Study in Canada – 23 Public Universities
Last week we gave you a comprehensive introduction to Ontario, Canada’s geographic location, temperature characteristics, and in all aspects of the economy, education, and life. As the province with the largest number of universities in Canada, Ontario has 23 public universities. This week, we will explain in detail about Ontario universities and the advantages of each university.
List of 22 public universities in Ontario, in alphabetical order:
1. Algoma University
2. Brock University
3. Carleton University
4. Lakehead University
5. Laurentian University
6. McMaster University
7. Nipissing University
8. OCAD University
9. Ontario Tech University
10. Queen’s University
11. Royal Miltary College of Canada
12. Toronto Metropolitan University
13. Trent University
14. Université de Hearst
15. Université de l’Ontario français
16. University of Guelph
17. University of Ottawa
18. University of Toronto
19. University of Waterloo
20. University of Windsor
21. Wilfrid Laurier University
22. Western University
23. York University
Medical Doctoral Universities:
University of Toronto (City of Toronto), McMaster University (City of Hamilton), University of Ottawa (City of Ottawa), Queen’s University (City of Kingston), Western University (City of London)
Comprehensive Universities:
University of Waterloo (Waterloo), York University (Toronto Northern Suburbs), Carleton University (Ottawa), University of Guelph (Guelph), Toronto Metropolitan University (Toronto), Laurier University (Waterloo), Brock University (St. Catharines), University of Windsor (Windsor)
Primarily Undergraduate Universities:
Trent University (Peterborough), Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa), Lake Superior University (Thunder Bay), Laurentian University (Sudbury), Nipissing University (North Bay), Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie).
University of the Arts:
OCAD University (City of Toronto)
QS2024 World University Rankings
| University Name | World Ranking | Canada Ranking |
| University of Toronto | 21 | 1 |
| University of Waterloo | 112 | 5 |
| Western University | 114 | 6 |
| McMaster University | 189 | 9 |
| University of Ottawa | 203 | 10 |
| Queen’s University | 209 | 11 |
| York University | 353 | 16 |
| University of Guelph | 486 | 19 |
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the largest and most influential public university in Canada. Founded in 1827, U of T has grown over the past 100 years to include more than 60,000 students, 14 faculties, more than 30 libraries, and more than 300 professional programmes. Because of its size, prestige and influence, the University of Toronto attracts top students from around the world and within Canada. The University of Toronto has been ranked at the top of Canadian universities for many years and is recognised as Canada’s number one overall top university.
University of Toronto majors from business administration, law, medicine, engineering, computer technology, aerospace technology, urban planning, humanities to zoology, everything, and everything is first-class, several professors have been awarded the Nobel Prize, the University of Toronto is known as “Canada’s Stanford University”, equivalent to China’s Tsinghua University and Peking University complex. Complex. The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business is one of the leading business schools in Canada and one of the top business schools in the world.
The University of Toronto is ranked first in Canada and in the top 50 globally in a number of disciplines; according to the 2023 Academic Rankings, the University of Toronto is ranked 5th globally in Physical Education, 6th globally in Data Science, 7th globally in Education, 11th globally in Geography, 11th globally in Philosophy, 12th globally in Computer Science, 13th globally in Marketing, 13th globally in Life Sciences and 13th globally in Marketing. Ranked 13th in the world, Life Sciences Ranked 13th in the world, Anthropology Ranked 13th in the world, Finance Ranked 15th in the world, Management Ranked 15th in the world, Psychology Ranked 15th in the world, Humanities Ranked 15th in the world, Chemistry Ranked 16th in the world, Sociology Ranked 18th in the world, Civil Engineering Ranked 19th in the world, Maths Civil Engineering (19th), Mathematics (23rd), Engineering Technology (27th), Business Management (28th), and Communications (33rd).
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a medium-sized, research-focused, public comprehensive university founded in 1957. Located in the city of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario, the university is renowned for its co-operative education in mathematics, computer science, engineering, and study and practice. The University of Waterloo has the world’s largest co-operative study and practice (CO-OP) programme, making it one of North America’s top universities. The University of Waterloo is consistently ranked in the top three of Canada’s comprehensive universities by Maclean’s Magazine, and is one of the best universities in North America, with world-class teaching in the disciplines of mathematics, computer science and engineering.
