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U of T students take classes from some of the world’s top researchers – the same people who are uncovering answers to today’s toughest questions. From climate change to world hunger, this is the place to study if you want to shape the world.

With approximately 600 undergraduate programs to choose from, you can tailor your education, building a degree that helps you become a leader in your field. Whatever that field might be. And with the first-year experience in mind, we’ve got programs and mentors in place to ease the transition to post-secondary life. So your mind is free to explore the University of …

Detecting Cancer with Microchips

U of T has developed a microchip that can diagnose cancer quickly and at very early stages. Ted Sargent from engineering and Shana Kelley of both pharmacy and biochemistry are two cross-disciplinary investigators leading us into the nanomedicine age.
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Electrical & Computer Engineering

Small Guys Getting Lucky

U of T Mississauga’s Darryl Gwynne travelled to the South Pacific to prove that larger, stronger males don’t necessarily procreate more. For a male New Zealand insect called the giant weta, the smaller you are, the greater your sexual prowess.
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Biology at U of T Mississauga

Saving the Planet

In 2010, Richard Peltier became the first Canadian to win the Bower Award for science, which recognized the connections he made between surface climate variability and earth’s internal properties. It’s the latest in a series of prestigious awards honouring Peltier’s efforts to save our fragile planet.
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Physics

Changing Brains with Video Games

Research by Ian Spence and his team shows that action-based video games can lead to an increased ability to conquer spatial tasks. Vast improvements by females in the study should do wonders for Spence’s efforts to attract more women to the maths and sciences.
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Psychology

A Place to Hang your Hoody. Guaranteed.

At U of T, a place in residence is guaranteed for full-time students attending university for the first time. Just make sure you request housing and receive an offer of admission by May 31st of the year you plan to start at U of T.
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Alien Discoveries

According to a recent study co-authored by U of T’s James Brenan, certain minerals found beneath the earth’s surface may be the result of extraterrestrial rain – alien debris like comets and meteorites.
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Geology

Up-Close and Personal Learning
We make sure first-year students get a chance to know their professors – and each other – through First-Year Learning Communities and other programs that ease the transition to university life.
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1000+ Things to do After Class

Mind-expansion at U of T doesn’t end when class is out. There are countless things to learn about yourself and the world at the more than 1,000 student clubs, organizations, activities and other after-class opportunities across all three campuses.
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Bringing Skeletons back to Life
U of T Mississauga’s Marc Dryer uses 3D modeling software in a whole new way to extrapolate faces from skulls. That’s why he is now working on open cases with the Toronto Police’s Forensic Identification Unit.
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Biomedical Communications at U of T Mississauga

Intramural Sports
From badminton to water polo, U of T offers one of the largest intramural sports programs in Canada. With 36 leagues and 74 divisions, about 10,000 students sign up each year, playing everything from basketball to water polo.
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The Urban Experience
No matter what you’re into, Toronto is the place to do it. This is a city of diverse neighbourhoods serving up film festivals, art marathons, multiple music scenes, galleries, international eats, dance, theatre and more in an eclectic array of tastes. And U of T is plugged in to it all.
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First-year Mentors
Whatever you’re going through those first days at university, chances are someone else has been there, done that. And that someone is on hand to navigate you through unchartered territory. Peer mentorship is available at all three U of T campuses.
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Fighting Climate Change

Emma Master is the principal investigator at the Bioproducts Research Lab, where research into bio-based fuels and materials could help reduce our reliance on fossil
fuels.
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Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Catching Cyber Spies

U of T’s Ron Deibert, along with other investigators at the Information Warfare Monitor, made international news when they uncovered a global network of cyber espionage involving compromised computers in 103 countries, including the Dalai Lama’s.
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Political Science

Building your own Degree

With approximately 600 to choose from, U of T has more undergraduate programs than any university in Canada. That should be enough to match your academic goals and sense of intellectual adventure.
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Bridging Religious Conflicts

Shafique Virani’s insights into Islamic history, religious persecution and spiritual survival provide an understanding that could build a road to tolerance. His inspired teaching and writing may be more relevant today than ever.
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Department & Centre for the Study of Religion

