Polytechnic School of Montreal: Rankings

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The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 28th in Canada, 809th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 150 research topics. The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 31,692 academic publications and 785,925 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 17 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#809 of 14,131 In the World
#252 of 2,597 In North America
#28 of 101 In Canada
#7 of 17 In Quebec State
#5 of 7 In Montreal
#113 of 1,027 For Industrial Engineering
#125 of 3,524 For Electronic Engineering
#128 of 1,096 For Nuclear Engineering
#2606 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#968 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 147 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 20th for Engineering in Canada and 422nd in the World with 25,691 publications made and 618,722 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#20 of 86 In Canada
#126 of 1,651 In North America
#422 of 6,782 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 291 1225
1993 266 1419
1994 359 1669
1995 301 1890
1996 334 1897
1997 325 2318
1998 341 2705
1999 303 3088
2000 281 3309
2001 288 3382
2002 829 6087
2003 495 5581
2004 495 5792
2005 635 7690
2006 782 8515
2007 692 9717
2008 687 10783
2009 735 12076
2010 763 14106
2011 822 16351
2012 808 18461
2013 850 20351
2014 943 22687
2015 1057 24599
2016 1069 27492
2017 970 30547
2018 1090 35640
2019 1097 41351
2020 1238 48445
2021 1271 56665
2022 1243 52183
2023 1206 55421
2024 872 49428

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Industrial Engineering 8 36 113
Electronic Engineering 7 51 125
Nuclear Engineering 5 36 128
Mining Engineering 11 34 147
Operations Research 12 57 152
Computer Engineering 6 64 166
Transportation Engineering 10 65 174
Product and Industrial Design 8 66 183
Aviation 7 79 196
Construction Management 10 57 198
Telecommunications 13 79 217
Technical Drawing 11 66 222
Structural Engineering 12 84 238
Geotechnical Engineering 14 81 245
Biomedical Engineering 12 95 247
Reliability and Quality Engineering 15 92 251
Computer Networking 17 101 267
Electrical Engineering 12 86 268
Architecture 15 77 279
Automation and Control engineering 16 86 297
Robotics 19 95 313
Mechanical Engineering 16 108 329
Civil Engineering 18 106 329
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 13 99 330
Aerospace Engineering 16 121 337
Optical Engineering 16 111 345
Acoustical Engineering 20 118 355
Materials Science 13 106 372
Environmental Engineering 20 99 374
Systems Engineering 21 131 386
Marine Engineering 18 110 388
Architectural Engineering 18 97 400
Chemical Engineering 14 103 425
Nanotechnology 14 107 436
Petroleum Engineering 22 138 439
Renewable Energy Engineering 21 98 463
Engineering Management 20 189 463
Metallurgical Engineering 17 122 476
Human-Computer Interaction 25 167 608
Biochemical Engineering 21 139 622
Applied/Engineering Physics 24 160 636
Automotive Engineering 32 167 721
Remote Sensing 28 220 853
Biotechnology 28 257 1220

Physics rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 21st for Physics in Canada and 475th in the World with 22,219 publications made and 552,560 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Physics ranking Location
#21 of 86 In Canada
#136 of 1,617 In North America
#475 of 6,713 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 266 1148
1993 253 1355
1994 332 1546
1995 281 1738
1996 313 1789
1997 312 2140
1998 314 2522
1999 280 2862
2000 254 3099
2001 256 3124
2002 724 5438
2003 409 4982
2004 427 5303
2005 545 6921
2006 653 7518
2007 593 8630
2008 601 9699
2009 629 10733
2010 665 12644
2011 691 14605
2012 698 16319
2013 702 17888
2014 805 19994
2015 881 21357
2016 886 23670
2017 847 26015
2018 914 30113
2019 928 35017
2020 1039 41065
2021 1080 48367
2022 1039 44240
2023 1014 47419
2024 714 41856

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Optical Engineering 16 111 345
Acoustical Engineering 20 118 355
Materials Science 13 106 372
Nanotechnology 14 107 436
Quantum and Particle physics 19 123 442
Medical Physics 20 176 542
Astrobiology 21 184 553
Condensed Matter Physics 19 129 555
Nuclear Physics 23 164 563
Astrophysics and Astronomy 24 178 570
Applied/Engineering Physics 24 160 636
Atomic and Molecular physics 26 188 684
Theoretical Physics 29 178 712
Biophysics 26 243 780

