Western has earned top marks in recent national and international rankings for its sustainability efforts, workplace culture, entrepreneurial impact and academic standing.
In the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, the university placed third in Canada and 14th globally for advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including climate action, gender equality and global partnerships.
Western earned recognition on Forbes’ list of Canada’s Best Employers for Company Culture and was named one of Southwestern Ontario’s Top Employers by MediaCorp Canada for the second year in a row, noted for its employee well-being programs, professional development opportunities and mental health supports.
In the 2025 Center for World University Rankings, Western ranked sixth in Canada and 185th worldwide, landing in the top one per cent of universities globally. Its standout achievement was in employability, rising nine spots and securing Canada’s top position for the fifth year running. The employability metric measures the average number of alumni per year who have held top leadership positions since 2011 at the world’s 2,000 largest public companies.
Western also ranked among the world’s top 50 schools for undergraduate and MBA entrepreneurship in PitchBook’s 2025 rankings, which track start-ups and venture capital-backed businesses. The university placed 40th globally for undergraduate alumni who have raised venture capital in the past decade—one of just seven Canadian universities on the list, ahead of prestigious institutions including Oxford, Cambridge and Johns Hopkins.
