Founded in the year 1960, Wilfrid Laurier University is a publicly funded Canadian higher education institution. The university currently enrolls more than 15,000 full-time undergraduate students, more than 1000 full-time graduate students, and close to 4,000 part-time students, as of Fall 2019. It…
Founded in the year 1960, Wilfrid Laurier University is a publicly funded Canadian higher education institution. The university currently enrolls more than 15,000 full-time undergraduate students, more than 1000 full-time graduate students, and close to 4,000 part-time students, as of Fall 2019. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields of study. It is named after Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the country's seventh Prime Minister. The most preferred academic fields at this university include Biology, Business, Criminology, Communications Studies, Economics, and Psychology.
As per the latest 2021 rankings by US News & World Report for Global Universities, Wilfrid Laurier University is positioned at 1271. This is a slight drop from its 2019 and 2020 ranking of 1180. The university's overall score is based on a variety of factors such as the number of cited publications, global research reputation, and regional research reputation, each holding 12.5% weightage.
Ranked By | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
US News & World Report - Global Universities [1] | 1202 | 1180 | 1180 | 1271 | 1247 |