The Hamilton university ranked well into the top 100 schools on this year’s Global Employability Ranking. Photo credit: Facebook/McMaster University
While students attend university for a litany of reasons, the primary purpose of higher education is to prepare pupils for life after school – the workforce.
Consistently creating employable graduates is the mark of a successful post-secondary institute. And one of the most successful schools to do just that is Hamilton’s McMaster University.
According to a recent ranking from Times Higher Education, Marauder alum are some of the most employable university graduates in the world.
McMaster ranked fifth in Canada and 81st internationally on the new 2022 Global Employability Ranking, a list of 250 universities across 44 countries worldwide.
“McMaster graduates are known worldwide for their creativity, innovation and collaborative spirit,” McMaster president David Farrar said in a statement regarding the ranking.
“This global ranking emphasizes the value employers place in those skills, and the international reputation our graduates have in the workforce.”
Designed by HR consultancy firm Emerging and published by Times Higher Education, the annual list reveals which universities the recruiters at top companies think are the best at preparing students for the workplace.
Managers and recruiters were asked to evaluate universities based on graduate skills, specialization, academic performance, focus on work expertise, digital performance, and internationality.
Votes were canvassed to rate the employability of 1,000 universities and institutions of higher education worldwide.
This year, there were a total of 99,000 votes cast by employers from 24 countries.
A total of 11 Canadian institutions made the exclusive list of 250 universities.
Topping the rankings this year for Canada was once again the University of Toronto, which ranked 11th internationally. Following U of T, in order, were McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of Montreal, and McMaster – all of which finished in the top 100.
The remaining six schools from Canada were the University of Alberta, University of Ottawa, University of Victoria, University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, and Université du Québec.
The top five post-secondary institutes overall were MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Cambridge, and Stanford.
A full overview of Emerging’s ranking methodology can be viewed here.
