Polytechnic School of Montreal: Rankings

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The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 28th in Canada, 744th in the global 2026 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 151 research topics. The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 32,414 academic publications and 833,220 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 18 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#744 of 14,131 In the World
#243 of 2,597 In North America
#28 of 101 In Canada
#7 of 17 In Quebec State
#5 of 7 In Montreal
#102 of 1,007 For Industrial Engineering
#127 of 3,570 For Electronic Engineering
#137 of 1,118 For Nuclear Engineering
#2569 of 8,074 For Alumni Impact
#807 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 148 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 20th for Engineering in Canada and 425th in the World with 26,144 publications made and 655,141 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#20 of 87 In Canada
#126 of 1,655 In North America
#425 of 6,795 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1993 266 1420
1994 359 1669
1995 302 1892
1996 334 1898
1997 325 2319
1998 341 2718
1999 303 3100
2000 281 3313
2001 288 3388
2002 830 6095
2003 497 5587
2004 496 5794
2005 635 7691
2006 782 8515
2007 692 9719
2008 687 10784
2009 735 12077
2010 760 14099
2011 821 16351
2012 808 18472
2013 856 20334
2014 946 22701
2015 1055 24621
2016 1073 27527
2017 974 30588
2018 1091 35694
2019 1100 41413
2020 1241 48495
2021 1269 56679
2022 1242 52194
2023 1209 55438
2024 900 50110
2025 528 42661

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 31 102
Electronic Engineering 7 50 127
Nuclear Engineering 5 36 137
Mining Engineering 11 33 150
Operations Research 12 56 151
Computer Engineering 6 64 165
Transportation Engineering 10 65 173
Product and Industrial Design 8 63 176
Construction Management 8 52 194
Aviation 7 79 201
Telecommunications 13 79 216
Technical Drawing 10 65 226
Structural Engineering 12 83 239
Geotechnical Engineering 14 81 248
Reliability and Quality Engineering 15 91 249
Biomedical Engineering 13 96 253
Architecture 14 74 268
Electrical Engineering 12 86 268
Computer Networking 17 99 269
Automation and Control engineering 16 87 302
Robotics 18 91 312
Mechanical Engineering 16 106 329
Civil Engineering 16 103 330
Aerospace Engineering 16 121 339
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 12 100 343
Optical Engineering 16 110 350
Acoustical Engineering 20 118 357
Materials Science 13 106 377
Environmental Engineering 20 98 378
Systems Engineering 21 125 381
Architectural Engineering 18 94 388
Marine Engineering 18 110 396
Chemical Engineering 14 103 434
Nanotechnology 14 107 442
Petroleum Engineering 21 137 446
Engineering Management 20 186 468
Renewable Energy Engineering 21 98 479
Metallurgical Engineering 17 123 485
Human-Computer Interaction 25 167 612
Biochemical Engineering 21 137 630
Applied/Engineering Physics 25 161 652
Automotive Engineering 32 166 729
Remote Sensing 28 214 834
Biotechnology 28 257 1233

Physics rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 21st for Physics in Canada and 480th in the World with 22,548 publications made and 582,951 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 1,623 In North America
#480 of 6,729 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1993 253 1356
1994 332 1546
1995 282 1740
1996 313 1791
1997 312 2143
1998 314 2534
1999 280 2874
2000 254 3103
2001 256 3126
2002 723 5447
2003 411 4989
2004 428 5305
2005 545 6922
2006 653 7519
2007 593 8634
2008 599 9694
2009 629 10734
2010 659 12644
2011 690 14592
2012 695 16300
2013 703 17841
2014 804 19990
2015 882 21367
2016 889 23668
2017 846 26049
2018 915 30149
2019 925 35001
2020 1037 41047
2021 1081 48360
2022 1035 44200
2023 1019 47373
2024 733 42388
2025 420 35939

