Topping the charts as the number one undergraduate university in Ontario for the ninth year running, holding strong as number three in its category in all of Canada, and leading several more national and provincial categories, Trent University has had another impressive showing in the 2020 Maclean’s University Rankings.

“Numbers are only one part of a larger story, but there’s no denying that Trent’s rankings are impressive,” says Trent University president and vice-chancellor Dr. Leo Groarke. “This year’s Maclean’s rankings, individually and cumulatively, tell a compelling story of why Trent continues to be the number one ranked undergraduate institution in Ontario, and a highly sought university for top students and faculty from across Canada and around the world.”

In addition to leading in the overall undergraduate category, the University also held its long-standing ranking as the number one undergraduate university in Canada for scholarships and bursaries for the 19^th year in a row. Trent also led the undergraduate category in several other key indicators for reputation and student support, including: number one in Ontario for students and faculty who have received national awards and number one in the province for promoting Indigenous visibility and for academic advising staff.

The rankings also show Trent’s reputation on the rise, as the University moved up one spot from last year to take the number four position in all of Canada, and number one in Ontario, for reputation in the undergraduate category.

In the overall national reputational rankings, which compare all 49 universities across the country, Trent also moved up the rankings, solidifying itself among the top five undergraduate universities in Canada for overall reputation, the number one undergraduate university in Ontario for highest overall quality, and the number two undergraduate university in Ontario in the most innovative category and for producing leaders of tomorrow.

For the second year in a row, the prestigious Trent School of the Environment received special recognition in the rankings, named among the top 20 universities in all of Canada, across all categories, for top environmental science programs – the only primarily undergraduate institution on the list. In the same category, Trent’s environmental science program was ranked among the top 10 in Canada for program reputation.