B.C. universities named among Canada's best for employable grads

Three B.C. universities have been named among the top schools in Canada when it comes to graduates’ employability.

The ranking comes from the 2027 Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS), produced by research and consulting firm Emerging in partnership with Times Higher Education (THE).

Unlike rankings that focus on academic performance or research, GEURS looks at schools through the eyes of employers, using their assessments of which universities stand out for graduate employability.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) came in third among Canadian universities and 33rd globally. However, it wasn’t the only institution in the province to make the list.

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Simon Fraser University (SFU) also made the list in 10th place in Canada and 196th in the world.

The University of Victoria (UVIC) came right after, placing 11th in the country and 203rd globally.

Nationally, the University of Toronto was the highest-ranked Canadian school, placing 22nd globally. It was followed by McGill University, UBC, McMaster University, the University of Montreal, and the University of Waterloo.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and Harvard University were the top five schools globally.

You can view the full 2027 employability ranking on Emerging’s website.

It’s been a good year for the B.C. schools in international university rankings.

Four B.C. schools recently celebrated that they have been named among the best universities in Canada in Maclean’s Canadian university rankings for 2027.

Maclean’s shifted the methodology of its education rankings this year to make the results “more user-friendly and easier to understand.”

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In a recent Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings, both UVic and SFU ranked among the continent’s top schools based on how well they’re addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The university rankings assessed 1,600 institutions from 116 countries, looking at real-world contributions in areas like climate action, innovation, and social equity.

With files from Alison Stephen and Amir Ali