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 16 110 350
Acoustical Engineering 20 118 357
Materials Science 13 106 377
Nanotechnology 14 107 442
Quantum and Particle physics 19 123 448
Medical Physics 20 174 534
Astrobiology 21 183 550
Condensed Matter Physics 19 129 562
Nuclear Physics 23 165 574
Astrophysics and Astronomy 24 178 580
Applied/Engineering Physics 25 161 652
Atomic and Molecular physics 26 188 691
Theoretical Physics 29 178 715
Biophysics 26 243 784

Chemistry rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 23rd for Chemistry in Canada and 671st in the World with 17,903 publications made and 505,743 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#23 of 83 In Canada
#176 of 1,538 In North America
#671 of 6,561 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1993 209 1215
1994 279 1362
1995 221 1450
1996 259 1515
1997 264 1805
1998 263 2100
1999 232 2508
2000 202 2646
2001 222 2667
2002 495 4176
2003 320 4201
2004 352 4375
2005 440 5915
2006 530 6455
2007 466 7346
2008 475 8325
2009 485 9277
2010 529 10878
2011 554 12360
2012 566 13861
2013 592 15173
2014 650 16885
2015 707 18109
2016 706 20382
2017 658 22182
2018 727 25149
2019 713 28176
2020 764 32516
2021 801 37273
2022 826 35648
2023 783 37750
2024 575 35677
2025 330 31267

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 12 100 343
Materials Science 13 106 377
Chemical Engineering 14 103 434
Nanotechnology 14 107 442
Physical chemistry 17 121 511
Petrology and Geochemistry 29 148 522
Environmental Chemistry 23 141 578
Biochemical Engineering 21 137 630
Organic Chemistry 21 175 716
Inorganic Chemistry 23 169 850
Radiochemistry 17 122 856
Computational Chemistry 27 211 893
Biochemistry 28 259 1202
Nutrition and Food Science 30 232 1650

Computer Science rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 22nd for Computer Science in Canada and 461st in the World with 17,547 publications made and 460,837 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#22 of 86 In Canada
#157 of 1,702 In North America
#461 of 6,855 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1993 132 625
1994 165 829
1995 167 928
1996 178 927
1997 175 1187
1998 173 1330
1999 158 1449
2000 139 1527
2001 155 1672
2002 667 4121
2003 332 3316
2004 339 3502
2005 438 4478
2006 583 5283
2007 474 6006
2008 440 6637
2009 534 7728
2010 536 8559
2011 551 10154
2012 554 11237
2013 591 12834
2014 644 14188
2015 685 15380
2016 735 17410
2017 709 20559
2018 800 25627
2019 804 31257
2020 959 37374
2021 942 44118
2022 927 38468
2023 858 40752
2024 687 33427
2025 436 25849

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 64 165
Computer Graphics 8 74 200
Telecommunications 13 79 216
Software Engineering 15 84 239
Computational Linguistics 15 88 253
Computer Networking 17 99 269
Animation 14 87 275
Robotics 18 91 312
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 19 115 348
Computer Vision 20 123 410
Blockchain and Cryptography 18 127 415
Machine Learning 22 139 427
UX/UI Desgin 25 134 443
Database Administration 23 153 486
Cyber Security 24 156 534
Human-Computer Interaction 25 167 612
Web Design and Development 27 162 614
Data Science 28 220 743
Cognitive Science 33 228 774
Library and Information science 30 334 867
Management Information Systems 32 239 868
Game Design and Development 32 209 903
Neuroscience 32 301 1013
Multimedia 33 338 1233
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 31 321 1417

Environmental Science rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 27th for Environmental Science in Canada and 676th in the World with 13,993 publications made and 384,771 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#27 of 90 In Canada
#188 of 1,727 In North America
#676 of 6,888 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1993 162 828
1994 186 894
1995 179 1138
1996 173 1011
1997 165 1328
1998 192 1586
1999 178 1784
2000 160 1836
2001 180 2081
2002 365 3188
2003 250 3180
2004 244 3426
2005 313 4374
2006 376 4922
2007 326 5339
2008 312 6026
2009 380 6955
2010 400 7960
2011 389 9123
2012 390 10373
2013 435 11911
2014 502 13342
2015 556 14414
2016 565 16150
2017 526 18030
2018 590 20763
2019 619 23793
2020 801 28101
2021 732 32671
2022 730 30525
2023 714 33028
2024 461 28409
2025 252 24529

