University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science

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Faculty of Arts & Science
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Sidney Smith Hall, the central faculty building
Type Faculty
Parent institution
 University of Toronto
Dean Stephen Wright (interim) [1]
Academic staff
930
Undergraduates 31,000 [2]
Postgraduates 4,700 [2]
Location
Toronto
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Ontario
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Canada
Colleges
Website artsci.utoronto.ca
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The Faculty of Arts & Science (sometimes abbreviated as A&S) is the largest and most academically diverse division of the University of Toronto. It is the primary undergraduate faculty at the St. George campus in Downtown Toronto, and offers a broad range of programs in arts and science. With more than 31,000 undergraduate and 4,700 graduate students, [2] Arts & Science represents over half the student population at the campus.

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Overview

The Faculty makes up over one third of the University of Toronto's student population as a whole. It hosts 64 per cent of the St. George campus's 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. [2]

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) [3] and (2004–08) [4] respectively. The Department of Philosophy ranked 15th overall in the English-speaking world and 1st in Canada in the Philosophical Gourmet Report . [5] 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. [6]

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%. [7] [8] 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. [9]

Academic units

The Faculty includes 29 departments, 7 colleges, and 45 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. Notable departments include:

References

  1. ↑ "Office of the Dean". University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "By the Numbers". University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ranking of academic journals and institutions in economics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Tilburg University Economics Ranking - Tilburg University". econtop.uvt.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  5. ↑ "The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  6. ↑ "ARWU Subject 2010 Computer Science".
  7. ↑ "2013 School Year". cudo.utoronto.ca.
  8. ↑ "Office of Institutional Research and Planning - CUDO 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  9. ↑ "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)
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