University of Toronto

University of Toronto In the grounds that encircle Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada's University of Toronto (UToronto or U of ...

University of Toronto

In the grounds that encircle Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada's University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university. The first university in Upper Canada, King's College was established by royal license in 1827. The university took on its current name in 1850 after separating from the Church of England and becoming a secular organization. It is a collegiate university with 11 colleges, each with a great deal of autonomy over institutional and financial matters and distinct personalities and histories. The institution maintains three campuses, with St. George, the oldest, being situated in the heart of Toronto. The other two satellite campuses are in Mississauga and Scarborough, respectively.

200 graduate programs and over 700 undergraduate ones are available at the University of Toronto. The university consistently ranks as the top university in the nation and among the top ten public universities in the globe in all significant rankings. [7] [8][9][10] It is one of only two members of the Association of American Universities outside of the United States, along with McGill University in Montreal, and it receives the greatest financing and endowment for scientific research of any Canadian university each year. [11]

Academically, the Toronto School—commonly referred to as the Toronto School—in literary criticism and communication theory is renowned for its important movements and curricula. The university was the site of the first successful lung transplant and nerve transplant as well as the genesis of the stem cell and insulin industries. The first electron microscope, deep learning, neural networks, multi-touch technology, Cygnus X-1, the first black hole discovered, and the idea of NP-completeness were all developed at the university.

The athletic teams that represent the university in intercollegiate league contests, principally within U Sports, with ties to ice hockey, football on the gridiron, and rowing, are known as the Varsity Blues. In November 1861, University College at the University of Toronto hosted the first known game of gridiron football. [14] The university's Hart House, a massive Gothic revival building that serves as a cultural, academic, and recreational hub, is an early example of a student center in North America.

Three Governors General of Canada, five Canadian Prime Ministers, including William Lyon Mackenzie King and Lester B. Pearson, nine world leaders, and 17 justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are all alumni of the University of Toronto. As of 2019, the university had ties to 12 Nobel laureates, six Turing Award recipients, 94 Rhodes Scholars, and one Fields Medalist.