Annual Maclean's university rankings released

Posted: November 6, 2013 11:15 a.m.

The University of Regina has moved up a spot in the annual Maclean's university rankings to eighth place out of 15 in the comprehensive university category. Photo: U of R Photography

The University of Regina has moved up a spot in the annual Maclean’s Magazine university rankings to eighth place out of 15 in the comprehensive university category.

As defined by Maclean’s, comprehensive universities have a significant degree of research activity and a wide range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including professional degrees.

Areas that have seen improvement are the student/faculty ratio, student support, scholarships and bursaries to students, and social sciences and humanities grants.

“The University of Regina has traditionally had a low student/faculty ratio, which is beneficial to our students and has helped the University maintain its position in the Maclean’s rankings,” said President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Vianne Timmons.  “In recent years, we have increased the amount of scholarship, bursary and other support for our students, and our students and faculty members have been recognized with a number of significant national awards.  These factors contribute to and reflect the quality of education we provide, and I am pleased that they have helped us move up in the rankings this year.   At the same time, however, we always have areas where we can improve, and the Maclean’s guide is one way of helping to identify them as we set our priorities in the context of our strategic plan.” 

Student satisfaction remains high at the University of Regina. Two questions included in the Maclean’s survey as submitted by the 2012 Canadian University Survey Consortium revealed that 9 in 10 students are satisfied with the overall quality of their education and their decision to attend the University of Regina. These results are similar to those among students nationally – 87 per cent and 88 percent respectively – and at comparable universities at 87 per cent and 89 per cent.