University of Canterbury

The Virginia Tech and UC Los Angeles both are some of the best universities in USA. According to US News & World Report, the Virginia Tech ranks at #51 and the UC Los Angeles ranks at #15 under the category of “Best National Universities 2025”. Check the table listed below for Virginia Tech and UC Los Angeles ranking over the past years:

The University of California Santa Barbara is one of the most reputed universities in United States. UC Santa Barbara is highly appreciated by international students for offering the best academic programs. The university is one of the highest ranked universities in the world. According to THE, the University of California Santa Barbara ranks at #67 under the “World University Rankings 2025”. Furthermore, check the table listed below for the parameters that are evaluated by THE while ranking UC Santa Barbara:

The University of California Santa Barbara and UC Los Angeles both are some of the best universities in USA. According to US News & World Report, the University of California Santa Barbara ranks at #39 and the UC Los Angeles ranks at #15 under the category of “Best National Universities 2025”. Check the table listed below for UC Santa Barbara and UC Los Angeles ranking over the past years:

In the Shanghai rankings, the University of Canterbury ranks at #401-500. In the past two years, this university was placed at the same position. The ranking parameters of ARWU are quality of education, quality of faculty, research output, and per capita performance.

According to U.S. News & World Report – Global Universities category rankings, the University of Canterbury ranks better at #544 than Massey University. The rank at which Massey University has been positioned is #645 in 2024-25 rankings. The ranks of these universities over the years can be checked from below:

Canterbury University ranks at #544 in 2024-25 in the Global Universities category by U.S. News & World Report. Some of the subjects of this university that are ranked by U.S. News are Civil Engineering, Ecology, Social Sciences and Public Health, Geosciences, etc. In 2023, the university ranked at #466. This shows that the university's position declined in the 2024 rankings. But, still, it has managed to stay among the Top 600 Universities in the world.

Canterbury University ranked among the Top 100 in the QS subject rankings in 2024 for courses like Geography, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Linguistics.

• Civil and Structural Engineering: #51-100
• Linguistics: #71
• Geography: #51-100

The University of Canterbury QS ranking is #261 in 2025. In the QS rankings, it can be said that UC is ranked among the Top 300 Universities in the 2025 World University Rankings. In 2024, this university was placed at #256. This shows that in 2025, the university's position has declined slightly. Parameters considered to derive QS rankings are academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation, international faculty ratio / international student ratio, etc.

In Times Higher Education rankings 2025, AUT ranks better than the University of Canterbury. AUT ranking in THE is #401-500, whereas, Canterbury University ranks at #501-600. The rankings of both these universities over the years are given below: