The University of Calgary has landed among the top 10 large universities in Canada, according to a new national ranking.
Maclean’s recently released its annual list of Canada’s Best Large Universities, and the University of Calgary landed in ninth place.
The ranking is based on 15 indicators across four categories, including student experience and success, faculty quality, student resources and support, and reputation. To qualify as a large university, schools must have more than 30,000 full-time equivalent students.
This year’s rankings also introduced four new indicators: student retention rates, graduation rates, research volume, and research impact.
The University of Calgary is known for its programs in areas such as engineering and energy, and continues to expand into fields including data science and urban innovation. The school has nearly 30,000 full-time undergraduate students, along with thousands more studying at the graduate level.
The University of Calgary performed particularly well in a few areas in the ranking, coming in third for student-faculty ratio and fourth for scholarships and bursaries among the large universities.
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The school also ranked eighth for student awards and research volume, and placed seventh for research impact and student services. However, the university ranked 12th for graduation rates and medical science grants.
McGill University was named Canada’s best large university for 2027, followed by the University of Toronto in second, and the University of British Columbia in third.
The University of Alberta in Edmonton also made the list, landing in sixth place overall, while the University of Waterloo and Queen’s University rounded out the top five.
The University of Calgary is no stranger to the spotlight. Earlier this year, it climbed to spot 185th on a global ranking of universities and was among the world’s top universities for 2027.
You can find the full ranking online.