Polytechnic School of Montreal: Rankings

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The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 28th in Canada, 768th in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 153 research topics. The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 29,967 academic publications and 642,549 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 15 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#768 of 14,131 In the World
#245 of 2,597 In North America
#28 of 101 In Canada
#7 of 17 In Quebec State
#5 of 7 In Montreal
#94 of 3,360 For Electronic Engineering
#132 of 1,025 For Industrial Engineering
#141 of 1,031 For Mining Engineering
#2591 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#968 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 150 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 18th for Engineering in Canada and 369th in the World with 24,933 publications made and 510,441 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#18 of 84 In Canada
#117 of 1,602 In North America
#369 of 6,684 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 240 882
1992 303 1134
1993 277 1317
1994 383 1606
1995 328 1818
1996 343 1801
1997 326 2219
1998 358 2512
1999 305 2944
2000 273 3120
2001 291 3180
2002 829 5596
2003 510 4937
2004 532 5257
2005 606 6801
2006 805 7741
2007 737 8776
2008 739 10047
2009 762 11353
2010 766 13085
2011 835 15430
2012 819 17074
2013 926 19925
2014 943 21533
2015 1008 23155
2016 1051 25862
2017 959 28153
2018 1059 33120
2019 1059 37894
2020 1140 42855
2021 1239 49206
2022 1161 46288
2023 1128 46748

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
Electronic Engineering 7 42 94
Industrial Engineering 9 42 132
Mining Engineering 11 32 141
Operations Research 12 55 142
Nuclear Engineering 7 40 146
Computer Engineering 6 63 153
Transportation Engineering 9 64 163
Telecommunications 10 65 166
Product and Industrial Design 8 63 169
Technical Drawing 9 62 186
Construction Management 12 60 201
Architecture 11 65 210
Reliability and Quality Engineering 14 79 213
Computer Networking 17 89 216
Electrical Engineering 11 73 216
Structural Engineering 11 79 219
Aviation 10 96 223
Geotechnical Engineering 13 79 226
Biomedical Engineering 12 96 242
Automation and Control engineering 14 76 263
Robotics 19 89 289
Civil Engineering 14 95 290
Mechanical Engineering 15 97 296
Aerospace Engineering 14 111 306
Marine Engineering 14 91 312
Optical Engineering 13 104 319
Architectural Engineering 17 87 330
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 13 103 336
Materials Science 13 100 339
Environmental Engineering 19 95 340
Acoustical Engineering 20 118 360
Systems Engineering 20 122 362
Chemical Engineering 13 100 401
Petroleum Engineering 18 126 403
Firefighting and Fire Science 15 106 407
Renewable Energy Engineering 19 90 409
Nanotechnology 14 106 413
Metallurgical Engineering 17 119 441
Human-Computer Interaction 24 165 538
Engineering Management 24 208 552
Applied/Engineering Physics 22 145 555
Biochemical Engineering 20 130 585
Automotive Engineering 31 160 660
Remote Sensing 28 213 766
Biotechnology 28 260 1192

Physics rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 19th for Physics in Canada and 429th in the World with 21,676 publications made and 457,241 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#19 of 84 In Canada
#127 of 1,569 In North America
#429 of 6,603 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 214 828
1992 277 1079
1993 267 1269
1994 355 1490
1995 303 1702
1996 322 1693
1997 312 2062
1998 328 2392
1999 275 2725
2000 249 2950
2001 256 2924
2002 729 4991
2003 430 4463
2004 473 4837
2005 521 6194
2006 681 6925
2007 626 7843
2008 640 9056
2009 645 10130
2010 653 11725
2011 720 13765
2012 697 15121
2013 789 17576
2014 793 18889
2015 850 20230
2016 882 22460
2017 830 24087
2018 883 28347
2019 918 32474
2020 961 36928
2021 1064 42389
2022 973 39679
2023 943 40212

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 13 104 319
Materials Science 13 100 339
Acoustical Engineering 20 118 360
Quantum and Particle physics 18 113 393
Nanotechnology 14 106 413
Astrophysics and Astronomy 23 162 504
Astrobiology 19 174 510
Condensed Matter Physics 17 126 525
Nuclear Physics 23 155 536
Applied/Engineering Physics 22 145 555
Atomic and Molecular physics 26 190 674
Medical Physics 21 202 691
Theoretical Physics 29 186 752
Biophysics 26 242 759

Chemistry rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 21st for Chemistry in Canada and 611th in the World with 17,328 publications made and 400,626 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.