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 33 150
Geotechnical Engineering 14 81 248
Environmental Engineering 20 98 378
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 20 130 410
Environmental Management 25 126 489
Petrology and Geochemistry 29 148 522
Earth science and Geophysics 26 155 557
Geology 25 165 565
Environmental Chemistry 23 141 578
Hydrology and Water resources management 18 110 582
Oceanography 29 164 585
Geography and Cartography 27 186 655
Paleontology 26 193 680
Ecology 30 198 815
Urban and Regional planning 29 205 1018
Agricultural Science 32 205 1218
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 42 298 1231
Forestry 43 278 1551

Biology rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 27th for Biology in Canada and 989th in the World with 13,063 publications made and 420,141 citations received. Main research topics: Paleontology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#27 of 89 In Canada
#238 of 1,701 In North America
#989 of 6,841 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1993 121 758
1994 161 864
1995 144 1003
1996 152 993
1997 163 1242
1998 157 1437
1999 150 1666
2000 131 1757
2001 145 1936
2002 360 3110
2003 197 3091
2004 210 3216
2005 263 4065
2006 352 4727
2007 320 5432
2008 292 5992
2009 360 6992
2010 370 8228
2011 425 9682
2012 432 10906
2013 439 12131
2014 510 13531
2015 537 14473
2016 542 16480
2017 551 18792
2018 577 21478
2019 589 24671
2020 734 29268
2021 680 32805
2022 678 31168
2023 661 32622
2024 442 28650
2025 301 24838

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 14 107 442
Astrobiology 21 183 550
Paleontology 26 193 680
Biophysics 26 243 784
Evolutionary Biology 32 254 842
Neuroscience 32 301 1013
Genetics 26 253 1086
Biochemistry 28 259 1202
Agricultural Science 32 205 1218
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 42 298 1231
Biotechnology 28 257 1233
Botany 31 245 1256
Zoology 40 330 1313
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 31 321 1417
Molecular Biology 33 326 1467
Oncology and Cancer research 33 328 1517
Forestry 43 278 1551
Nutrition and Food Science 30 232 1650
Microbiology 28 288 1671
Immunology 34 366 1831
Virology 36 403 2038
Pharmacology 35 392 2040
Horticulture 46 390 2598

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 32nd for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Canada and 933rd in the World with 10,130 publications made and 292,935 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#32 of 91 In Canada
#256 of 1,854 In North America
#933 of 7,088 In the World

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

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1993 85 397
1994 96 479
1995 103 601
1996 103 640
1997 101 720
1998 95 849
1999 112 939
2000 78 981
2001 115 1094
2002 324 2216
2003 191 1830
2004 167 2129
2005 202 2582
2006 264 2982
2007 250 3349
2008 230 3672
2009 272 4346
2010 285 5099
2011 287 5751
2012 299 6673
2013 328 7608
2014 372 8709
2015 421 9498
2016 478 10893
2017 418 12602
2018 476 15987
2019 473 18969
2020 632 23140
2021 584 26682
2022 578 23433
2023 532 25072
2024 359 19204
2025 206 15890

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 29 248 598
Linguistics 27 209 677
Education Majors 31 273 722
Aesthetics 31 239 738
Archaeology 30 221 785
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 30 259 830
Philosophy 32 211 857
Library and Information science 30 334 867
History 32 258 875
Law 32 321 997
Urban and Regional planning 29 205 1018
Political Science 33 318 1107
Sociology 39 362 1141
Anthropology 40 393 1187
Art History 46 520 1284
Demography 36 339 1335
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 54 670 2116
Communications and Public Relations 60 692 2270

Mathematics rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 24th for Mathematics in Canada and 523rd in the World with 8,299 publications made and 227,102 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Operations Research, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics.

