University of Toronto Performance Indicators for Governance Report 2012 Text-only version Prepared by Office of Community Institutional and Community Relations (GICR) A. Our Research Excellence 1. Rankings Figures a-d Rankings Performance Relevance: Rankings provide one measure of the institution’s performance, particularly internationally. This year we are presenting the results of various research-focused rankings, results of international rankings, and the Time Higher Education World University Rankings by Discipline. Figure A-1-a Research Rankings, 2012 The charts below compare the University of Toronto’s ranking relative to its Canadian peer institutions in four research-focused rankings. The data for each of the 4 bar charts are depicted in the following four tables: First chart: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012. Canadian Universities in Top 100. Toronto 21st British Columbia 30th. McGill 34th. Montreal 84th. McMaster 88th. Second chart: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic World Rankings 2012. Canadian Universities in Top 100. Toronto 27th. British Columbia 39th. McGill 63rd. McMaster 92nd Third chart: Newsweek Best International Schools outside US Ranking 2011. Canadian universities in the top 25. Toronto 3rd. British Columbia 8th. McGill 13th. Montréal 4th. McMaster 15th. Fourth chart: National Taiwan University (NTU) Ranking (formerly HEEACT Ranking) Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities 2012. Canadian Universities in Top 100. Toronto 7th. British Columbia 28th. McGill 33rd. Alberta 78th. McMaster 98th. University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 1. Rankings Figures a-d Figure A-1-b Comparison of International Rankings, University of Toronto and Canadian Peer Institutions Overall Rankings, Selected Sources, 2012 The table below compares the University of Toronto’s ranking relative to its Canadian peer institutions in five international rankings. SCImago 2012 (include NTU Times Shanghai Higher QS World Ranking Higher Jiao Education University (formerly Education Tong institutions Rankings HEEACT) University 2012 2012 only) 2012 2012 Toronto 21 27 3 19 7 British Columbia 30 39 25 45 28 McGill 34 63 51 18 33 McMaster 88 92 116 152 98 Alberta 121 101-150 54 108 78 Montréal 84 101-150 171 114 106 Queen's 201-225 201-300 255 175 289 Not ranked among the top 400 Ottawa 171 201-300 184 institutions 199 Western 226-250 201-300 158 173 190 Waterloo 226-250 151-200 161 191 279 Calgary 226-250 201-300 112 214 148 Dalhousie 251-275 201-300 289 243 283 Laval 226-250 201-300 252 324 (tied) 225 Manitoba 301-350 201-300 286 401-450 302 Not ranked among the top 400 Saskatchewan institutions 201-300 323 393 (tied) 408 Ordered by aggregating total/overall scores (Normalized Impact for SCImago) for each institution University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 1. Rankings Figures a-d Figure A-1-c Comparison of International Rankings, Top 25 International Institutions Overall Rankings, Selected Sources, 2012 The table below compares the University of Toronto’s ranking relative to institutions internationally in four international rankings. Times Shanghai QS World NTU Higher Jiao University (Formerly Education Tong Rankings HEEACT) University Country 2012 2012 2012 2012 Harvard University US 4 1 3 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 5 3 1 10 Stanford University US 2 2 15 3 University of Cambridge UK 7 5 2 15 University of California, Berkeley US 9 4 22 8 University of Oxford UK 2 10 5 9 Columbia University US 14 8 11 13 California Institute of Technology US 1 6 10 34 Yale University US 11 11 7 19 Johns Hopkins University US 16 17 16 2 Princeton University US 6 7 9 52 University of Pennsylvania US 15 14 12 11 University of Chicago US 10 9 8 30 University of California, Los Angeles US 13 12 31 5 Imperial College London UK 8 24 6 20 University College London UK 17 21 4 16 University of Michigan US 20 22 17 6 Cornell University US 18 13 14 21 University of Toronto CA 21 27 19 7 University of Washington US 24 16 59 4 ETH Zürich CH 12 23 13 49 University of Tokyo JP 27 20 30 17 Duke University US 23 36 20 18 Northwestern University US 19 30 27 27 University of Wisconsin-Madison US 31 19 38 22 Ordered by aggregating total/overall scores for each institution University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 1. Rankings Figures a-d Figure A-1-d Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Discipline, 2012 The chart below compares the University of Toronto’s ranking relative to its Canadian peer institutions in the six disciplines identified in Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The data for the column chart are summarized in the