Chemistry ranking Location
#21 of 81 In Canada
#172 of 1,488 In North America
#611 of 6,447 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 187 713
1992 246 971
1993 219 1128
1994 299 1324
1995 242 1403
1996 269 1443
1997 258 1745
1998 274 2023
1999 229 2407
2000 196 2539
2001 228 2532
2002 497 3824
2003 334 3765
2004 394 4068
2005 425 5252
2006 552 6007
2007 498 6801
2008 509 7882
2009 513 8902
2010 519 10351
2011 565 11889
2012 570 12965
2013 641 15045
2014 645 16162
2015 672 17316
2016 708 19443
2017 654 20888
2018 698 23867
2019 709 26492
2020 713 29764
2021 810 33883
2022 798 32830
2023 748 33790

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 13 103 336
Materials Science 13 100 339
Chemical Engineering 13 100 401
Nanotechnology 14 106 413
Physical chemistry 16 113 457
Environmental Chemistry 22 130 502
Petrology and Geochemistry 29 144 503
Biochemical Engineering 20 130 585
Organic Chemistry 20 170 660
Radiochemistry 17 113 724
Inorganic Chemistry 22 157 749
Computational Chemistry 26 211 839
Biochemistry 28 259 1143
Nutrition and Food Science 27 221 1462

Computer Science rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 22nd for Computer Science in Canada and 434th in the World with 16,595 publications made and 350,118 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#22 of 86 In Canada
#154 of 1,662 In North America
#434 of 6,752 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 106 406
1992 143 446
1993 142 564
1994 183 769
1995 185 868
1996 191 872
1997 175 1079
1998 185 1217
1999 152 1333
2000 143 1416
2001 151 1501
2002 682 3795
2003 367 2902
2004 361 3127
2005 403 3786
2006 610 4631
2007 528 5271
2008 490 5976
2009 540 7125
2010 561 7723
2011 562 9274
2012 579 10392
2013 668 12485
2014 664 13264
2015 684 14635
2016 709 16119
2017 697 18295
2018 780 23255
2019 756 28298
2020 838 32178
2021 924 36491
2022 827 32140
2023 784 31492

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 Graphics 8 66 149
Computer Engineering 6 63 153
Telecommunications 10 65 166
Software Engineering 15 81 215
Computer Networking 17 89 216
Animation 13 81 243
Computational Linguistics 16 101 285
Robotics 19 89 289
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 19 117 348
Computer Vision 19 116 355
Blockchain and Cryptography 16 122 377
Machine Learning 24 148 432
UX/UI Desgin 24 137 445
Database Administration 23 154 452
Cyber Security 24 152 469
Human-Computer Interaction 24 165 538
Web Design and Development 26 151 556
Cognitive Science 31 216 686
Data Science 28 225 729
Library and Information science 29 320 810
Management Information Systems 33 255 860
Game Design and Development 32 216 892
Neuroscience 31 291 930
Multimedia 33 334 1101
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 30 318 1342

Environmental Science rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 25th for Environmental Science in Canada and 613th in the World with 13,202 publications made and 298,585 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#25 of 89 In Canada
#180 of 1,687 In North America
#613 of 6,798 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 132 476
1992 155 571
1993 163 720
1994 193 839
1995 187 1084
1996 177 962
1997 162 1211
1998 198 1479
1999 186 1710
2000 153 1753
2001 182 1917
2002 369 2931
2003 265 2757
2004 249 3063
2005 291 3775
2006 366 4353
2007 352 4822
2008 346 5601
2009 399 6552
2010 396 7239
2011 385 8403
2012 392 9381
2013 471 11394
2014 490 12493
2015 535 13299
2016 560 14867
2017 518 16138
2018 582 18920
2019 571 21570
2020 632 24592
2021 734 28278
2022 687 27038
2023 664 27870