Chemistry rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 23rd for Chemistry in Canada and 658th in the World with 17,640 publications made and 477,996 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#23 of 83 In Canada
#176 of 1,530 In North America
#658 of 6,545 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 232 1036
1993 209 1214
1994 279 1362
1995 221 1448
1996 259 1515
1997 264 1803
1998 263 2090
1999 232 2496
2000 202 2642
2001 223 2663
2002 493 4166
2003 318 4193
2004 351 4373
2005 440 5914
2006 530 6456
2007 466 7344
2008 475 8328
2009 485 9275
2010 532 10877
2011 555 12370
2012 564 13855
2013 591 15180
2014 650 16872
2015 707 18098
2016 705 20373
2017 654 22161
2018 731 25124
2019 711 28165
2020 767 32494
2021 802 37301
2022 826 35680
2023 781 37758
2024 567 35289

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 13 99 330
Materials Science 13 106 372
Chemical Engineering 14 103 425
Nanotechnology 14 107 436
Physical chemistry 18 122 502
Petrology and Geochemistry 29 148 519
Environmental Chemistry 23 143 569
Biochemical Engineering 21 139 622
Organic Chemistry 21 177 708
Inorganic Chemistry 22 168 832
Radiochemistry 17 122 844
Computational Chemistry 26 211 878
Biochemistry 28 259 1181
Nutrition and Food Science 30 231 1627

Computer Science rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 22nd for Computer Science in Canada and 462nd in the World with 17,183 publications made and 436,370 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#22 of 86 In Canada
#158 of 1,698 In North America
#462 of 6,845 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 133 501
1993 132 625
1994 165 828
1995 167 928
1996 178 926
1997 175 1185
1998 173 1328
1999 158 1448
2000 139 1526
2001 154 1667
2002 670 4120
2003 332 3315
2004 339 3500
2005 437 4478
2006 583 5280
2007 474 6003
2008 439 6642
2009 534 7714
2010 539 8566
2011 551 10153
2012 554 11244
2013 588 12845
2014 641 14220
2015 686 15398
2016 732 17402
2017 709 20558
2018 801 25684
2019 808 31218
2020 958 37390
2021 940 44100
2022 930 38482
2023 855 40738
2024 663 32684

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Computer Science.

Computer Science subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Computer Engineering 6 64 166
Computer Graphics 8 73 196
Telecommunications 13 79 217
Software Engineering 15 84 237
Computational Linguistics 15 88 254
Computer Networking 17 101 267
Animation 14 87 272
Robotics 19 95 313
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 19 115 345
Computer Vision 20 123 405
Blockchain and Cryptography 18 128 413
Machine Learning 23 143 430
UX/UI Desgin 25 137 457
Database Administration 23 153 483
Cyber Security 24 157 524
Human-Computer Interaction 25 167 608
Web Design and Development 27 165 623
Data Science 28 223 738
Cognitive Science 33 230 758
Library and Information science 30 332 849
Management Information Systems 32 243 872
Game Design and Development 33 212 890
Neuroscience 32 304 1006
Multimedia 33 340 1208
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 31 322 1415

Environmental Science rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 28th for Environmental Science in Canada and 666th in the World with 13,773 publications made and 363,264 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#28 of 90 In Canada
#189 of 1,721 In North America
#666 of 6,876 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 152 657
1993 162 827
1994 186 894
1995 179 1138
1996 173 1011
1997 165 1325
1998 192 1575
1999 177 1773
2000 160 1833
2001 180 2076
2002 367 3181
2003 250 3176
2004 244 3424
2005 313 4374
2006 376 4922
2007 326 5337
2008 312 6020
2009 379 6948
2010 402 7959
2011 391 9142
2012 395 10382
2013 432 11915
2014 501 13348
2015 555 14404
2016 565 16132
2017 525 18008
2018 589 20708
2019 611 23777
2020 802 28095
2021 729 32661
2022 734 30514
2023 709 33031
2024 444 28070

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Environmental Science.

