University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science

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The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto (U of T) is one of Canada's largest and most reputable arts and science teaching and research institutions. With almost 22,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students, Arts and Science represents over half the student population on the downtown campus. Overall, 73 per cent of the university's undergraduates and one third of graduates pursue degrees in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. It is a home to 800 professors who teach some 2,000 courses arranged in 300 undergraduate and 70 graduate programs hosted by 29 departments, 16 centres and institutes, and seven colleges. Along with a dedicated administrative and technical staff of more than 400, the Faculty is among the most comprehensive in North America.

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Departments

  • Anthropology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Botany
  • Cell and Systems Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Classics
  • Commerce
  • Computer Science
  • East Asian Studies
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Economics
  • English
  • Fine Art
  • French
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • German
  • History
  • Italian
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematics
  • Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • The Study of Religion
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Sociology
  • Spanish and Portuguese
  • Statistics and Actuarial Science

Centres and Institutes

  • Asian Institute
  • Centre for Comparative Literature
  • Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies (website in development)
  • Centre for Environment
  • Centre for Ethics
  • Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
  • Centre for Global Change Science (website in development)
  • Centre for Medieval Studies
  • Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control
  • Centre for the Study of the United States
  • Humanities Centre
  • Institute for Optical Sciences
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Munk Centre for International Studies
  • The Women and Gender Studies Institute

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