Carleton University Rankings 2026

Carleton University Overall Rankings 2026

Three of the four global ranking bodies place Carleton University inside a tight band between #501 and #850, while ARWU keeps its #501-600 position unchanged for four straight years. The cross-body spread of roughly 250 places shows how differently each body weighs research output, reputation and citations.

The 510-place gap between Collegedunia Study Abroad (#291) and QS (#801-850) is the widest single divergence in the table. THE and ARWU agree at the band level, suggesting Carleton’s research metrics are steadier than its reputation scores in QS.

Carleton University Rankings: Bottom Line for Indian Students

The Carleton University ranking pattern reads very differently for Indian applicants depending on whether you look at the overall rank or the engineering subject ranks. IIT Delhi at #118 in QS 2027 sits more than 700 places above Carleton’s overall figure, yet Carleton’s #43 Telecommunication Engineering rank in ARWU sits ahead of every Indian institute in that subject list.

Carleton University QS World University Rankings 2027

The Carleton University QS ranking has moved one full band lower every year since 2023, the widest single-body movement in this article. Carleton University ranks at #801-850 in QS World University Rankings 2027, released on June 18, 2026 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds.

QS scores universities mainly on academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty and international student share.

The QS rank has fallen by roughly 200 positions across five editions, an average drop of 40 places a year. The largest single move came between 2024 and 2025, when Carleton crossed from the #671-680 band into the #741-750 band.

Even with the slide, every QS edition keeps Carleton inside the global top 850 of more than 1,500 ranked universities, which still places it in the upper 60% of the QS pool.

What it signals: A QS-only reading exaggerates the decline. THE and ARWU have stayed flat across the same five years, so the QS movement points at reputation-survey and citation-share inputs rather than a wider research-quality drop.

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Collegedunia Study Abroad Rankings of Carleton University 2026

Carleton’s Collegedunia Study Abroad rank is more than 500 places higher than its QS 2027 position, the widest cross-body gap in this article. The Collegedunia Study Abroad ranking of Carleton University places it inside the global top 300 across five separate categories for the 2026 edition.

Law sits at the top of the table at #166, ahead of Computer Science (#171) and Engineering (#191). The Canada rank of #19 places Carleton just outside the country’s top-15 group for Indian students using Collegedunia as a peer-tier filter.

India-relevance: Indian applicants who shortlist Canadian universities through Collegedunia will see Carleton sorted next to other Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal universities in roughly the same #15 to #25 Canada range, which keeps it inside a realistic shortlist tier.

Carleton University Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings 2026

The Carleton University THE ranking has not moved a single band across the three most recent editions, the steadiest performance of any body covered here. THE, which scores universities on teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook, places Carleton University at #501-600 in THE World University Rankings 2026.

A flat three-year line at #501-600 means Carleton’s THE score sits inside the top 30% of the 3,118 ranked universities in the 2026 edition. The stability tells Indian applicants that the alumni-brand value of a Carleton degree is unlikely to shift between application and graduation.

Trend signal: The flat THE line contrasts with the 200-place QS slide. The two-body gap of roughly 300 positions tells you that Carleton’s research metrics, which THE weighs more heavily, are holding up better than QS reputation-survey scores.

Carleton University ARWU (Shanghai) Rankings 2025

Four out of five ARWU editions place Carleton University inside the same #501-600 band, the longest unbroken band-stay across any ranking in this article. ARWU, which scores universities based on Nobel and Fields counts, highly cited researchers and Nature and Science publication output, ranks Carleton at #501-600 in ARWU 2025.

The single year-on-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when Carleton shifted from the #401-500 band to #501-600. The band has held for four consecutive editions since, signalling a stable research-output profile in ARWU’s narrow metric set.

Key insight: ARWU’s heavy weight on Nobel-class output and top journals makes the #501-600 hold meaningful, Carleton keeps pace with a global pool where most universities slide a band over five years.

Carleton University U.S. News Best Global University Rankings

U.S. News covers Carleton through a single current edition only, so this body adds a one-year data point rather than a trend line. The Carleton University U.S. News ranking sits at #633 in the 2025-2026 Best Global Universities edition released in October 2025.

