Toronto, ON M5S, Canada, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 32, University of Toronto In Canada

University of Toronto

27 King’s College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen’s Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises twelve colleges that differ in character and history, each retaining substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs.

Academically, the University of Toronto is noted for influential movements and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory, known collectively as the Toronto School. The university was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology, the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole, and the theory of NP completeness. By a significant margin, it receives the most annual research funding of any Canadian university. It is one of two members of the Association of American Universities located outside the United States.

The Varsity Blues are the athletic teams representing the university in intercollegiate league matches, with particularly long and storied ties to gridiron football and ice hockey. The university’s Hart House is an early example of the North American student centre, simultaneously serving cultural, intellectual and recreational interests within its large Gothic-revival complex.

The University of Toronto has educated two Governors General and four Prime Ministers of Canada, four foreign leaders, fourteenJustices of the Supreme Court, and has been affiliated with ten Nobel laureates. The university ranks 1st in Canada and 20th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 1st in Canada and 28th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and also 1st in Canada and 17th globally in the QS World University Rankings.

RANKINGS

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2013-2014 ranks the University of Toronto at 20th place globally and 1st in Canada, and 16th place globally based on reputation for 2013,^[91] while the QS World University Rankings of 2013 place the university at 17th in the world.^[98] In the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2013, the University of Toronto is placed at 28th in the world and 1st in Canada.^[99] It ranked 25th worldwide in the 2012 report compiled by Human Resources & Labor Review on graduate performance,^[100] 9th worldwide in the 2010 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities,^[101] 14th in the High Impact Universities ranking,^[102] 14th in a New York Times employment survey in 2013,^[103] and 2nd globally in the University Ranking by Academic Performance of 2012.^[104] In 2011, the university received a grade of A- for environmental sustainability from the Sustainable Endowments Institute.^[105] The university has placed first among Canada’s research universities in the annual ranking by Research Infosource since 2001.^[106] In 2011, the University of Toronto was named by Newsweek as one of the top three schools outside of the United States.^[107]

The University of Toronto ranked as the nation’s top medical-doctoral university in Maclean’s magazine for eleven consecutive years between 1994 and 2004.^[108] Since 2009, it has joined 22 other national institutions in withholding data from the magazine, citing continued concerns regarding methodology.^[109] In 2013, the Faculty of Law was named the top law school in Canada by Maclean’s for the seventh consecutive year.