Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto has evolved into Canada’s leading institution of learning, discovery and knowledge creation. We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, driven to invent and innovate.
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen’s Park. It was established by royal charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed its present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises twelve colleges each with substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs and significant differences in character and history. The university also operates two satellite campuses located in Scarborough and Mississauga.
The majority of undergraduate programs at the University of Toronto are taught at the St. George campus which is spread across 51 hectares (130 acres) in downtown Toronto; professional schools however such as Social Work, Pharmacy and Dentistry are located at different campuses across Greater Toronto Area with some facilities such as Victoria College being shared between multiple campuses. The Faculty of Arts & Science is notable for having its classes spread across all three campuses while remaining autonomous from them; most notably amongst these is Trinity College which maintains complete independence from both St. George and Mississauga while being federated with Victoria University within the larger structure of the University of Toronto.