Quick Facts

The University of Toronto is a global leader in research and teaching and has a significant footprint, both in Canada and around the world.

Campuses

The University of Toronto has three campuses: St. George, Mississauga (in the West) and Scarborough (in the East). For more information please see Campuses.

campus maps

Student Enrolment (Fall 2019 – 20)

Enrolment data 2017

  St. George Mississauga Scarborough Domestic International Total Enrolment
Graduate 19,074 848 374 16,277 4,019 20,296
Undergraduate 43,790 15,166 13,829 53,785 19,000 72,785
Total 62,864 16,014 14,203 70,062 23,019 93,081

New Undergraduate Students in First Entry Programs

U of T has 15,585 new full-time students entering our First Entry* Undergraduate Programs in Fall 2019-20:

  • 8,480 at our St. George Campus
  • 3,238 at our Scarborough Campus
  • 3,867 at our Mississauga Campus

* First Entry programs include Arts & Science, Applied Science & Engineering, Architecture, Kinesiology & Physical Education, Music and Transitional Year Program.

U of T has international students from 159 countries and regions

The top five countries/regions of origin are China, India, United States, South Korea and Hong Kong.

 
Country/Region Students
China 13,845
India 1,553
United States 931
Korea (South) 696
Hong Kong 362
Taiwan 337
Iran 256
Turkey 237
Japan 211
Nigeria 201

Faculty & Staff (Fall 2018)

14,648

Faculty Members*

7,405

Staff Members

158

Librarians

* Faculty Members includes all active faculty members with teaching/research responsibilities but excludes Research Fellows and 5,548 Teaching Assistants.

Research (2018 – 19)

Research Funds Awarded by Sector - Total: $1.38B

 

research funds 2016-17

For more information please see Research & Innovation.

Alumni (Fall 2019)

The University of Toronto has over 606,876 alumni around the world as of Fall 2019.

 
Country/Region Alumni
Canada 554,140
United States 25,702
Hong Kong 5,414
United Kingdom 3,082
China 2,425
Australia 1,195
India 867
Singapore 856
Japan 792
South Korea 674

International Institution Rankings (2019)

Trying to articulate a university's standing in the world is inevitably a subjective exercise. International rankings provide one independent measure of how U of T compares to other universities. As these rankings make clear, we stand among the best public universities in the world and are recognized as Canada's top university.

  Times Higher Education 2019 Shanghai Jiao Tong 2019 QS World University Rankings 2019 US News Best Global Universities 2020 NTU Ranking (formerly HEEACT) 2019
University of Toronto 18 24 29 18 4

For more information please see International Rankings.

Programs & Tuition (2019 – 20)

Undergraduate

Programs

  • As of Fall 2019, the University of Toronto offers over 700 undergraduate programs in Humanities & Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Commerce & Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Kinesiology & Physical Education, Music and Architecture.
  • The University offers second entry professional programs in Education, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Law and Medicine.

For more details on undergraduate programs please see Undergraduate Programs.

Tuition

  • Domestic
    • Tuition cost for first-entry domestic undergraduate students for 2019-20 ranges from approximately $6,100 to $14,180* depending on the program.
    • The University of Toronto is committed to ensuring that no student admitted to a program at the university will be unable to enrol or complete the program because they do not have sufficient funds.
  • International
    • Tuition cost for international undergraduate students in first-entry programs for 2019-20 ranges from approximately $35,890 to $58,680* depending on the program.

Graduate

Programs

  • As of Fall 2019, the University of Toronto offers over 300 graduate programs in a wide variety of fields.
  • This includes more than 70 professional graduate programs, more than 130 combined programs that include professional master’s components and 3 dual degree programs. U of T also offers over 40 collaborative programs and 4 diploma programs.

For more details on graduate programs please see Graduate Programs.

Tuition

  • Domestic
    • Tuition cost for domestic graduate students for 2019-20 ranges from approximately $6,210 to $46,270* depending on the program.The University of Toronto is committed to the financial support of graduate students in doctoral stream programs. For many doctoral stream students, programs commit to minimum level of funding at the beginning of each year, for up to five years of study. Partial funding may be available to graduate students in other programs.
  • International
    • Tuition cost for international graduate students for 2019-20 ranges from approximately $23,770 to $64,580** depending on the program.

* Tuition fees reported here do not include compulsory non-academic incidental fees.

** Starting in the fall of 2018, most international PhD students at the University of Toronto pay tuition fees equivalent to those of domestic students.

For more detailed information please see Fee Schedules.

Residences and Clubs (2019 – 20)

The University of Toronto has more than 1,000 diverse organizations and student groups across all three campuses.

St. George Campus

  • The University of Toronto at St. George has 11 residences: eight residences belonging to one of our seven colleges, Chestnut Residence, Graduate House, and Student Family Housing.
  • The Downtown Toronto (St. George) campus can accommodate 6,502 students in its 11 residences in 2019-20.

Scarborough Campus

  • The Scarborough campus can accommodate 844 students in residence in 2019-20

Mississauga Campus

  • The Mississauga campus can accommodate 1,551 students in residence in 2019-20.

The University of Toronto has a housing guarantee for students entering their first year. Residence is guaranteed for all new full-time students entering their first year of university in an undergraduate program for the first time, provided that they have indicated their interest in residence by completing the University’s common residence application by March 31, and have received and accepted an offer of admission by June 2.

For more information please see Housing Services or Clubs & Organizations.

Libraries (2018 - 19)

  • The University of Toronto has 44 libraries. The University of Toronto library system has more than 19.5 million physical holdings and more than 6.4 million electronic holdings.
  • The University of Toronto library system is the third largest in North America.

For more information please see Library Directory.

Operating Budget (2019 – 20)

  • The University of Toronto’s operating budget for 2019-20 is $2.77 billion.

For more information please see Budget Reports.

Innovation

  • University of Toronto entrepreneurs have secured more than $1.5 billion in investment and created more than 500 start-up companies over the past decade.
  • The University of Toronto is a leading North American university for the creation of new companies based on institutional intellectual property.

  •  The University of Toronto ranks among the top institutions in the world for our entrepreneurship and start-up company support programs.

Facts & Figures

  • The University annually publishes a compendium of detailed information and statistics called Facts & Figures.

For more information please see Facts & Figures.