Concordia University

Quebec, Canada's Concordia Institution, is a public research university established in 1974. One of the three universities in Quebec that employs English as its major medium of instruction is the university. Numerous sources that rate universities worldwide have recognised Concordia as one of the best. In the 2023 QS World University Ranking, Concordia is listed between positions 551 and 560. In US News' list of the 657 best global universities for 2022, the university came in at number 657. Additionally, it received a 601–800 ranking in Time Higher Education's 2022 World University Ranking. Candidates should know that various rating groups employ different criteria to determine their rankings.

While Times Higher Education (THE) accords equal weight to Teaching, Research, and Citations at 30% each, QS places the greatest emphasis on Academic Reputation (40%), followed by the Faculty/Student Ratio and Citations per Faculty at 20% each. In addition to other rating factors, the US News & World Report bases its rankings on the number of publications cited, global research reputation, and regional research reputation (12.5% each). In the Shanghai ranking, institutions are ranked based on the calibre of academic research they generate and the number of Nobel Prizes their faculty have earned rather than on their reputation among academics or employers. Consult the Concordia University Placement.

The university offers more than 400 undergraduate programmes through its faculties of arts and sciences, the Gina Cody School of engineering and computer science, the faculty of fine arts, and the John Molson School of business, with selective cases being admitted in January and May. While an undergraduate degree typically requires three or four years of full-time study, a master's degree can be earned in one to three years, and a doctorate can be earned in at least four years.

Regarding Concordia University course rankings, Bloomsberg placed the university in second place for the Best Business School in Canada category in 2020. According to the Times Higher Education course ranking 2022, Concordia is placed 251–300 in the arts and humanities, 251–300 in engineering and technologies, 301–400 in business and economics, and 201-250 in education. Concordia is ranked 171 in Arts & Humanities, 179 in Engineering, and 238 in Computer Science by US News.