following table: Clinical, Pre- Life clinical Engineering Sciences Arts and & and and Physical Social Humanities Health Technology Biomedicine Sciences Sciences Toronto 17 22 22 26 27 22 British Columbia 40 27 39 20 35 19 McGill 23 18 28 25 McMaster 14 Montréal 47 49 Only includes Canadian Peers in the Top 50 for each discipline University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 2. Awards and Honours Figure a Faculty Honours Performance Relevance: The conferral of prestigious honours is an important measure of scholarly research excellence. Receipt of such honours by the University of Toronto’s faculty members from both national and international bodies demonstrates our excellence in this area. Figure A-2-a Faculty Honours by Award University of Toronto Compared to Other Canadian Universities, 1980-2012 The chart below indicates the percentage of International Faculty Honours and Canadian Faculty Honours held by University of Toronto faculty as a percentage of the total amount of these awards held by faculty in Canada since 1980. The data for the bar chart are depicted in the following two tables: First table: International Faculty Honours include: Percentage Award/Honour Footnote Share Current members American Academy of Arts & Sciences: only, 58.1% Gairdner International Award: 45.8% Guggenheim Fellows: 43.9% consist of: Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of National Academies: Sciences 39.5% Royal Society Fellows: 32.1% American Association for the Advancement of Current members Science: only, 31.8% Sloan Research Fellows: 30.8% As of September ISI Highly Cited Researcher: 2011, 22.1% University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 2. Awards and Honours Figure a Second table: Canadian Faculty Honours include: Percentage Award/Honour Footnote Share Steacie Prize: 39.4% Molson Prize: 30.0% Killam Prize: 25.7% NSERC: Gerhard Hertzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (n=20); CIHR: Health Researcher of the Year (n=12); SSHRC: Gold Medal Federal Granting Councils Highest for Achievement in Awards: Research (n=9) 24.4% Steacie Fellows: 22.4% Killam Fellows: 19.2% Royal Society of Canada Fellows: 18.8% Due to timing of announcements, the following honours are updated until 2011 only: Federal Granting Councils American Association for the Advancement of Science Steacie Prize Institute of Medicine The following programs have been cancelled as of 2011: ISI Highly Cited Researcher CIHR Health Researcher of the Year Source: Office of the Vice President, Research & Innovation Related Website: Research and Innovation: http://www.research.utoronto.ca/awards-honours/ University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 2. Awards and Honours Figure b Canada Research Chairs Performance Relevance: Success in research chair competitions is an important measure of scholarly research excellence. The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program was established in 2000 by the federal government to create 2,000 research professorships in universities across Canada. Chair holders work at improving our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthening Canada's international competitiveness, and training the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching, and the coordination of other researchers' work. Figure A-2-b Number of Canada Research Chairs, University of Toronto Compared to Canadian Peer Universities, 2010 Re-allocation The chart below compares University of Toronto’s current CRC allocation to our Canadian peers. The data for the column chart are summarized in the following table: Number of Share of Canada Canada Research Research UNIVERSITIES Chairs Chairs TORONTO 238 12.7% British Columbia 178 9.5% McGill 154 8.2% Montréal 130 6.9% Alberta 110 5.9% Laval 87 4.6% OTTAWA 73 3.9% Calgary 72 3.8% McMASTER 69 3.7% WESTERN 66 3.5% WATERLOO 61 3.2% QUEEN'S 53 2.8% Manitoba 48 2.6% Dalhousie 45 2.4% Saskatchewan 37 2.0% Data sources: CRC website updated March 2011 (n=1,880 regular chairs). Excludes Special Chairs. Montréal includes Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (regular chairs only). Related Website: http://www.research.utoronto.ca/canada-research-chairs/ University of Toronto Performance Indicators 2012 A. Our Research Excellence 2. Awards and Honours Figures c-d Faculty Teaching Awards Performance Relevance: External teaching awards indicate the excellence of our faculty in their role as teachers. The prestigious 3M Teaching Fellowship Awards recognize teaching excellence as well as educational leadership in Canadian universities. The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Awards, while restricted to Ontario institutions, provide a further measure