Times Higher Education has released its World University Rankings 2025, evaluating 2,092 universities from 115 countries based on teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook, and industry. Eight Canadian institutions ranked in the top 200 this year: the University of Toronto (#21), the University of British Columbia (#41), McGill University (#45), McMaster University (=#116), the University of Alberta (=#116), l’Université de Montréal (#125), the University of Waterloo (=#163), and the University of Ottawa (#191). Times Higher Education Chief Global Affairs Officer Phil Baty noted that while Canada has some of the world’s best universities, “the continued fall of a significant number of Canadian universities is a cause for concern.” CTV News reports that of the 33 Canadian institutions ranked, only two improved. Declines were attributed to lower teaching and research reputation scores.