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Sauder School of Business leads the 40 Public Diploma universities in Canada at #40 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Université de Montréal (QS World #141) and Queen's University (QS World #191) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 574 courses to choose from.
40 universities · ranked best first
how we rankPublic University · 18 courses in Diploma
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Public University · 15 courses in Diploma
Public University · 8 courses in Diploma
Public University · 29 courses in Diploma
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Public University · 15 courses in Diploma
Public University · 31 courses in Diploma
Public University · 59 courses in Diploma
Public University · 58 courses in Diploma
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5 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #40 (Sauder School of Business) to #465 (Concordia University); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: Sauder School of Business is cited most (32,977,394 citations). 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
40 are public and 0 private (100% public).
The most common subjects are Business & Management (127), Medicine & Health Sciences (59), Engineering (53) and Social Sciences & Psychology (49). The usual length is 2 years and Four semesters. 95% are full-time and 6 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (97% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (85% of courses with a stated intake). Vanier College offers the widest choice, with 76 of these courses.
Sauder School of Business (QS World #40), Université de Montréal (QS World #141) and Queen's University (QS World #191) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
40 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years, with Four semesters the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 97% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
6 of these courses are listed as online.
Vanier College, with 76, ahead of Cambrian College (59).
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