University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, an Anglican institution, and was secularized and renamed in 1850. It operates three campuses: St. George in downtown Toronto, and Scarborough and Mississauga in the eastern and western parts of the metropolitan area. St. George follows a collegiate model with colleges including University College, Trinity, Victoria, St. Michael's, New, Innis and Woodsworth.

Graduate education is administered through the School of Graduate Studies across faculties that include Arts & Science, Applied Science & Engineering, the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the Rotman School of Management, the Faculty of Law, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Faculty of Information. Insulin was discovered at the university in 1921 and 1922. Its affiliated hospital network includes the University Health Network and SickKids, and the independent Vector Institute works closely with its computer scientists.

U of T enrolls about 97,000 students, more than 20,000 of them graduate students. International students make up roughly 30 percent of enrollment, drawn from more than 170 countries. Nobel laureates associated with the university include Frederick Banting and John Macleod, and Geoffrey Hinton, who received the 2024 physics prize. Alumni include Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and author Margaret Atwood.

Graduate offerings include research master's and PhD programs alongside professional degrees such as the MBA, JD, MPH, MPP and MEd. Doctoral students in funded cohorts receive a guaranteed base funding package, typically for four to five years. The academic year runs fall, winter and summer sessions. The St. George campus sits in the core of Canada's largest city, next to the hospitals of the Discovery District.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Toronto lists 122 graduate programs across 45 subjects: 71 master's programs and 48 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in biology, education and business & management. University of Toronto holds rank 20 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.