Montreal, Canada
McGill University
Ranked in the world
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McGill University is ranked 1st in the world.
Source: Maclean's University Rankings 2026 — Medical Doctoral, 2026
Full ranking profile
McGill University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Maclean's 2026Headline | Maclean's | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Library & Information Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 10 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | 12 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 16 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 16 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 23 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 27 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | 29 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 30 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 30 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 39 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 41 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 41 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 41 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 42 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 43 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 44 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 44 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 44 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 44 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Education | METU (URAP Lab) | 45 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 46 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 47 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 50 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 50 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 50 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 55 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 65 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 68 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 68 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 69 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 73 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 74 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 74 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 74 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 76 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 81 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 87 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 98 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 99 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 101 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 104 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 116 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 124 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 145 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 146 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 152 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 154 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 168 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 168 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 175 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 182 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 185 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 208 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 214 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 214 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 227 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 251 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 262 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 277 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 309 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 336 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 523 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.