University of Toronto just ranked among the best 25 schools on the planet

The University of Toronto was just ranked among the top 25 schools in the world by Time Magazine, marking just the latest impressive ranking for the local institution.

Time Magazine released its list of The World's Top Universities of 2026 on Wednesday, and the University of Toronto was again given honours (in yet another ranking) as one of the most sought-after and reputable educational institutions worldwide.

The study ranks universities that are at least three years old, offer bachelor's degree programs, and have enrolled student bodies of 2,000 or more.

U of T managed to outpace four other Canadian universities in Time's ranking, including the University of British Columbia (33), the University of Alberta (73), McMaster University (90), and the University of Calgary (95).

The school was given an overall score of 75.78/100, a 75.22 in an academic capacity & performance metric, and an 80.64 in the innovation and economic impact metric.

However, U of T scored a relatively low 64.49 for global engagement, lagging behind other Canadian institutions like the University of British Columbia (which scored 33rd place overall, not far behind U of T).

It's far from the first time that the University of Toronto has been ranked among the world's top schools, and the institution makes regular appearances on world rankings in various categories.

Here are the top 25 schools in the world for 2026.

1. University of Oxford
2. Yale University
3. Stanford University
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. The University of Chicago
6. Harvard University
7. University of Cambridge
8. Imperial College London
9. University of Michigan    
10. University of Pennsylvania
11. Princeton University
12. Johns Hopkins University
13. California Institute of Technology
14. Duke University
15. Cornell University
16. The University of Edinburgh
17. The University of Hong Kong
18. University of Zurich
19. University of Wisconsin–Madison
20. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
21. Emory University
22. Rice University
23. Vanderbilt University    
24. University of Toronto
25. Case Western Reserve University