RESEARCH &
INNOVATION
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A GLOBAL CENTRE OF INNOVATION
Ever wonder what it’s like to uncover artifacts that haven’t seen daylight in centuries, or observe international trade negotiations? Our unique Research Opportunity Programs (ROPs), Research Excursion Programs (REPs), International Course Modules (ICMs), co-op programs, learning abroad networks, field schools, and independent study courses were designed for students just like you. Get your hands dirty. Get published. Put your skills to work in the world’s biodiversity hotspots, or team up with security researchers right here on campus to safeguard democracy on the internet. Explore the steppes of Central Asia in your junior year, then help devise microfluidic tests for emerging viral threats in your senior year.
In sponsored research funding secured in 2022-23
Globally for research citations (Incites 2018–2022)
courses across our three campuses in which undergraduate students have a direct hand in faculty and industry research
FUEL YOUR IDEAS
500+ startups were founded by the U of T research groups in the past decade, which have raised a combined $1 billion in investment.
Top 10 in University-managed incubators globally— supporting student entrepreneurs, alumni-led startups, and researchers. 700+ inventions, 200+ patent applications, and 150+ licenses granted every five years—and rapidly rising.
U of T’s True Blue Fund was created to support our emerging entrepreneurs and double their impact.
START HERE
250+ entrepreneurship courses are offered across our three campuses, attracting thousands of registrants.
U of T is a leader among top North American institutions for research-based startups, inventions, and licenses and options. Our 12 accelerators and incubators assist more than 400 student-led startup teams each year. Over the past ten years, U of T-supported startups have earned more than $3B in venture capital funding and created more than 9,000 jobs.
DID YOU KNOW?
U of T has an Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) dedicated to helping students, research trainees, and other collaborators access industry partnerships, commercialization opportunities, and entrepreneur networks.
All entrepreneurship resources at U of T are open to students from all three campuses, no matter what program or year you’re in.
ANY INDUSTRY, ANYWHERE
Whether you want to land your dream job, conduct groundbreaking research, or start your own business, we can help get you there.
U of T is the top public university in North America for the employability of our graduates. Our alumni can be found working and innovating at multinational firms and organizations including: Google, NVIDIA, TD Securities, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Qualcomm, Microsoft, BMW, Amnesty International, and more.
On-Campus Career Recruitment and networking sessions
In the world for graduate employability
(2022 Times Higher Education Global University Employability Rankings)
MAKE YOUR MARK
Of our alumni have founded a company
Jobs created through companies and non-profits founded by U of T alumni
Companies and nonprofits founded by U of T alumni
Of our alumni sit on non-profit boards
Generated by U of T alumni through their companies and nonprofits
Graduate research and professional programs
FROM DAYDREAM TO DREAM JOB
At the University of Toronto—the birthplace of insulin, the first electronic pacemaker, seminal ideas in critical media theory, and multi-touch input screens—students nurture their ingenuity with the help of 200+ industry mentors and 12 business accelerators and incubators.
Win seed capital, office space, equipment access, and expert guidance with funding applications, prototyping, and IP protection. Our longstanding partnerships with MaRS Discovery District and other nonprofit research consortia across the region offer unparalleled networking advantages— and our Career Educators can help you hone your pitch.
GLOBAL LEARNING
Learn about the history of German cinema in Berlin, the rise and fall of Bronze Age powers on the Anatolian plateau, and marine ecosystems in the South Pacific.
Studying at U of T is a global experience. We connect students from every province across Canada and from 180 countries and regions around the world—right in the heart of one of the most culturally diverse regions on Earth.
Through learning abroad options in 155+ institutions, field schools, international course modules, and research opportunity programs, you’ll make contacts—and lifelong friends—and tackle pressing challenges like climate change, quantum cryptography, financial derivatives, and homelessness.
STUDY ABROAD
Students can work towards a Global Scholar designation by taking a curated set of courses offered by their program or faculty. When those courses are completed, students will receive a “Global Scholar” notation on their transcript. Students can also work towards a Global Citizen designation that will appear on their co-curricular record (CCR) through workshops and activities to develop their understanding of globalization, global citizenship, and inter-cultural cooperation. With our new Minor in Global Leadership, we have developed U of T’s first tri-campus multidisciplinary undergraduate community of diverse and globally agile problem solvers.
of students who studied abroad agreed that their experience abroad had influenced their choice of career path after returning
in bursaries and grants available each year to foster students’ outbound learning and overseas research
learning abroad experiences to choose from
