Sheridan College Ranking

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  Animation Career Review 2025 (International) – 2nd in the world among top international animation schools (excluding the US), behind only Gobelins Paris; fifth straight year at 2nd and seventh consecutive year in the top two.
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  Animation Career Review 2025 (Canada) – 1st in Canada and 1st in Ontario for animation, for the seventh consecutive year.
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  Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2025 (AI research) – 1st in Canada for AI research partnerships and 2nd for completed AI research projects, the first year AI categories were included.
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  Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2024 – 2nd in Canada for research partnerships, 2nd for number of student researchers, and 4th for completed research projects; featured for 12+ consecutive years.
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  Three-time national leader – previously named Canada's top research partnership college three years running in earlier Research Infosource editions.
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  "Harvard of Animation" – widely recognised as a global leader in animation education, home to the Sheridan Centre for Animation and Emerging Technologies (SCAET).
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  Oscar-winning track record – seven Sheridan-trained animators have won Academy Awards, with graduates working on multiple recent Best Animated Feature nominees.
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  Note on world university rankings – Sheridan is a college/polytechnic, not a research university, so it is not ranked by QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education, or US News, which assess degree-granting universities.

Sheridan College Rankings By Category

Sheridan performs strongest in animation and applied research, where college- and subject-specific bodies rank it at or near the top in Canada and internationally. Selected rankings:

Category	Source & Year	Ranking
Animation (International)	Animation Career Review 2025	2nd in the world (excluding US)
Animation (Canada)	Animation Career Review 2025	1st in Canada / 1st in Ontario
AI Research Partnerships	Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2025	1st in Canada
Completed AI Research Projects	Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2025	2nd in Canada
Research Partnerships	Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2024	2nd in Canada
Student Researchers	Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2024	2nd in Canada
Completed Research Projects	Research Infosource – Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges 2024	4th in Canada