Schulich Sets its Sights on Eyes High Benchmarking Data Review

March 2012

Benchmarking: Rankings Canadian Universities in QS World Ranking by Discipline for Engineering and Information Technology, 2011

*University of Toronto Engineering, Annual Report 2011

Program In Canada In the World

Chemical 8 168

Electrical 9 187

Mechanical, Aeronautical …

6 125

Civil and Structural 10 116

Benchmarking: Rankings Summary of G13 Bibliometrics for Publications (Engineering)

Faculty Count 169Publications 1185Publications/Faculty 7

Rank in Canada on Pub/Faculty 8

*University of Toronto Engineering, Annual Report 2011

• Give direct admission into program in first-year (InD & UGP)

• Desired integration of professional skills (ex. Communication, teamwork, ethics) into authentic engineering experiences (UGP)

• Focus on PhD students – top engineering schools in North America have the highest ratio of PhD students / faculty (InD)

• McGill focused on fundraising – giving $24 k / year plus free tuition to every PhD student & top-ups for PhD students with NSERC scholarships (InD)

• PhD fast track option (UoT)

• All schools are focusing on retaining the best professors to build strong research programs (InD)

Benchmarking: Top Schools

Benchmarking: Student Feedback• Low ratings for professional skills development at U of C (CGPPS)

• Desire for increased level of support for presentations and publications (CGPPS)

• Lack of career planning and real work readiness at U of C (NSSE)

• Integration of research into curriculum deemed desirable (UGP)

• Lack of internationalism incorporated into coursework (NSSE)

• Desire for heightened student experience (NSSE)

Benchmarking: Community Feedback• Exposure to relevant research desired by industry (SIAC)

• Professional development courses linked to APEGA desired (SIAC)

Acronyms• InD – meetings with Deans at Queen’s, Waterloo, U of T and the former

Dean at McGill

• UGP – an undergraduate comparison of UBC, U of T, McGill and Waterloo

• U of T – University of Toronto Annual Report

• CGPSS – Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey

• NSSE – National Survey of Student Engagement

• SIAC – Schulich Industry Advisory Committee