University of Alberta maintains top research ranking: report

The University of Alberta continues to be one of the country’s leading research universities based on research funding figures released Thursday in a new report.
The report by Research Infosource, which compiles an annual Top 50 list ranking Canada’s best research post-secondary institutes, shows Alberta’s largest university maintained its fifth placed ranking with $433.7 million in research funding in 2016.
That number is down 7.9 per cent from 2015 when the universi