¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ strengthened its standing relative to other major Canadian research universities in the 2025 , tying for 11th in the country's U15 group compared to 13th last year.ÌýÌý
The university also climbed 17 places globally in the ranking year over year, maintaining a spot in the 301-400 cohort out of the 1,000 institutions ranked.Ìý
Dal ranked 11-15 among all participating Canadian universities (as distinct from the U15 cohort), unchanged from last year.
The global ranking, released annually by ShanghaiRanking, assesses universities against a range of six academic and research performance indicators.Ìý
Dal increased its score on two indicators this year: Published Articles in Nature & Science (+15.6 per cent). and Highly Cited Researchers (+0.9).
The universityÌýdipped in the Alumni Awards, Papers Indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index (PUB), and Per Capita Performance (PCP) indicators.Ìý
Scores assigned to universities for each indicator are weighted to arrive at a final overall score for an institution. The top institution gets a score of 100, with other institutions' scores calculated as a percentage of that score.Ìý
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