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 32 141
Geotechnical Engineering 13 79 226
Environmental Engineering 19 95 340
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 18 124 365
Environmental Management 21 117 425
Oceanography 26 150 494
Environmental Chemistry 22 130 502
Petrology and Geochemistry 29 144 503
Earth science and Geophysics 26 148 524
Geology 25 168 537
Hydrology and Water resources management 16 113 541
Geography and Cartography 26 177 564
Paleontology 27 196 676
Ecology 30 192 722
Agricultural Science 32 188 1019
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 40 290 1116
Forestry 42 278 1448

Biology rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 27th for Biology in Canada and 943rd in the World with 12,297 publications made and 318,213 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Paleontology, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#27 of 86 In Canada
#239 of 1,668 In North America
#943 of 6,770 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 116 436
1992 128 592
1993 125 673
1994 165 796
1995 149 939
1996 158 953
1997 159 1163
1998 166 1389
1999 147 1615
2000 126 1686
2001 142 1785
2002 355 2867
2003 205 2739
2004 225 2911
2005 243 3516
2006 364 4308
2007 345 4876
2008 311 5487
2009 345 6402
2010 356 7585
2011 417 8966
2012 426 10053
2013 480 11511
2014 494 12617
2015 499 13339
2016 549 15357
2017 540 17038
2018 554 19824
2019 586 22826
2020 620 26114
2021 711 29254
2022 660 27905
2023 608 28493

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 14 106 413
Astrobiology 19 174 510
Paleontology 27 196 676
Biophysics 26 242 759
Evolutionary Biology 29 237 764
Neuroscience 31 291 930
Agricultural Science 32 188 1019
Genetics 26 258 1053
Botany 31 238 1096
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 40 290 1116
Biochemistry 28 259 1143
Biotechnology 28 260 1192
Zoology 40 317 1207
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 30 318 1342
Oncology and Cancer research 33 322 1419
Forestry 42 278 1448
Nutrition and Food Science 27 221 1462
Molecular Biology 33 326 1462
Microbiology 27 282 1505
Immunology 34 355 1672
Pharmacology 34 363 1726
Virology 34 393 1891
Horticulture 47 378 2338

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 32nd for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Canada and 821st in the World with 9,385 publications made and 218,940 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#32 of 91 In Canada
#246 of 1,819 In North America
#821 of 7,020 In the World

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

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 73 250
1992 73 292
1993 89 336
1994 101 436
1995 105 571
1996 107 583
1997 95 661
1998 96 745
1999 115 859
2000 80 897
2001 114 963
2002 324 1993
2003 201 1580
2004 173 1781
2005 181 2123
2006 274 2528
2007 259 2801
2008 245 3153
2009 279 3836
2010 293 4400
2011 288 5058
2012 306 5841
2013 362 7101
2014 363 7951
2015 417 8607
2016 433 9716
2017 425 11094
2018 441 14294
2019 432 17368
2020 518 20155
2021 561 22553
2022 534 19460
2023 476 19590

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
Military science 28 312 569
Linguistics 25 194 613
Publishing 30 226 619
Occupational Safety and Health 33 278 656
Archaeology 29 217 696
Aesthetics 31 234 706
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 28 238 730
Philosophy 28 199 741
History 30 245 772
Education Majors 33 321 796
Library and Information science 29 320 810
Law 32 295 842
Political Science 33 298 936
Anthropology 39 383 1052
Sociology 38 371 1106
Art History 44 480 1139
Demography 36 329 1188
Communications and Public Relations 55 650 1914
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 55 681 2027

Mathematics rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 22nd for Mathematics in Canada and 470th in the World with 7,962 publications made and 174,086 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Operations Research, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics.

