UBC and McGill) across all categories of universities, based on its survey of business people, high school guidance counsellors and university faculty and senior administrators across the country. Respondents were asked to assess universities' reputation for innovation, quality and “leaders of tomorrow”.

“The specific results for �鶹��Ƶ are in the same range as results from previous years,” said Marny Scully, assistant vice-president, government, institutional and community relations. “In the most prestigious international rankings from this year – Times Higher Education, National Taiwan University, Shanghai and US News & World – the University of Toronto placed first in Canada in each ranking and between third and 25th in the world, again consistent with previous years.”

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