Top 5 universities in Canada
1. University of Toronto
Originally controlled by the Church of England, the first university founded in the colony of “Upper Canada” is structured as a collegiate system, much like prestigious universities in the UK. The 12 colleges all have different histories and features.
The University of Toronto (UofT) has many pioneering achievements to its name, including Canada’s first academic publishing house, the first forest science faculty in the country, and becoming the first Canadian university to reach more than C$1 billion in endowment.
Influential academic movements began at the university, including the Toronto School of literary criticism and communication theory, the NP-completeness theory in computer science, and research into stem cell treatment.
The UofT’s downtown campus contains several historic buildings and courtyards that will impress European visitors sceptical of the architecture in North America.
More than 700 undergraduate degrees and 200 postgraduate degrees are on offer and the university is one of the best in the world for medicine.
It has a particularly large student population – more than 68,000 full-time students, of whom about 16 per cent are international.
Notable alumni include five Canadian prime ministers and the writers Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood. In total, 10 Nobel laureates are associated in some way with UofT.
加拿大最顶尖的五所大学
——根据泰晤士2018年世界大学排名
第一位：多伦多大学
多伦多大学是上加拿大(原先的英属殖民地)创办最早的大学，起初由英国教会控制，和英国顶尖的大学很像，采用“寄宿制”。多伦多大学的12个学院都有各自的历史和特点。
在许多开创新成就领域，都有多伦多大学的名字。包括加拿大第一家学术出版社、第一个林学学院。此外，也是加拿大第一所捐款数额达10亿加元的大学。
多伦多大学还是一些富有影响力的学术运动的发源地，比如多伦多文学批评学派与传播理论、计算机科学中的NP完全性理论以及干细胞疗法的研究。
多伦多大学的市中心的校区有几栋历史建筑和几个庭院。这些建筑和庭院可以给对北美建筑持怀疑态度的欧洲游客留下深刻印象。
多伦多大学有超过7百个本科学位和2百个研究生学位，其医学专业是世界同领域最好的专业之一。
多伦多大学的学生数量尤为庞大，有6万8千多名全日制学生，其中16%属于留学生。
著名校友包括五位加拿大总理、作家麦可·翁达杰和女诗人玛格丽特·阿特伍德。在诺贝尔奖得主中，共有十位或多多少与多伦多大学有关。
2. University of British Columbia
The oldest university in the province, the University of British Columbia (UBC) is one of the most competitive in Canada.
There are two campuses, one in Vancouver and one in Kelowna. The main campus in Vancouver is near several beaches and boasts views over the North Shore mountains. There are a number of botanical and memorial gardens on campus as well as a renowned performing arts centre.
UBC offers a number of scholarships for students, including the Donald A. Wehrung International Student Award for candidates from war-torn countries.
Seven Nobel prizewinners are associated with the university, as are 69 Rhodes scholars and 65 Olympic medallists.
The world’s largest cyclotron – a type of particle accelerator – is housed at UBC, in TRIUMF, the country’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.
Students and researchers are organised into 12 faculties on the Vancouver campus and a further seven on the Kelowna campus. UBC offers a special joint undergraduate programme with Sciences Po – a higher education institution in Paris.
In total, more than 50,000 full-time students are enrolled at UBC and a quarter of them are international.
Three Canadian prime ministers have been educated at UBC, including Justin Trudeau, the current prime minister, who graduated with a bachelor of education degree.
第二位：英属哥伦比亚大学
英属哥伦比亚大学是不列颠哥伦比亚省最古老的大学，也是加拿大最具竞争力的大学之一。
英属哥伦比亚大学有两个校区：一个位于温哥华，另一个位于基隆拿。温哥华校区是主校区，周围有好几个沙滩，可以看到北岸山脉。校园内有许多植物园和纪念花园，还以一个著名的表演艺术中心。
英属哥伦比亚大学为学生提供许许多多的奖学金，包括为来自饱受战争之苦国家的学生提供的唐纳德国际学生奖。
英属哥伦比亚大学有7位诺贝尔奖得主、69位罗兹学术奖得主和96位奥运奖牌得主。
世界上最大的回旋加速器(粒子加速器)即位于英属哥伦比亚大学，它也是加拿大的国家粒子与核物理实验室。
温哥华校区有12个学院，学生和研究员分布其中。基隆拿校区有7个学院。英属哥伦比亚大学与巴黎政治学院(一所高等教育机构)有专门的联合本科计划。
英属哥伦比亚大学的全日制学生总共有5万多人，其中四分之一属于国际学生。
有三位加拿大总理曾在英属哥伦比亚大学学习过，包括现任总理贾斯汀·特鲁多。他毕业的时候拿到学校的教学学士学位。
3. McGill University
McGill University is the only Canadian institution represented in the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum, which comprises the leaders of 26 of the world’s top universities.
It was founded in 1821 and the main campus is at the base of Mount Royal in downtown Montreal. Most university buildings are in a park-like campus, where many first-year students also live.
All original buildings were constructed using local grey limestone, giving the campus a striking aesthetic.
In 1829, McGill founded the nation’s first faculty of medicine, and to this day the university scores particularly highly in world rankings for clinical subjects.