Advantageous majors of the University of Waterloo include: Computer Science, Statistics and Insurance Computing, Actuarial Science, Mathematics (Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Actuarial Science), Environmental Engineering (Department of Environmental and Resource Studies, Department of Geography, Architecture, and Urban and Regional Planning), Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Design.
Western University
Western University, formerly known as “The University of Western Ontario”, is a renowned Canadian public medical university located on more than 1,200 hectares of land on the banks of the Thames River in London, Ontario. With more than one hundred and forty years of academic accumulation and deep human resources background, it is one of the oldest, largest and most beautiful universities in Canada. The University is conveniently located only two hours from Toronto and Michigan, USA. Western University occupies an area of 4,670,000 square metres, with a main campus of 1,580,000 square metres, and 75 major buildings on campus, with a blend of classical and modern architectural styles. Western University has 3 faculties, 12 departments, 2 teaching hospitals and 3 affiliated research institutes.
Ivey Business School at the Western University is one of the oldest and most influential business schools in Canada, awarding the earliest master’s and doctoral degrees in business administration in Canada. In addition, its strengths include: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Health Sciences, Food and Nutrition, Biological Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, etc., Media and Public Interests, Media Theory and Production, Music Management Studies, Music Education, Music Performance, etc., Computer Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Statistics and Insurance, etc., Management and Organisations, Psychology, Statistics, etc., Management and Organisations, Psychology, and Statistics. Statistics, etc., Management and Organisation, Psychology, Sociology, Women’s Studies.
McMaster University
McMaster University is a world-renowned institution and one of Canada’s top universities. Founded in 1887, McMaster University is located in the beautiful tourist city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is about an hour’s drive from Toronto, Niagara Falls and the US border city of Buffalo. McMahon is one of Canada’s most prestigious public universities for its uniquely innovative and pragmatic philosophy. With four Nobel Prize winners, McMaster has been recognised as one of Canada’s top universities for its creativity and innovation.
McMaster has world-class laboratories and state-of-the-art facilities, and is one of only a handful of universities in North America to have its own nuclear reactor. McMaster also has the only medical school in Canada comparable to McGill University, and a top-notch business school. Its Faculty of Engineering is one of the top six universities in North America. Because McMaster University for more than a hundred years in the industrial world reputation, often by the United States counterparts and industry called Canada’s MIT.
McMaster University’s strengths include: accounting, finance and business, human resource management, marketing, management science, information systems, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computers and software, materials engineering, computer engineering, engineering physics, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, medical professions, health care professions, obstetrics, physiotherapy, art history, classics, English, French, history, modern languages, Philosophy, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Biology and Medicine, Environmental Science, Economics, Computer Science, Geography, Geology, Geological Sciences, Life Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics, Healthcare Physics, Neurocomputing, Psychology, Statistics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Geography, Kinesiology, Labour Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Work, Sociology, etc.
University of Ottawa
Founded in 1848, the University of Ottawa is the world’s largest bilingual English-French university and one of Canada’s leading teaching and research institutions. The University of Ottawa’s main campus is ideally located in the centre of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, adjacent to Parliament Hill. The University of Ottawa has first-class teaching, sports, recreational facilities and student services. Because of its central location in Canada’s capital city, students at the University of Ottawa not only enjoy the University’s excellent on-campus facilities, but also have convenient access to a wide range of facilities and services in the neighbourhood.
The University of Ottawa has ten faculties – Faculty of Management, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Health, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Social Sciences – offering more than 200 majors, including nearly 120 bachelor’s degree majors. The University of Ottawa’s Co-op internship programme is the second best in Canada, after the University of Waterloo.
Advantageous majors of the University of Ottawa include: finance, e-commerce, human resource management, international management, marketing, accounting, mathematics and statistics, environmental science, civil engineering, chemical engineering, information engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, software engineering, mechanical engineering, media studies, environmental studies, journalism, theatre and so on, criminology, economics, international development and globalisation. Political Science, Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology, Linguistics, Education, Translation, etc.
