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Research Universities of the Year 2003




Three universities gain RE$EARCH Infosource's designation of Research University of the Year by university type for their outstanding performance on a balanced set of input and output measures. These universities demonstrated superior achievement both in earning research income and in publishing research in leading Canadian and international journals.



Rank   Medical/Doctoral Score* 
1   McGill University 94.0 
 McMaster University 93.0 
 University of Alberta 91.7 
     
Rank   Comprehensive Score* 
1   University of Guelph 83.7 
 University of Waterloo 76.3 
 University of Victoria 59.0 
     
Rank   Undergraduate Score* 
1   Trent University 60.0 
 St. Francis Xavier University 44.0 
 Royal Military College 43.0 
 University of Prince Edward Island 43.0 


*Score is out of a possible 100 points. Points are awarded based on a university's ranking in the following 3 input measures: total sponsored research income (16.67 points), faculty research intensity (16.67 points) and graduate student research intensity (16.67 points); and 1 output measure: publication intensity in leading journals (50 points). See RUY Ranking Method.