Environmental Science subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Mining Engineering 11 34 147
Geotechnical Engineering 14 81 245
Environmental Engineering 20 99 374
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 20 129 398
Environmental Management 25 126 484
Petrology and Geochemistry 29 148 519
Earth science and Geophysics 26 155 556
Geology 25 166 557
Environmental Chemistry 23 143 569
Oceanography 28 163 576
Hydrology and Water resources management 18 110 578
Geography and Cartography 27 186 646
Paleontology 26 192 661
Ecology 30 199 807
Urban and Regional planning 29 207 999
Agricultural Science 32 206 1202
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 42 298 1210
Forestry 43 281 1543

Biology rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 27th for Biology in Canada and 979th in the World with 12,839 publications made and 396,225 citations received. Main research topics: Paleontology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#27 of 89 In Canada
#240 of 1,698 In North America
#979 of 6,833 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 126 650
1993 121 758
1994 161 864
1995 144 1002
1996 152 992
1997 162 1241
1998 157 1430
1999 149 1661
2000 131 1757
2001 146 1930
2002 360 3104
2003 197 3086
2004 209 3214
2005 263 4066
2006 352 4730
2007 320 5431
2008 291 5990
2009 360 6993
2010 372 8227
2011 427 9714
2012 433 10910
2013 439 12130
2014 510 13543
2015 540 14479
2016 543 16473
2017 548 18778
2018 581 21424
2019 587 24655
2020 736 29307
2021 683 32867
2022 676 31172
2023 663 32697
2024 437 28316

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 14 107 436
Astrobiology 21 184 553
Paleontology 26 192 661
Biophysics 26 243 780
Evolutionary Biology 31 253 829
Neuroscience 32 304 1006
Genetics 26 254 1079
Biochemistry 28 259 1181
Agricultural Science 32 206 1202
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 42 298 1210
Biotechnology 28 257 1220
Botany 31 246 1227
Zoology 40 336 1309
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 31 322 1415
Molecular Biology 33 329 1470
Oncology and Cancer research 33 336 1514
Forestry 43 281 1543
Nutrition and Food Science 30 231 1627
Microbiology 28 289 1634
Immunology 34 368 1830
Pharmacology 35 396 2027
Virology 36 407 2042
Horticulture 46 399 2598

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 32nd for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Canada and 934th in the World with 9,926 publications made and 277,466 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#32 of 91 In Canada
#258 of 1,852 In North America
#934 of 7,081 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 69 324
1993 85 396
1994 96 478
1995 103 599
1996 103 638
1997 101 720
1998 95 848
1999 112 941
2000 78 981
2001 115 1087
2002 323 2212
2003 191 1831
2004 167 2126
2005 201 2580
2006 264 2981
2007 250 3350
2008 230 3680
2009 272 4348
2010 286 5097
2011 290 5757
2012 303 6690
2013 328 7623
2014 375 8737
2015 422 9532
2016 480 10912
2017 410 12619
2018 448 15970
2019 462 19010
2020 637 23228
2021 586 26748
2022 578 23509
2023 531 25091
2024 347 18858

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Occupational Safety and Health 29 248 594
Linguistics 26 209 669
Education Majors 31 276 713
Aesthetics 31 238 725
Archaeology 29 220 774
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 30 260 818
Library and Information science 30 332 849
Philosophy 32 211 863
History 32 259 865
Law 32 323 981
Urban and Regional planning 29 207 999
Political Science 33 322 1107
Sociology 38 364 1138
Anthropology 40 396 1173
Art History 46 530 1283
Demography 36 338 1312
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 55 707 2226
Communications and Public Relations 59 687 2231

Mathematics rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 23rd for Mathematics in Canada and 515th in the World with 8,210 publications made and 216,107 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Operations Research, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics.