Mathematics ranking Location
#22 of 80 In Canada
#161 of 1,451 In North America
#470 of 6,305 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 51 203
1992 73 258
1993 67 306
1994 76 369
1995 88 495
1996 79 479
1997 98 561
1998 84 682
1999 107 715
2000 77 754
2001 64 735
2002 269 1839
2003 160 1354
2004 162 1498
2005 187 1830
2006 286 2264
2007 229 2334
2008 245 2749
2009 240 3099
2010 265 3551
2011 275 4336
2012 255 4844
2013 314 5900
2014 296 6298
2015 331 6659
2016 328 7470
2017 329 8247
2018 346 10526
2019 387 12661
2020 440 14548
2021 471 16068
2022 428 14540
2023 401 14540

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 55 142
Applied Mathematics 13 86 279
Blockchain and Cryptography 16 122 377
Statistics 22 156 454
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 29 206 651
Math Teachers 41 523 1371

Business rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 29th for Business in Canada and 564th in the World with 5,581 publications made and 111,080 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Operations Research, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#29 of 78 In Canada
#196 of 1,412 In North America
#564 of 6,187 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 29 93
1992 42 105
1993 41 147
1994 50 211
1995 52 286
1996 56 249
1997 68 332
1998 67 394
1999 59 430
2000 60 462
2001 58 518
2002 241 1259
2003 123 1019
2004 110 1057
2005 112 1260
2006 213 1651
2007 172 1806
2008 163 2189
2009 187 2592
2010 181 2831
2011 196 3536
2012 184 3944
2013 223 4894
2014 231 5081
2015 213 5254
2016 247 5890
2017 239 6582
2018 265 8143
2019 235 9589
2020 284 10889
2021 333 12597
2022 306 11030
2023 285 11480

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 55 142
Construction Management 12 60 201
Supply Chain Management 13 76 233
Management 22 139 378
Project Management 22 154 451
Engineering Management 24 208 552
Occupational Safety and Health 33 278 656
Marketing 28 224 666
Finance 30 230 747
Accounting 32 270 751
Management Information Systems 33 255 860
Risk Management 33 236 883
Advertising 32 326 934

Art & Design rankings

The Polytechnic School of Montreal ranked 25th for Art & Design in Canada and 503rd in the World with 2,285 publications made and 49,998 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
#25 of 83 In Canada
#176 of 1,404 In North America
#503 of 5,720 In the World

Polytechnic School of Montreal
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 21 88
1992 17 68
1993 30 123
1994 26 105
1995 42 213
1996 40 181
1997 26 175
1998 25 228
1999 24 257
2000 27 248
2001 34 263
2002 96 503
2003 42 429
2004 53 420
2005 69 574
2006 85 665
2007 79 792
2008 70 826
2009 79 921
2010 63 1013
2011 68 1320
2012 93 1371
2013 86 1541
2014 65 1563
2015 76 1765
2016 110 1915
2017 82 2225
2018 94 2806
2019 100 3420
2020 129 4017
2021 104 4255
2022 93 3576
2023 109 3543

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 66 149
Architecture 11 65 210
Animation 13 81 243
UX/UI Desgin 24 137 445
Fashion Design 25 158 494
Graphic Design 24 188 566
Literature 29 207 597
Aesthetics 31 234 706
Game Design and Development 32 216 892
Multimedia 33 334 1101
Art History 44 480 1139

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Polytechnic School of Montreal

Speciality Canada North America World Rank
Environmental Economics 20 87 370
Sonography and Ultrasound 18 146 504
Orthodontics 19 163 571
Neurosurgery 14 151 644
Anatomy and Physiology 21 191 659
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 20 183 659
Sports Medicine 30 229 661
Ophthalmology 22 225 790
Economics 32 266 838
Social Psychology 36 339 900
Physical Therapy 33 275 913
Cardiology 21 241 930
Surgery 21 242 954
Development Studies 33 318 968
Psychology 32 314 1010
Dentistry 28 258 1095
Public Health 37 327 1129
Medicine 31 300 1141
Pathology 30 285 1168
Psychiatry 36 347 1182
Radiation Therapy 27 278 1230
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 38 419 1232
Anesthesiology 33 336 1309
Healthcare Management (MHA) 45 501 1590
Child Psychology 53 657 1849
Nursing 51 575 1853
Clinical Psychology 58 712 2118
Health Science 56 797 2372