Carleton University is fairly placed among the top 600 universities in the world by both Shanghai Rankings and Times Higher Education. At the same time, CWUR features Carleton University ranking at #534 while the US News ranks the institution at the 526th position. On the other hand, QS Rankings place Carleton University in the rank band #671-680, worldwide.

Carleton University caters to a wide variety of top-ranked academic programs, including “Telecommunication Engineering”, “Transportation Science and Technology”, “Library and Information Management”, and “Law”. Meanwhile, Carleton University enjoys the reputation of being one of the top 20 national universities, as suggested by both the US News and CWUR.

Carleton University World Ranking Trends:

Here are the previous year’s ranking trends of Carleton University, provided by the leading ranking agencies:-

CU World Ranking Trends

Ranking Body 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS World University Rankings #651-700 #601-650 #601-650 #601-650 #671-680
US News and World Report Best Global Universities #483 #471 #481 #526
CWUR #561 #527 #534 #534
THE World University Rankings #501-600 #501-600 #601-800 #601-800 #501-600
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) #401-500 #501-600 #501-600

Carleton University Engineering Ranking:

Carleton University is globally recognized for its “Telecommunication Engineering” program that currently ranks at #32 in the Shanghai Rankings. Furthermore, THE Rankings place it in the rank band #251-300 for “Engineering and Technology”.

CU Engineering Ranking

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Mechanical Engineering #351-400 #351-400 #401-450
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #301-350 #251-300 #251-300
Engineering and Technology #401-450 #401-450 #401-450

Shanghai Rankings

Transportation Science and Technology #51-75 #51-75 #34
TelecommunicationEngineering #32 #44 #19
Automation and Control #151-200
Environmental Science and Technology #201-300 #201-300 #151-200
Civil Engineering #201-300 #151-200 #101-150
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #101-150 #76-100 #76-100
THE Rankings Engineering and Technology #251-300 #251-300 #201-250 #201-250

Carleton University Computer Science Rankings:

Here’s how Carleton University has been positioned by the leading ranking bodies for its “Computer Science” program:

CU Computer Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Computer Science and Information Systems #251-300 #251-300 #301-350
THE Rankings Computer Science #251-300 #401-500 #401-500 #301-400
Shanghai Rankings Computer Science and Engineering #151-200 #151-200 #151-200

Carleton University Natural Science Rankings:

The following table demonstrates the performance of Carleton University regarding the wide variety of natural science courses it offers:-

CU Natural Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
 

Shanghai Rankings

Earth Sciences #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Physics #301-400 #301-400 #201-300
Atmospheric Sciences #201-300
Ecology #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
Geography #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
 

QS World Subject Rankings

Mathematics #351-400 #301-350 #301-350
Psychology #301-330 #301-320 #251-300
Physics and Astronomy #501-550 #401-450 #451-500
Geography #151-200 #201-210

THE Rankings

Psychology #251-300 #251-300 #176-200 #201-250
Physical Sciences #301-400 #401-500 #301-400 #401-500
Life Sciences #301-400 #301-400 #301-400 #301-400

Carleton University Business Rankings:

Here’s how the Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business has performed over the past couple of years in the top ranking lists:-

CU Business Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Business and Management #401-450 #401-450 #401-450
Shanghai Rankings Business Administration #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
THE Rankings Business and Economics #501-600 #601-800 #501-600 #501-600

Carleton University Humanities Rankings:

In terms of humanities, Carleton University is well known for providing “Law” program and that’s why it has achieved a position between #76 and #100 in the recent Shanghai Rankings. Meanwhile, QS World Subject Rankings have placed Carleton University at #51-70 for its “Library and Information Management”.

CU Humanities Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Public Administration #151-200 #151-200
Political Sciences #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
Law #76-100 #51-75 #51-75

QS World Subject Rankings

Arts and Humanities #451-500 #451-500 #401-405
Linguistics #301-320 #201-250
Communication and Media Studies #151-200 #151-200
Social Sciences and Management #401-450 #451-500 #451-500
English Language and Literature  

#301-330
Politics #101-150 #151-200 #151-200

THE Rankings

Social Sciences #301-400 #401-500 #301-400 #401-500
Law #201-250 #201-250 #176-200 #176-200
Arts and Humanities #401-500 #301-400 #301-400 #401-500

US News Subject Rankings:

After evaluating various courses offered at Carleton University, the US News has ranked 8 of them as:-

Subject Rankings 2022-23
Ecology #293
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #68
Engineering #342
Computer Science #285
Social Sciences and Public Health #431
Physics #345
Plant and Animal Science #415
Psychology #226

Carleton University Rankings: Miscellaneous

Apart from the above-mentioned academic rankings, Carleton University gets featured in some of the globally esteemed ranking lists for other reasons as well, such as

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2022-23

QS WUR

Sustainability Ranking #481
QS WUR By Subject #301-320

US News

Best Global Universities #526
Best Global Universities in Canada #20

THE World University Rankings

World University Rankings #501-600
Impact Rankings: Partnership for the goals #601-800
Impact Rankings: Life on Land #201-300
Impact Rankings: Peace, justice, and strong institutions #101-200
Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities #101-200
Impact Rankings #301-400
Impact Rankings: Life below water #82
Impact Rankings: Climate Action #101-200

CWUR

National Rank #20
Employability Rank #1337
Research Rank #507


EduRank has recently placed Carleton University at #335 in its global rankings. Furthermore, it has ranked it at #417 for global Alumni Impact and at #20 for Engineering courses in Canada.