Mathematics ranking Location
#24 of 81 In Canada
#166 of 1,494 In North America
#523 of 6,434 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1993 62 348
1994 66 384
1995 82 525
1996 78 513
1997 100 609
1998 78 760
1999 113 793
2000 76 822
2001 67 833
2002 274 1967
2003 143 1549
2004 160 1758
2005 211 2123
2006 284 2553
2007 216 2798
2008 217 3169
2009 225 3551
2010 258 4077
2011 255 4858
2012 229 5385
2013 268 6292
2014 299 6851
2015 336 7322
2016 346 8143
2017 337 9177
2018 384 11644
2019 405 13795
2020 470 16156
2021 476 18758
2022 453 16642
2023 422 17988
2024 286 12318
2025 119 9234

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 56 151
Applied Mathematics 16 102 341
Blockchain and Cryptography 18 127 415
Statistics 22 161 499
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 30 231 765
Math Teachers 35 411 1181

Business rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 29th for Business in Canada and 638th in the World with 5,890 publications made and 144,902 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Operations Research, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#29 of 84 In Canada
#206 of 1,472 In North America
#638 of 6,366 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1993 39 163
1994 44 233
1995 54 330
1996 49 289
1997 77 393
1998 59 444
1999 60 507
2000 57 507
2001 61 580
2002 244 1405
2003 120 1166
2004 112 1274
2005 129 1567
2006 199 1928
2007 159 2110
2008 148 2583
2009 180 2943
2010 198 3410
2011 179 3957
2012 191 4468
2013 194 5213
2014 237 5518
2015 218 5847
2016 266 6522
2017 225 7539
2018 280 9061
2019 253 10682
2020 305 12705
2021 327 14703
2022 321 13105
2023 297 14341
2024 210 10244
2025 126 8498

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 56 151
Construction Management 8 52 194
Supply Chain Management 14 76 266
Management 23 144 429
Engineering Management 20 186 468
Project Management 22 156 500
Occupational Safety and Health 29 248 598
Marketing 29 223 751
Management Information Systems 32 239 868
Finance 30 244 877
Accounting 32 297 953
Advertising 33 338 1064

Art & Design rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 26th for Art & Design in Canada and 559th in the World with 2,398 publications made and 71,620 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 85 In Canada
#184 of 1,454 In North America
#559 of 6,010 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1993 30 141
1994 23 114
1995 36 220
1996 39 192
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 1013
2010 66 1148
2011 78 1430
2012 79 1413
2013 72 1529
2014 69 1702
2015 82 1861
2016 118 2214
2017 69 2346
2018 107 3043
2019 104 3607
2020 138 4261
2021 118 4795
2022 106 4162
2023 119 4486
2024 82 3705
2025 46 3223

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 74 200
Architecture 14 74 268
Animation 14 87 275
UX/UI Desgin 25 134 443
Graphic Design 25 167 522
Literature 28 192 553
Fashion Design 26 168 565
Aesthetics 31 239 738
Game Design and Development 32 209 903
Multimedia 33 338 1233
Art History 46 520 1284

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Polytechnic School of Montreal

Speciality Canada North America World Rank
Environmental Economics 20 90 418
Sonography and Ultrasound 18 148 531
Orthodontics 19 159 603
Neurosurgery 14 138 608
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 20 188 704
Anatomy and Physiology 23 203 731
Sports Medicine 32 240 747
Ophthalmology 23 226 848
Economics 32 290 989
Physical Therapy 34 281 992
Social Psychology 38 353 1031
Surgery 25 254 1042
Cardiology 24 257 1058
Psychology 32 319 1081
Dentistry 26 259 1135
Development Studies 35 343 1158
Medicine 32 306 1259
Psychiatry 36 352 1276
Public Health 37 340 1285
Radiation Therapy 27 288 1293
Pathology 31 293 1304
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 39 428 1349
Anesthesiology 33 338 1405
Healthcare Management (MHA) 46 519 1862
Child Psychology 54 669 2084
Nursing 54 609 2121
Clinical Psychology 59 755 2447
Health Science 58 815 2647