Toban Talkback - University Quality

What factors would you take into consideration if you were ranking the quality of a university?

JENELLE PETRINCHUK STAFF

Maryan Heshmatzadeh Fifth-Year electrical engineering	“The first thing that I would consider is the quality of teaching professors, then, the courses offered in programs and faculties. Of course, it’s not very important, but [I’d consider] the equipment in the classes and the labs. Also, the variety of research fields and the students’ academic level — it’s kind of a loop: if students are at a high-quality academic level, then it will increase the quality of the educational system in itself. I’d also consider research grants and research funds.”
Bathiya Jayasekara Electrical engineering graduate student	“Generally, you could look at facilities and academic standards . . . like entrance exams, and how the university performs at different competitions in the country. Especially [in the case of ] grad studies, you could look at how many journal publications a particular faculty or department has . . . that’s really important. There are many more, but that is [my general impression].”
Sintia Bejatovic Second-year engineering	“I would look at graduates employed. I would also take into account what the students say — student voice — what they think, and what the majority says . . . tuition fees, how well the buildings are taken care of, [and] how much money is given to the university, first of all.”
Maryan Heshmatzadeh Fifth-Year electrical engineering	“I’d probably look at class size, the classes that are offered besides first-year [classes] — I know I had some trouble finding classes I could take — teacher qualifications, cost . . . I guess that would be it.”