UBC ranks 37 in the world according to Shanghai Jiao Tong University-based Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).  A jump of 3 spots from the same study last year, the UBC remains second overall Canadian University behind the University of Toronto and ahead of McGill in Montreal.  The study is highly scientific and takes into account the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes, published studies, highly cited researchers and more.

See the list here.