Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto

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Faculty of Arts and Science
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Sidney Smith Hall, the central faculty building
Type Faculty
Established1827;198 years ago (1827) [1]
Parent institution
 University of Toronto
Dean Stephen Wright (interim) [2]
Academic staff
930
Undergraduates 31,000 [3]
Postgraduates 4,700 [3]
Location
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
Campus St. George
Colleges
Website artsci.utoronto.ca
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The Faculty of Arts and Science (A&S) is the largest academic division of the University of Toronto and its primary undergraduate faculty on the St. George campus in downtown Toronto. It is the most academically diverse division of the university, offering a large variety of programs in a broad range of subjects. With more than 31,000 undergraduate and 4,700 graduate students across seven colleges, [3] it makes up over one third of the university's student population as a whole.

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Overview

The faculty is as old as the university itself, as a Faculty of Arts existed since the University of Toronto was established in 1827, with some of the founding colleges predating the university. [1] Arts and Science represents over half the student population at the St. George campus; it hosts 64 per cent of its undergraduates and about one third of graduates who pursue degrees in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. It has 800 professors who teach some 2,000 courses arranged in more than 400 undergraduate and 150 graduate programs hosted by 29 departments, 49 centres and institutes, and seven colleges. [3] In partnership with the School of Graduate Studies, the faculty hosts graduate programs offered at all three University of Toronto campuses.

College system

Every undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts and Science belongs to one of the affiliated colleges. These include the constituent colleges (Innis, New, University, and Woodsworth) and federated colleges (St. Michael's, Trinity, and Victoria). [4]

Rankings

The Department of Economics has been previously ranked as one of the top 25 worldwide economics faculty rankings, placing 23rd and 18th during the years (1995–99) [5] and (2004–08) [6] respectively. The Department of Philosophy ranked 15th overall in the English-speaking world and 1st in Canada in the Philosophical Gourmet Report . [7] The Department of Sociology ranks among the top 10 in North America. In the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities , the Department of Computer Science placed first overall in Canada, and ranked 10th worldwide. [8]

Admission statistics

For the 2012–2013 entrance year, Arts had an entry average of 86.6% and Science had an entry average of 88.8%. Rotman Commerce, a joint program with the Rotman School of Management, had an entry average of 91.7%. [9] [10] For professional and graduate studies, admission is competitive. For 2011–2012, programs such as public policy and global affairs accept about one-tenth of applicants, though they do not have standardized admissions test requirements. Doctoral-stream master's programs had an acceptance rate of 29.6%, while doctoral programs admitted 21.5% of applicants. [11]

Academic units

The faculty consists of 29 academic departments, 7 colleges, and 45 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. [12] Below is a list of departments in the faculty:


Notable associated centres and institutions include:

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "History of the University and the Faculty". Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Office of the Dean". University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "By the Numbers". University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ The University of Toronto Act , S.O. 1971, c. 56, s. 2, 10, 12, as amended by S.O. 1978 c. 88
  5. ↑ "Ranking of academic journals and institutions in economics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Tilburg University Economics Ranking - Tilburg University". econtop.uvt.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  7. ↑ "The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  8. ↑ "ARWU Subject 2010 Computer Science".
  9. ↑ "2013 School Year". cudo.utoronto.ca.
  10. ↑ "Office of Institutional Research and Planning - CUDO 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2017-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "Outline of the Organization of the University of Toronto". Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Secretariat. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Neural networking". The Varsity. October 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 8, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Andrej Karpathy Academic Website". cs.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  15. ↑ Goldberg, David (January 31, 2025). "Pixar pioneer: A&S alum Bill Reeves leads in animation innovation". Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto.
  16. ↑ Vega, Frank. "P versus NP" (PDF). Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  17. ↑ "'No idea whether we can stay in control': AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives Nobel Prize". Financial Post. December 11, 2024.
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