I need to locate international rankings for (or comparisons of) the
academic reputation of graduate schools at universities around the
world. I know that Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes a ranking
of universities more generally.  I would like specifically to
determine how academic or research performance at graduate schools at
major universities in B.C. and Alberta would rank against international
universities in the following fields: Medicine, Nursing, Public
Health, Education (i.e. teacher training), Public Administration,
Natural Resources and Regional Development.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 01 Oct 2005 05:54 PDT

cambridge1-ga,

I happened to be at a university library the other day, so I took a
look at their university-ranking references works.  There are a number
of very large, very comprehesive works that compile rankings as
published in thousands of different sources.

There does not appear to be a single, large ranking of graduate
schools that would allow an international comparison of select
Canadian schools against others around the world.

There certainly are discipline-rankings (top business schools, top
medical schools, etc) but they generally stop at the Top 10 or Top 50,
and often don't inlcude many (or any) Canadian schools.

And then there are lists of Top Canadian colleges, or Top European
colleges, but not compiled in a way to allow an easy cross-Atlantic
comparison.

Is there some other way we might be able to assist you in gathering
information on university programs of interest to you?

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by cambridge1-ga on 01 Oct 2005 14:20 PDT

My primary interest, here, is in determining in what disciplines, if
any, the universities in B.C. and Alberta could be considered
'world-class', i.e. where their academic reputation and research
capabilities would place them at a level comparable to some of the
best universities in the world.  I don't necessarily require an exact
numerical ranking; a qualitative assessment would suffice (as long as
you are able to provide the basis for your analysis).

The major universities in B.C. and Alberta are:

British Columbia
?	University of British Columbia 
?	University of Northern British Columbia 
?	University of Victoria 
?	Simon Fraser University 
?	Royal Roads University 
?	Thompson Rivers University 
Alberta
?	University of Alberta
?	University of Calgary
?	University of Lethbridge 

My questions then would be: 
1.	In which (i) departments, (ii) disciplines, (iii) undergraduate
majors, (iv) graduate schools or (iv) research institutes, do these
universities particularly excel?

2. Is there even anecdotal or secondary source material that suggests
which of these universities would be on par with the leading
universities around the world in any of the following subjects:


(a) 	Medical-related fields:

?	Biological and Biomedical Sciences
?	Community Health Sciences
?	School of Medicine (including all medical sub-specialties, i.e.
obstetrics, cardiology, etc.)
?	Post ?graduate medical education 
?	Nursing Studies
?	Health Sciences

(b)	Educational Development ? including education research and teacher training

(c)	Study of the effects and conditions of early childhood on
subsequent well-being and performance

(d)	International Development, including public administration and
rural development

(e)	Study of economic and social development in mountain regions,
including research on:
	
?	Tourism and the leisure university
?	Natural Resources and Regional Development

I hope this helps clarify my question.

http://www.bschool.com/intlsbys.html

This site ranks both US vs. US schools and International vs.
International schools.

If you click on the International Business School link, it will show
you a chart of the top schools. The chart headings have the areas in
which they are located.

You can see that one of the columns has Canadian Business schools if
you would like to see just Canadian. However, by default it ranks all
International at once.

You may also find this site useful:

http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankint.htm

       -welte-ga