U.S. News scores universities on bibliometric inputs, that is, research publication and citation counts. The #633 figure sits about 130 positions below THE and ARWU but 170 positions above QS, which puts U.S. News right between the two camps for Carleton.

Note: U.S. News also ranks Carleton’s Electrical and Electronic Engineering at #99 globally, a sub-100 subject score that sits more than 500 places ahead of the overall U.S. News rank.

Carleton University Subject Rankings 2026

Engineering and law are the two areas where Carleton’s subject ranks move significantly above its overall rank, with three subjects reaching the global top 100 in at least one ranking body. The Carleton University subject rankings cover engineering, computer science, law, psychology and several humanities areas across QS, THE, ARWU and U.S. News.

Carleton University Engineering Subject Rankings

Engineering is the deepest discipline cluster in the Carleton University subject rankings, with seven sub-disciplines ranked inside the global top 150 in ARWU GRAS 2025.

The #43 Telecommunication Engineering rank in ARWU is Carleton’s single highest figure on any global table. Indian applicants targeting a master’s in electrical, telecom or aerospace engineering can read this as a top-50 research-output signal, far stronger than the overall rank suggests.

What it signals: Carleton’s Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, which feeds the telecom and ECE pipelines, is the single research unit pulling the overall ARWU rank up.

Carleton University Computer Science Subject Rankings

Computer Science sits inside the global top 300 on both QS and THE, around 500 places ahead of Carleton’s overall QS rank.

The ARWU figure at #76-150 is 130 places ahead of QS and THE, a typical pattern for universities with stronger research output than reputation scores. The Computer Science gap of roughly 500 places against the overall QS rank is the largest subject-vs-overall divergence at Carleton.

India-relevance: For Indian applicants weighing a Master of Computer Science or Data Science at Carleton, the #76-150 ARWU computing rank is a far better proxy for research-supervisor depth than the QS overall figure.

Carleton University Law and Social Sciences Rankings

Carleton’s law programme is the only non-engineering discipline that ranks inside the global top 200 in ARWU and inside #251-300 in THE.

Psychology at #201-250 is the highest THE subject band for Carleton. The Social Sciences overall band of #401-500 is two bands lower, showing that Psychology pulls well ahead of the broader social-science average.

Carleton University Other Subject Rankings

Outside engineering, computing and law, Carleton’s THE 2026 subject ranks cluster in the #301-600 band across humanities, life sciences and business.

Business and Economics at #601-800 is Carleton’s lowest THE subject band, sitting two bands below the overall THE rank of #501-600. Indian MBA applicants reading the Sprott School of Business rank should weigh this against the engineering and law strengths.

Carleton University Regional and Impact Rankings

Carleton’s strongest non-subject performance shows up in the THE Impact Rankings, where Affordable and Clean Energy reaches #86, the only top-100 finish on any THE table for Carleton.

The Impact tables measure how universities deliver against the UN Sustainable Development Goals through teaching, research and outreach. Carleton’s two top-200 SDG finishes pair naturally with its engineering subject ranks, both pulling from the same energy and infrastructure research base.

What it signals: Indian applicants in renewable-energy, sustainability or infrastructure engineering streams can read the #86 SDG-7 finish as a research-cluster signal that does not appear in any overall table.

Carleton University Rankings: Indian Student Outlook

The Carleton University ranking for Indian students reads better at the subject level than at the overall level, with three engineering ranks inside the global top 150 and a top-50 finish in Telecommunication Engineering. Indian applicants who match programs to subject ranks will find Carleton more competitive than its #801-850 QS figure suggests.

Programs Indian students choose most often at Carleton, sorted by the subject ranks above:

• Master of Applied Science / M.Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering: backed by the #99 U.S. News and #43 ARWU Telecommunication Engineering ranks.
• Master of Aerospace Engineering: aligned with the ARWU GRAS #76-150 Aerospace position, one of few Canadian programs in the top 150.
• Master of Computer Science / Data Science: supported by the ARWU GRAS #76-150 Computer Science & Engineering rank.
• MBA, Sprott School of Business: matched against the THE Business and Economics #601-800 band, the weakest subject for Carleton.
• Bachelor of Information Technology / Bachelor of Computer Science: feeds the same computing pipeline, ranked #251-300 in QS 2025.