The University of Victoria has been named the second best “comprehensive university” in Canada by long-standing Canadian magazine Maclean’s.
The University of Victoria has been named the second best “comprehensive university” in Canada by long-standing Canadian magazine Maclean’s.Simon Fraser University in Burnaby was named the best comprehensive university for 2025, while UVic came in second.
A comprehensive university is one that has a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Maclean’s points to UVic’s standout programs, including Indigenous studies, civil engineering and climate sciences, as contributing factors for its second place ranking, as well as research facilities like“Not many schools can offer a campus surrounded by ocean, mountains and forests, with just a 10-minute walk to the beach, but the University of Victoria has so much green space that students flock outdoors in the springtime—which comes in early March—to study and sunbathe on blankets,” reads...
“The location also influences the identity of UVic, which has research strengths in ocean and climate health, Indigenous knowledge, clean growth, health sciences and sustainable communities,” said the magazine.The top spot went to the University of Toronto, followed by the University of British Columbia, McGill University, University of Waterloo, and McMaster University rounding out the top five, respectively.
“UVic is a diverse and welcoming community that cares deeply about driving social, economic and environmental change,” UVic president Kevin Hall told Macleans. “Our students experience a huge range of research-enriched and hands-on learning opportunities.”
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