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McGill made the world's top 50 universities — but other Canadian schools ranked way higher

Montreal's McGill University is officially one of the world's top 50 universities for 2025.

If you're deciding where to pursue studies in and around Montreal, the latest global university ranking might help tip the scales. The 2025 National Taiwan University (NTU) Rankings are out, and McGill is the only Quebec school to crack the world’s top 100.

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Montreal is still Canada's top city for students but it just fell hard in a global ranking

Montreal has long been considered one of the best cities in the world to study in, but its status just took a hit.

According to the newly released QS Best Student Cities 2026 ranking, Montreal is now tied with Kyoto, Japan for 18th place globally — a noticeable dropoff from its placement in last year's ranking. While Montreal remains the highest-ranked Canadian city on the list, it's no longer in the global top 10, marking one of the sharper declines among major student destinations.

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McGill finally beat U of T in a new world university ranking — But it's complicated

McGill University just earned a major academic win.

According to the newly released 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, McGill has officially been named the best university in Canada — overtaking the University of Toronto, which has long held the top national spot in global rankings.

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McGill just got schooled by 2 other Canadian universities in a new academic ranking

A fresh ranking of the world's best universities is out, and McGill University isn't sitting at the top of the Canadian pack this time. And given the Montreal institution's recent fall in other academic leaderboards, we can't say we're surprised.

The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2025 have just been released, ranking the world's most prestigious universities based on feedback from 55,000 academics worldwide. This year, 300 institutions from 38 countries made the cut —including a dozen from Canada.

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U of T beat McGill in another university ranking — But this time, it's actually good news

Well, this is a plot twist.

McGill University students might be tired of seeing their school come second (or lower) to the University of Toronto (U of T) in various global rankings, but this time, they can breathe a sigh of relief.

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McGill was bested (again) in a new ranking of Canada's best universities for 2025

Montreal might be a dream city for students, but when it comes to rankings, Toronto has edged us out again.

In a development that feels all too familiar, McGill University has been outperformed by the University of Toronto (U of T) in a new CourseCompare's ranking of the best Canadian universities in 2025.

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2 Canadian universities beat McGill in another global ranking and it's getting embarrassing

A new ranking of the best universities in the world has dropped, and Montreal's supposed "Harvard of the North" has found itself trailing behind its biggest competitors. Sound familiar? It should if you've been following university ranking-related news lately.

According to the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025, released by global higher education experts Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on December 10, two Canadian universities have secured spots among the top 10 best in the world when it comes to "tackling the world’s greatest environmental, social, and governance challenges."

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3 Canadian universities made a list of the best in the world — and 2 beat McGill by a lot

Montreal's very own McGill University made a new list of the world's top schools for research, but it turns out two other Canadian universities left it in the dust.

According to a new global ranking, the University of Toronto is the fourth-best university in the world for research, topped only by Harvard, Stanford and University College London. It even beat out research heavyweights like Oxford (5th), Johns Hopkins (6th), Cambridge (9th) and MIT (10th).

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McGill University is outshining more Ivy League schools in a new global ranking

This year's global report card from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) shows McGill University moving up in the World University Rankings by Subject.

The Montreal institution now has three subjects in the global top 10 for the second year in a row. And the number of subjects ranked in the top 20 has reached seven, more than double last year.

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A Ranking Of The Best Universities In The World Dropped & McGill Is No Longer #1 In Canada

A new ranking of the best universities in the world dropped and McGill's score may have inched up a point, however, it still wasn't enough to keep its lead as one of the best schools in Canada.

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insight to the global higher education sector, released the 20th edition of its top universities of 2024. Montreal's McGill University landed in 30th with an overall score of 83.7.

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A New Ranking Of The Best Universities In The World Is Out & Canada Is Slipping

In the ongoing competition for academic prestige, Montreal universities are grappling with an unprecedented challenge.

A surprising upheaval in this year's Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) sees local institutions — and the Canadian higher education system at large — grappling with a downward slide from their previous pinnacle of excellence.

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A Major Global University Ranking Was Just Released & McGill Is Slipping

Though Montreal's oldest university couldn't secure a spot in Maclean's top three schools in Canada for higher education, its ranking there and elsewhere suggests the English-language institution isn't exactly shabby. On October 11, it earned another accolade, with the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023, which rated McGill as the 46th best university globally.

Looking at teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook, the ranking looked at 1,799 universities across 104 nations and regions, making it the biggest of its kind to date. Facing new competitors, McGill fell two spots since last year's THE World University Rankings 2022.

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