Queen’s University
Queen’s University is the second oldest university in Ontario, Canada, established in 1841 by Royal Charter of Queen Victoria. Queen’s is an extremely respected medical university in Canada and is known for its excellent quality of teaching. In terms of academics, Queen’s University has always maintained a high level, together with the University of Toronto and McGill University, known as Canada’s Ivy League, not only has Canada’s first-class business school and medical school, some people also call it Canada’s “Princeton”.
Queen’s University is very famous for its humanities, arts, education, biology and law programmes, which have trained many artists and lawyers. In addition, its advantageous majors include: Accounting, Finance, International Business, Marketing, Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour Information Systems, Education, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Computer Applications, Theatre, Economics, English and Literature, Language, Literature and Culture, Fine Arts, Film Studies, and Global Development. Fine Arts, Film Studies, Global Development Studies, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Music, Psychology and Sociology.
York University
Located in the northern suburbs of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, York University is the third largest university in Canada in terms of overall size. York University has two main campuses, the Glendon Campus in downtown Toronto and the Keele Campus, which is a 30-minute drive from Toronto. Established in 1959, the University has more than 57,000 students enrolled, including more than 7,400 international students from more than 180 countries, and nearly 270,000 alumni worldwide. The University of York has 11 faculties, including the Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall Law School, School of Environmental Studies, and School of Literature and Professional Studies, as well as 28 research centres. Although still relatively new in the University’s history, York has been steadily growing and enjoys international recognition in many fields, most notably a law degree awarded jointly with New York University and a management degree awarded jointly with Northwestern University.
Generous academic awards and high-quality research programmes are the main reasons why leading scholars from Canada and around the world ultimately choose York University. Known for its programmes in business administration, law, art and design, computer science, social sciences, and accounting, York University also offers a wide range of paid internships in a variety of professions.
University of Guelph
Founded in 1964, the University of Guelph is a medium-sized but comprehensive public university in Canada. It is an amalgamation of three major colleges: the Macdonald Institute, the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and the Ontario Veterinary College. The University’s open and friendly campus consists of a mix of classic and modern buildings.
The University of Guelph has a tradition of research that rivals that of top universities. The University of Guelph has a tradition of research that rivals that of the top universities, with strong science and technology programmes in biology, chemistry, computer science and environmental science. The Veterinary Medicine programme at the University of Guelph is ranked 6th globally in the 2023 QS Subject Rankings.
University of Windsor
The University of Windsor was founded in 1963 by four colleges and today offers 190 undergraduate programmes, 65 graduate programmes and six professional programmes. The Centre for Engineering Innovation was established in 2012 with over $100 million in funding and a campus in the city centre was completed in 2015. The University of Windsor offers a friendly campus environment, a strong academic atmosphere, and all the conveniences of a large city. The City of Windsor is known as the “Automotive Capital of Canada” and is home to three of Canada’s largest automotive manufacturers and hundreds of high-tech companies.
The University of Windsor’s strengths are in the departments of automotive, engineering, science and the arts. The University of Windsor is the only university in Canada that can confer a Bachelor of Automotive Engineering degree, and its advantageous majors include: Automotive Engineering, Applied Computing, Education (Educational Administration and Curriculum), Manufacturing Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Economics, International Accounting and Finance, Human Resource Management, and Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Carleton University
Founded in 1942, Carleton University is located in the unrestricted Algonquin region alongside the historic Rideau Canal, a World Heritage Site recognised by the United Nations. Carleton University excels in the fields of journalism, public relations, international public relations, architecture and high technology. Its students benefit from an interdisciplinary, active, and manual approach to teaching and research. The university works closely with government, other universities and private organisations.
Carleton is the oldest cradle of four-year journalism programmes, and students in public affairs and policy management are often assigned to government jobs. The School of Journalism at Carleton University is recognised as one of the best in Canada, providing students with many opportunities for internships in national media, local radio and television stations. In addition to journalism and media studies, the strengths of the program include industrial design, computational sciences, anthropology, accounting, biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, aerospace engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, human-computer interaction, and so on.
