UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

The university’s mission statement was adopted in 1992: “The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant research university, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality.” Twenty-five years on, the university remains a research pacesetter not only for Canada but also for the world: U of T is second only to Harvard in a volume of publications and ranks with Harvard, Yale, and Columbia for the top university library resources in North America. It is also a continental leader in knowledge-translation and entrepreneurship. Every year, the University of Toronto welcomes students of the highest caliber from across Canada and around the world. It invests tens of millions each year in student bursaries and scholarships to ensure that students can be admitted on the basis of merit, not personal or parental income.

While the U of T is proud of its contributions to research and innovation, its graduates constitute the university’s single biggest contribution to the strengthening of communities and the creation of successful and innovative societies. University of Toronto alumni hold leadership roles on every continent and in every sphere of human activity.