The university offers more than 300 different degree subjects to more than 40,000 students from 150 different countries. It counts itself as one of Canada’s most internationally diverse institutions.
Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and the actor William Shatner are graduates of McGill. The university also claims more Rhodes scholars than any other Canadian university.Entering students have higher average grades than those at any other university in the country.
第三位：麦吉尔大学
麦吉尔大学是加拿大仅有的出现在世界经济论坛“全球大学校长论坛”的大学。全球大学校长论坛由26所世界顶尖大学的领导组成。
麦吉尔大学创办于1821年，主校区坐落在黄家山脚下，位于蒙特利尔市中心。学校的大部分建筑在建在公园般美丽的校园里，许多新生也住在这里。
所有原有建筑都是用当地的灰色石灰岩建成，因此十分有观赏性。
1829年，麦吉尔成立了加拿大第一个医学院。到今天，麦吉尔大学的临床学科在世界排名十分之高。
麦吉尔大学有300多个不同的学位学科，提供给来自150个不同国家的4万多名学生。麦吉尔大学自认为是加拿大最国际化和最多元化的大学之一。
歌手兼歌曲作家的里奥纳德·科恩和演员威廉·夏特纳均曾在麦吉尔大学学习。此外，麦吉尔大学有超过任何其他加拿大大学的罗兹学术奖得主。其新生入学平均分也高于加拿大的任何其他大学。
4. McMaster University
McMaster University is located in Hamilton, Ontario with the main campus situated on 121 hectares of land near Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens.
The university is named after William McMaster, a prominent Canadian senator and banker who donated C$900,000 to the founding of the institution.
McMaster’s medical school is well-renowned and the university also provides teaching across the faculties of engineering, business, humanities, social sciences and science. The university places a strong emphasis on research working to target some of the most urgent needs in society particularly in the field of health sciences. This includes research from the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute which turned bits of human skin into blood cells, which could help to alleviate the shortage of blood donors.
Students and faculty come from over 90 countries worldwide and the university holds some 70 international exchange agreements with universities around the world.
The university's motto, chosen from Colossians 1:17 is: "In Christ all things consist" written in Greek. The McMaster motto is unusual in that it is written in Greek instead of the traditional Latin or English.
第四位：麦克玛斯特大学
麦克马斯特大学位于安大略省南部港市哈密尔顿，毗邻哈密尔顿皇家植物园，占地121公顷。
麦克马斯特大学以威廉麦克马斯特的名字命名，后者是杰出的加拿大参议员兼银行家，为学校捐赠了90万加元创立基金。
麦克马斯特大学的医学院非常有名。学校的教学也在工学院、商学院、人文学院、社科学院和科学学院展开。麦克马斯特大学格外注重针对社会紧急需求，尤其是卫生科学领域需求的研究工作。这体现在干细胞与癌症研究所的研究中。这种研究能将人类少量皮肤转化为血细胞，进而帮助缓解供血者数量的不足。
麦克马斯特大学的师生来自世界各地90多个多家，学校与世界各地的大学有大约70份国际交换协议。
麦克马斯特大学的校训采自《圣经歌罗西书》第1章第17节：“在基督里万物皆有”。这个校训的不同凡响之处在于它是用希腊文书写，而不是用传统的拉丁文或英语书写。
5. University of Montreal
The only francophone university in the top five, the University of Montreal is the second largest university in the country in terms of student numbers, with more than 37,000 students enrolled. A quarter of all students are international.
The University of Montreal’s main campus is on the slope of Mount Royal. The landmark tower was built in the Art Deco style in the 20th century.
Seventy-four per cent of the student body is enrolled on an undergraduate degree. A students’ union represents both undergraduate and postgraduate students and there are three fraternities and sororities affiliated to it.
University sports are a popular recreation – the teams are known as the Carabins and compete in badminton, Canadian football and hockey, among other sports.
Many renowned business leaders are graduates of the university, including the chief executive officer of the United Technologies Corporation. Other graduates are noted for their contributions to scientific research, including innovations in nuclear power, visual perception and quantum cryptography.
Ten premiers of Quebec are graduates of the university, in addition to many other government officials who were educated at Montreal.
第五位：蒙特利尔大学
蒙特利尔大学是前五名大学中唯一讲法语的大学，也是加拿大学生人数第二多的大学。蒙特利尔大学有3万7千多名在校生，其中四分之一属于国际生。
蒙特利尔大学本部位于皇家山山腰，其标志性的塔楼以装饰艺术风格建成，建于20世纪。
蒙特利尔大学有74%的学生注册本科学位。其学生会同时代表本科生和研究生，旗下有三个兄弟会和姐妹会。
蒙特利尔大学的体育活动是学生喜爱的休闲活动，体育队名为“卡拉班斯”。涵盖羽毛球、足球和曲棍球等诸多项目。
许多著名的商界领袖都曾在蒙特利尔大学学习过，包括联合技术公司的首席执行官。其他的毕业生则以对科研包括核能创新、视觉感知和量子密码等领域的贡献闻名。
在魁北克总理中，10位曾在蒙特利尔大学学习过。此外，许多政府官员也在蒙特利尔大学接受过教育。
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