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), formerly known as Ryerson University, is located in the centre of Toronto, Canada’s cosmopolitan city, and is one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities and a typical urban university. It attracts over 40,000 undergraduate and master’s students from 146 countries. The University offers 55 undergraduate and over 60 graduate programmes. Toronto Metropolitan University’s cultural diversity and inclusiveness make for a harmonious atmosphere. With the largest number of undergraduate graduates of any university in Canada, many students choose Toronto Metropolitan University because not only are they able to practice, but the programmes offered by the university offer a wide range of prospects for future employment.
Toronto Metropolitan University has 125 research centres, institutes and laboratories. The university has eight faculties: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Communication and Design, Faculty of Information Services, Faculty of Engineering/Architecture/Science, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Management (School of Business), Faculty of Law, and School of Graduate Studies. Among them, Business Administration, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Film Production, Photography, Graphic Arts, Journalism and Media, Entrepreneurial Industries, Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health Administration are the specialities of Toronto Metropolitan University.
Brock University
Brock University is a public research university located in the centre of the Niagara Peninsula, St. Catharines. It is the only university in Canada located within the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. With over 19,000 students, it offers a unique academic experience.
Brock’s Co-op paid internship program is ranked fifth in Canada and third in Ontario, and even includes internships in history, humanities and theatre arts. The MED in Education (no major background), MA TESL Master of Arts (English major background), Accounting (Co-op), Business Economics, Financial Banking, and Human Resource Management are all popular majors to apply for.
Wilfrid Laurier University
Laurier University was founded in 1911 and is located in Waterloo, Ontario. The university has five campuses, four within Canada – Waterloo, Brantford, Kitchener, and Toronto. Its business school is one of the best business schools in Canada, one of the largest and most prestigious business schools in Canada, the largest paid internship business school, and an AACSB accredited business school. As one of Canada’s best and fastest growing comprehensive universities, Laurier University has seven faculties, 22 research centres, and offers full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 17,000 students, as well as more research opportunities for a wide range of faculty and students. In addition to the popular programmes in Business Administration and Economics, Laurier University is famous for its Music Department, which attracts a large number of students from Canada and the United States every year.
Laurier University’s advantageous majors also include: Education (Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Educational Management), Musicology (Music Theory, Music Performance), MBA (Accounting, Financial Management, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, International Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Brand and Media Management, Business Management, Innovation and Corporate Management, Marketing), Journalism and Media, Film Studies, Leadership, Management, and so on. Management, etc.
OCAD University
The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) is Canada’s largest institution of higher learning in art and design, and is unique in the academic field of art. The school is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is adjacent to Grange Park and across from the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) is the oldest and largest art and design educational institution in Canada, ranking among the top three of more than 40 universities of its kind in North America, and has produced a large number of artists and designers for a long time, and is known as Canada’s “Imagine University”. OCAD is also one of the four independent public art and design colleges in Canada that can award bachelor’s degrees.
Trent University
Trent University is a public university located in Peterborough, founded in 1964, and for 19 years has offered the largest number of scholarships and bursaries of any university in Canada.Trent University is one of Canada’s leading undergraduate universities.The most prominent studies are DNA research, psychology, ecology and water quality.Trent University maintains small class sizes in order to allow professors to teach better.The university has fewer international students and has a good language environment. The university offers many opportunities for current undergraduate students to participate in academic and scientific research. Students can earn credits by conducting research projects at local non-profit organisations and small-scale commercial companies.
Trent University’s strengths include: Anthropology, Environmental Science, Water Ecosystems, Application of Natural and Social Science Models, Modern Languages and Literatures, International Development Studies, Business Management, Education, Modern Languages and Literatures, and Biology.
Ontario Tech University
Ontario Tech University is a university that focuses on the combination of theory and practice. The university has 82 departments and faculties with local students as the main focus and 5% international students, providing transfer credit courses and accepting credits from other universities; at the same time, by virtue of its own strong educational strength and faculty honours, the university has established long-term cooperation with a number of well-known large enterprises, such as General Motors, Ford, IBM, and Microsoft, and it has been known as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Canada.Students majoring in IT can also explore security issues from a hacker’s point of view in the Hacker Research Lab.