Mathematics ranking Location
#23 of 81 In Canada
#166 of 1,491 In North America
#515 of 6,418 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 70 296
1993 62 348
1994 66 384
1995 81 525
1996 78 513
1997 100 607
1998 78 759
1999 113 790
2000 76 821
2001 67 832
2002 274 1968
2003 143 1550
2004 160 1755
2005 210 2124
2006 284 2550
2007 216 2798
2008 219 3174
2009 225 3556
2010 260 4083
2011 257 4874
2012 231 5402
2013 271 6319
2014 299 6854
2015 338 7350
2016 345 8156
2017 337 9222
2018 382 11659
2019 403 13824
2020 474 16234
2021 476 18834
2022 449 16713
2023 426 18064
2024 278 12014

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Operations Research 12 57 152
Applied Mathematics 16 105 342
Blockchain and Cryptography 18 128 413
Statistics 22 163 491
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 31 234 765
Math Teachers 35 409 1148

Business rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 29th for Business in Canada and 630th in the World with 5,805 publications made and 138,426 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Operations Research, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#29 of 83 In Canada
#206 of 1,460 In North America
#630 of 6,339 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 40 134
1993 39 163
1994 44 232
1995 54 330
1996 49 289
1997 77 393
1998 59 442
1999 60 507
2000 57 507
2001 61 579
2002 244 1404
2003 120 1166
2004 112 1273
2005 129 1567
2006 199 1928
2007 159 2110
2008 148 2585
2009 180 2944
2010 198 3410
2011 180 3973
2012 196 4483
2013 195 5221
2014 237 5534
2015 220 5842
2016 266 6532
2017 226 7527
2018 280 9037
2019 249 10666
2020 308 12727
2021 330 14732
2022 323 13127
2023 302 14382
2024 202 10078

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Business.

Business subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Operations Research 12 57 152
Construction Management 10 57 198
Supply Chain Management 14 76 262
Management 23 143 424
Engineering Management 20 189 463
Project Management 23 157 503
Occupational Safety and Health 29 248 594
Marketing 29 225 744
Accounting 31 265 805
Finance 30 245 872
Management Information Systems 32 243 872
Advertising 33 337 1033

Art & Design rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 26th for Art & Design in Canada and 555th in the World with 2,355 publications made and 68,210 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Computer Graphics, Literature, Aesthetics, Architecture.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#26 of 83 In Canada
#186 of 1,444 In North America
#555 of 5,966 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 15 82
1993 30 141
1994 23 114
1995 36 220
1996 39 191
1997 27 215
1998 22 250
1999 28 278
2000 26 270
2001 35 295
2002 89 576
2003 42 483
2004 52 513
2005 69 704
2006 87 794
2007 61 894
2008 63 912
2009 77 1012
2010 67 1142
2011 79 1430
2012 78 1421
2013 70 1527
2014 68 1713
2015 83 1863
2016 117 2200
2017 69 2353
2018 105 3067
2019 106 3623
2020 137 4247
2021 117 4775
2022 106 4156
2023 116 4505
2024 81 3648

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic School of Montreal in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Canada ranking North America ranking World rank
Computer Graphics 8 73 196
Animation 14 87 272
Architecture 15 77 279
UX/UI Desgin 25 137 457
Literature 28 192 548
Graphic Design 25 176 550
Fashion Design 26 169 557
Aesthetics 31 238 725
Game Design and Development 33 212 890
Multimedia 33 340 1208
Art History 46 530 1283

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Polytechnic School of Montreal

Speciality Canada North America World Rank
Environmental Economics 20 90 407
Sonography and Ultrasound 18 147 526
Orthodontics 18 159 594
Neurosurgery 14 137 600
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 20 188 696
Anatomy and Physiology 23 202 718
Sports Medicine 32 244 748
Ophthalmology 23 228 841
Economics 32 293 978
Physical Therapy 34 284 994
Social Psychology 38 355 1018
Surgery 25 256 1032
Cardiology 24 257 1042
Psychology 32 323 1070
Dentistry 27 262 1118
Development Studies 35 343 1133
Medicine 32 307 1246
Public Health 37 339 1260
Psychiatry 36 361 1276
Pathology 32 293 1279
Radiation Therapy 27 290 1284
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 40 438 1373
Anesthesiology 33 337 1377
Healthcare Management (MHA) 44 521 1831
Child Psychology 54 681 2077
Nursing 54 608 2081
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 38 444 2441
Clinical Psychology 59 760 2447
Health Science 58 820 2614