Established in 1959, York University is a Canadian public research university. York university rankings has been placed in the rank band #351-400 by both Times Higher Education and QS Rankings. On the other hand, US News Rankings, CWUR, and Shanghai Rankings have placed the university in the rank band #401-500.

York University offers a plethora of courses across various top streams, due to which QS Rankings have placed it in the rank band #151-200. Some of its top programs include ‘Telecommunication Engineering’, ‘Philosophy’, ‘Performing Arts’, and ‘Law’. In addition to this, the US News placed York University at #141 for its ‘Arts and Humanities ’ programs.

York University Rankings: World Ranking Trends

The table below is a demonstration of the previous years’ ranking trends of York University in the leading ranking lists:-

York University Rankings: World Ranking Trends

Ranking Body 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS Rankings #511-520 #531-540 #494 #456 #353
US News Rankings #416 #432 #456 #426
CWUR #404 #400 #427 #433
THE Rankings #401-500 #401-500 #401-500 #401-500 #351-400
Shanghai Rankings #301-400 #401-500 #401-500

York University Rankings: Engineering Rankings

The US News has placed York University’s Engineering programs in the list of top 450 global engineering courses. Furthermore, its ‘Telecommunication Engineering’ program has maintained it position in the rank band #101-150 from the last year in Shanghai Rankings.

York University Rankings: Engineering Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Mechanical Engineering #451-500
Engineering and Technology #501-530 #451-500 #451-500
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #451-500 #401-450 #401-450

Shanghai Rankings

Environmental Science and Technology #401-500
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #201-300 #151-200 #151-200
Mechanical Engineering #301-400
TelecommunicationEngineering #101-150 #101-150
THE Rankings Engineering and Technology #401-500 #501-600 #401-500 #401-500

York University Rankings: Computer Science Rankings

Here’s a table dedicated to York University’s computer science courses and their ranking trends:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Computer Science and Information Systems #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
THE Rankings Computer Science #201-250 #176-200 #151-175
Shanghai Rankings Computer Science and Engineering #201-300 #151-200 #151-200

York University Rankings: Natural Science Courses

This year, the Psychology program of York University has made to the rank band #126-150 in THE Rankings making it one of the top-ranked courses of the institution. The following table shows how various natural science courses of the university have been ranked over the years by top ranking bodies:

York University Rankings: Natural Science Courses

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
 

Shanghai Rankings

Earth Sciences #401-500 #401-500 #301-400
Physics #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Atmospheric Sciences #301-400 #201-300 #301-400
Ecology #301-400
Geography #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Mathematics #201-300 #401-500 #401-500
 

QS World Subject Rankings

Physics and Astronomy #301-350 #251-300 #401-450
Mathematics #351-400 #401-450 #351-400
Natural Science #451-500 #451-500 #401-450

THE Rankings

Psychology #126-150 #126-150 #151-175 #126-150
Life Sciences #401-500 #401-500 #401-500 #501-600
Physical Sciences #401-500 #401-500 #401-500 #401-500

York University Rankings: Medical Science Courses

York University caters to various well-structured academic courses in the stream of medical science, some of which have been ranked as follows:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Public Health #201-300 #301-400
Nursing #151-200
Clinical Medicine #301-400 #401-500 #401-500
THE Rankings Clinical, pre-clinical, and health #251-300 #301-400 #401-500

York University Rankings: Business Courses

Shanghai Rankings have been ranking York University’s ‘Business Administration’ program in the band #51-75 for the last 3 years. Moreover, the US News has market York University at #113 for ‘Economics and business’.

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Accounting and Finance #101-150 #101-150 #95
Economics and Econometrics #201-250 #201-250 #201-250
THE Rankings Business and Economics #201-250 #176-200 #151-175 #101-125

Shanghai Rankings

Management #201-300 #151-200 #151-200
Economics #151-200 #151-200 #201-300
Finance #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Business Administration #51-75 #51-75 #51-75

York University Rankings: Humanities Courses

York University’s ‘Law’ program is placed by Times Higher Education at #96 and by QS World Subject Rankings at #151-200. The following table contains the ranking trends of the humanities-related programs available at York University:-

York University Rankings: Humanities Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Education #301-400 #401-500 #301-400
Political science #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Communication #101-150 #201-300 #51-75
Law #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
Sociology #151-200

THE Rankings

Education #126-150 #176-200 #176-200 #176-200
Social Sciences #201-250 #251-300 #251-300 #201-250
Law #96 #126-150 #50 #43
Arts and Humanities #251-300 #251-300 #176-200 #151-175

QS World Subject Rankings

History #101-150 #51-100 #101-150
Linguistics #201-250 #201-250 #151-200
Arts and Humanities #183 #159 #185
Communication and Media Studies #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Philosophy #51-100 #51-100 #151-200
Politics #151-200 #201-220 #151-200
Social Sciences and Management #209 #234 #187
Law and Legal Studies #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Performing Arts #51-100 #101-115
Sociology #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Social Policy and Administration #101-130
English Language and Literature #74 #73 #101-150
Modern Languages #151-200 #201-250 #201-250

US News Subject Rankings

The US News has evaluated various courses of York University and hence placed some of them as:-

Subject Rankings 2022-23
Arts and Humanities #141
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #231
Clinical Medicine #429
Engineering #440
Economics and business #113
Computer Science #319
Social Sciences and Public Health #284
Space Sciences #226
Psychology #164
Physics #403

York University Rankings: Miscellaneous

York University is well-ranked among other global and top Canadian institutions for its academic and non-academic parameters. The table below contains such rankings, reflecting the dominance of the university:-

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2022-23

QS WUR

Sustainability Ranking #118
QS WUR By Subject #151-200

US News

Best Global Universities #426
Best Global Universities in Canada #16

THE World University Rankings

World University Rankings #351-400
Impact Rankings: Climate Actions #89
Impact Rankings: Life on Land #101-200
Impact Rankings: Quality Education #301-400
Impact Rankings: Reducing Inequalities #25
Impact Rankings #40

CWUR

National Rank #18
Employability Rank #317
Research Rank #428

York University enjoys a great reputation in Canada with a national rank of #16 by the US News, #18 by CWUR, and among top 5 institutions by Maclean’s rankings.