The University of Montreal is a public institution that traces its roots back to 1878. Initially a branch of the Université Laval de Québec, it became an independent institution in 1919. The university is affiliated with two other schools: Polytechnique Montréal, an engineering school, and HEC Montréal, a business school. The university and its affiliated schools are located in Montreal, Quebec – one of the most populous metropolitan areas in Canada. Around one-fourth of the student body across all three institutions studies at the graduate level. The university offers housing for full-time undergraduate and graduate students.UdeM, as the school is sometimes called, has more than a dozen academic divisions that span the social, natural and health sciences, as well as arts and humanities disciplines. The primary language of instruction is French, although several graduate programs – such as doctoral programs in biochemistry, neurosciences and pharmacology – accept English-speaking students. Tutoring, workshops and other resources are available for students who want to improve their French language skills. The university’s academic calendar is based on a semester system, and tuition costs are higher for international students. The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, the Cyberjustice Laboratory and the International Centre for Comparative Criminology are among the university’s many research units. Some University of Montreal researchers collaborate on projects with institutions located in other parts of the world, primarily in France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and the U.S.
- Total number of students37,311
- Number of international students8,502
- Total number of academic staff1,837
- Number of international staff559
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded6,250
- Number of master's degrees awarded3,133
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded1,221
- Number of research only staff612
- Number of new undergraduate students8,598
- Number of new master's students2,571
- Number of new doctoral students1,282
- Global score64.6
- Global research reputation#142
- Regional research reputation#77
- Publications#93
- Books#193
- Conferences#227
- Normalized citation impact#312
- Total citations#97
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#113
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#389
- International collaboration#429
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration#297
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#93
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#243
*The above data comes from:Official website of U.S.News

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No. of students per staff

22%
Percentage of International Students

36,794
Number of FTE Students

59 : 41
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
2011
138
2012
104
2013
84
2014
106
2015
113
2016
0
2017
103
2018
108
2019
0
2020
85
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Arts & humanities
2018
151
2019
126
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
2011
50
2012
47
2013
47
2014
68
2015
67
2016
62
2017
51
2018
59
2019
58
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Engineering & technology
2018
201
2019
251
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Life sciences
2013
49
2014
76
2015
73
2018
101
2019
101
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Physical sciences
2016
97
2019
201
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Social sciences
2014
97
2018
101
2019
101
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Business & Economics
2017
100
2018
101
2019
101
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Computer Science
2018
56
2019
34
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Law
2018
66
2019
101
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Education
2019
176
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Psychology
2019
151
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
2019
3
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Impact Rankings: Decent work and economic growth
2019
13
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Impact Rankings: Gender equality
2019
15
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
2019
0
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
2019
3
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University Impact Ranking
2019
0
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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#64Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score70.6
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation#135
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation#66
- Clinical Medicine publications#77
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact#129
- Clinical Medicine total citations#58
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#72
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#186
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration#185
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration#91
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#46
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#69
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#88Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score45.2
- Economics and Business global research reputation#66
- Economics and Business regional research reputation#60
- Economics and Business publications#35
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact#191
- Economics and Business total citations#72
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#81
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#192
- Economics and Business international collaboration#152
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration#71
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#102
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#173
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#89Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score54.0
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation#80
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation#56
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications#42
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact#251
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations#69
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#66
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#237
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration#143
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration#127
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#127
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#268
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#100Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score54.8
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation#122
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation#66
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications#64
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact#265
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations#76
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#123
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#459
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration#157
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration#138
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#74
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#186
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#106Immunology
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- Immunology overall score42.0
- Immunology global research reputation#102
- Immunology regional research reputation#40
- Immunology publications#86
- Immunology normalized citation impact#149
- Immunology total citations#104
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#120
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#162
- Immunology international collaboration#87
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#80
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#96
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#102
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#119Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score47.7
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation#123
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation#80
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications#63
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact#280
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations#88
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#96
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#276
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration#169
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#138
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#158
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#292
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#120Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score48.6
- Computer Science global research reputation#85
- Computer Science regional research reputation#39
- Computer Science publications#102
- Computer Science normalized citation impact#166
- Computer Science total citations#134
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#113
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#150
- Computer Science international collaboration#182
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#71
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#177
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#205
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#121Engineering
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- Engineering overall score66.3
- Engineering global research reputation#135
- Engineering regional research reputation#47
- Engineering publications#139
- Engineering normalized citation impact#198
- Engineering total citations#124
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#131
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#274
- Engineering international collaboration#311
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration#174
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#117
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#205
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#133Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score45.1
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation#76
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation#60
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications#114
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact#173
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations#119
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#109
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#132
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration#217
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#98
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#78
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#91
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#139Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score47.4
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation#163
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation#58
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications#78
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact#145
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations#82
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#86
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#176
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration#110
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#127
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#125
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#233
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#157Space Science
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- Space Science overall score35.8
- Space Science global research reputation#84
- Space Science regional research reputation#40
- Space Science publications#168
- Space Science normalized citation impact#181
- Space Science total citations#191
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#185
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#184
- Space Science international collaboration#87
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#64
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#181
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#174
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#163Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score36.6
- Microbiology global research reputation#127
- Microbiology regional research reputation#42
- Microbiology publications#136
- Microbiology normalized citation impact#122
- Microbiology total citations#124
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#123
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#138
- Microbiology international collaboration#148
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#125
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#164
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#177
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#172Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score44.3
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation#115
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation#118
- Biology and Biochemistry publications#124
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact#194
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations#120
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#129
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#234
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration#221
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration#174
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#93
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#144
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#175Physics
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- Physics overall score65.4
- Physics global research reputation#209
- Physics regional research reputation#47
- Physics publications#237
- Physics normalized citation impact#259
- Physics total citations#207
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#202
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#283
- Physics international collaboration#285
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#201
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#180
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#214
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#188Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score36.5
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation#158
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation#81
- Arts and Humanities publications#111
- Arts and Humanities books#224
- Arts and Humanities conferences#71
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact#231
- Arts and Humanities total citations#162
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#171
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#251
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration#131
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration#97
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#192Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score53.5
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation#162
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation#51
- Plant and Animal Science publications#144
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact#358
- Plant and Animal Science total citations#190
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#182
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#323
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration#355
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#267
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#167
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#228
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#194Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score49.0
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation#182
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation#89
- Environment/Ecology publications#166
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact#199
- Environment/Ecology total citations#169
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#134
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#127
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration#290
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#223
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#167
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#203
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#332Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score50.3
- Chemistry global research reputation#196
- Chemistry regional research reputation#80
- Chemistry publications#288
- Chemistry normalized citation impact#524
- Chemistry total citations#340
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#380
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#612
- Chemistry international collaboration#681
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration#449
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#267
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#315
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#337Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score30.9
- Materials Science global research reputation#172
- Materials Science regional research reputation#78
- Materials Science publications#331
- Materials Science normalized citation impact#323
- Materials Science total citations#363
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#418
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#419
- Materials Science international collaboration#271
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#193
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#195
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#145