Ethical Eating

The 100-Mile Diet might not be as healthy for the planet as we thought it was. New research from Pierre Desrochers challenges the popular notion that locally-grown food reduces our carbon footprint—a fresh viewpoint in the spicy debate over the politics of food.
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Department of Geography at U of T Mississauga

Discovering New Planets
A team led by acclaimed astronomer Ray Jayawardhana (AKA RayJay) are now stars on earth for their 2008 discovery of what appears to be a new planet eight times the mass of Jupiter orbiting a star 500 light-years away.
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Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics

The World’s Biggest Snake

Paleontologist Jason Head was part of a global team that analyzed the skeletal remains of a snake that he said was “longer than a city bus and weighed more than a car.” It’s an enormous discovery that provides clues into the environment 60 million years ago, when these snakes still slithered the earth.
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Department of Biology at U of T Mississauga

Undergrads doing Research
U of T’s unique Research Opportunity Program gives second-year students the opportunity to get involved in original research in return for credit. You don’t have to wait till grad school at Canada’s top research university.
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Feeding the World
Herbert Kronzucker and his lab are trying to determine the optimal growing conditions for rice. It’s important research that could lead to improved yields of the crop that three billion people worldwide depend on.
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Department of Biological Sciences at U of T Scarborough

Preventing Brain Injury
The greatest risk of a concussion is returning to the game too soon, when an athlete can suffer a second or more serious brain injury. So Lynda Mainwaring and her fellow researchers are developing evidence-based, return-to-play guidelines – the first of their kind.
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Faculty of Physical Education & Health

University of Toronto

Detecting Cancer with Microchips

Small Guys Getting Lucky

Saving the Planet

Changing Brains with Video Games

A Place to Hang your Hoody. Guaranteed. At U of T, a place in residence is guaranteed for full-time students attending university for the first time. Just make sure you request housing and receive an offer of admission by May 31st of the year you plan to start at U of T. Learn more

A Place to Hang your Hoody. Guaranteed.

Alien Discoveries According to a recent study co-authored by U of T’s James Brenan, certain minerals found beneath the earth’s surface may be the result of extraterrestrial rain – alien debris like comets and meteorites. Read more Geology

Alien Discoveries

Up-Close and Personal Learning We make sure first-year students get a chance to know their professors – and each other – through First-Year Learning Communities and other programs that ease the transition to university life. Learn more

Up-Close and Personal Learning

1000+ Things to do After Class

Bringing Skeletons back to Life

Intramural Sports From badminton to water polo, U of T offers one of the largest intramural sports programs in Canada. With 36 leagues and 74 divisions, about 10,000 students sign up each year, playing everything from basketball to water polo. Learn more

Intramural Sports

The Urban Experience

First-year Mentors Whatever you’re going through those first days at university, chances are someone else has been there, done that. And that someone is on hand to navigate you through unchartered territory. Peer mentorship is available at all three U of T campuses. Learn More

First-year Mentors

Fighting Climate Change Emma Master is the principal investigator at the Bioproducts Research Lab, where research into bio-based fuels and materials could help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Read more Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Fighting Climate Change

Catching Cyber Spies U of T’s Ron Deibert, along with other investigators at the Information Warfare Monitor, made international news when they uncovered a global network of cyber espionage involving compromised computers in 103 countries, including the Dalai Lama’s. Read more Political Science

Catching Cyber Spies

Building your own Degree With approximately 600 to choose from, U of T has more undergraduate programs than any university in Canada. That should be enough to match your academic goals and sense of intellectual adventure. Learn More

Building your own Degree

Bridging Religious Conflicts

Ethical Eating

Discovering New Planets A team led by acclaimed astronomer Ray Jayawardhana (AKA RayJay) are now stars on earth for their 2008 discovery of what appears to be a new planet eight times the mass of Jupiter orbiting a star 500 light-years away. Read more Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Discovering New Planets

The World’s Biggest Snake

Undergrads doing Research U of T’s unique Research Opportunity Program gives second-year students the opportunity to get involved in original research in return for credit. You don’t have to wait till grad school at Canada’s top research university. Learn More

Undergrads doing Research

Feeding the World Herbert Kronzucker and his lab are trying to determine the optimal growing conditions for rice. It’s important research that could lead to improved yields of the crop that three billion people worldwide depend on. Read more Department of Biological Sciences at U of T Scarborough

Feeding the World

Preventing Brain Injury