Its engineering with COOP majors are: automotive manufacturing engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering (energy engineering, electromechanical engineering), manufacturing engineering majors unique to Ontario; software engineering energy systems and nuclear industry engineering for the first time in Canada, accounting, e-commerce, supply chain management, education and science double degree.
Lakehead University
Established in 1965, Lakehead University is a mid-sized public comprehensive university in Canada, located in Thunder Bay, Ontario.The university is located near Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes. The university is centrally located with a natural educational environment and laboratories.Lake Superior University offers more than 85 undergraduate and graduate programmes across 10 faculties, with 9,700 students at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and 1,400 international students from 63 countries around the world. Lake Superior State University’s Thunder Bay campus is home to the prestigious Northern Ontario School of Medicine, the Bora Laskin School of Law, the AACSB accredited School of Business, and its Engineering, Physical, and Social Sciences faculties are ranked among the best in Canada and the world.
Lakehead University strengths include: Business Management, Forestry, Environmental Studies, Geography and Earth Sciences, Education, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
Laurentian University
Founded in 1960 and located in Ontario, Laurentian University offers a wide range of Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree programmes in both English and French.The University has approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and nearly 1,000 faculty members, including more than 400 professors.The University is home to the recently established Northern Ontario School of Medicine, the McEwan School of Architecture, the Goodman School of Mines, and the School of the Environment.
Laurentian University was originally built for northern Ontario, so its most prominent programmes are in engineering and medicine.The Batey School of Engineering, specialises most in mining related fields, with Mining Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Sports Management (COOP), Bachelor of Sport Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, MBA, Geo-Environmental Studies, and Nursing all among his strengths.
Nipissing University
Formerly known as Northbay Teachers College, Nipissing University became the newest Canadian university with degree-granting powers when it was granted the right to award bachelor’s degrees from Nipissing University in 1992.The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers a range of university degree programmes and professional courses in business, nursing and criminal justice.The Faculty of Education offers a Bachelor of Education research programme and a Master of Education degree programme. The City of Northbay, with a population of 56,000, is located in Northern Ontario and has a calm and friendly social atmosphere.Nipissing University is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, with cross-country skiing trails just outside the school’s residence halls. It is very popular with Aboriginal students because of its strong ties to the Aboriginal community.
Nipissing’s strengths include: Education (with a Bachelor of Education research programme and a Master of Education degree), English, Psychology and Environmental Science.
Algoma University
Founded in 1964, Algoma University is Ontario’s shorter-established university, formerly an affiliated college of Laurentian University, located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in the heart of the Great Lakes industrial region, and is a fast-growing, comprehensive, public, basic university with a focus on undergraduate education.Students receive warm and caring support from the faculty and staff in all aspects of their studies and campus life.Most of the faculty members hold doctoral degrees.A wide variety of extracurricular activities enrich university life.
Every major at Algoma offers paid internships, so students can gain work experience before graduation, and immigration is guaranteed. At the same time, the city of Sault Ste. Marie, where Algoma is located, is one of the pilot cities of Canada’s Northern Immigration Plan, which provides students with more convenient and convenient immigration preferential policies.
The University of Algoma’s strengths include: Accounting, E-Commerce Solutions, Marketing, Economics, Public Administration, Human Resource Management, Management, Community Economic and Social Development, English, Sociology, Law and Justice, Political Science, Philosophy, Geography, History, Psychology, Creative Writing, Music, Graphic Design, and Visual Arts.
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, or RMC, is a military college of the Canadian Armed Forces and an officer degree-granting university located in Kingston, Canada.The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act, 1959, authorises the college to grant degrees in the arts, sciences and engineering.
Programmes are offered at undergraduate and graduate levels.The Royal Military College of Canada is the only federally operated institution of higher learning in Canada, and provides a steady stream of reserve officers for Canada.Admission is open only to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.
