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Facts & Figures 2020-2021

Founded in: 1878
President: Dr. Alan Shepard
Operating Revenue: $807.3 million
Library Book Holdings: 5.8 million
Land Area: 481.2 hectares
For more detailed statistics please visit the Institutional Planning & Budgeting homepage
Key Facts
- Ranked among the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide
- A founding member of the U15 – Canada’s most distinguished research universities
- 41,940 students, including more than 4,493 international students from 129 countries
- One of the highest national entrance averages of first-year students at 91%
- First to second year retention rate of 95%—one of the highest in Canada
- A proud legacy of Rhodes Scholars, with the 24th announced in 2019
- 12 faculties, including the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, as well professional programs in Medicine, Business, Law and Engineering
- More than 400 combinations of undergraduate majors, minors and specializations
- 88 different graduate degree programs, including a range of interdisciplinary programs
- 26 faculty recipients of 3M National Teaching Fellowships—second highest in Canada
- 92.5% (6 months) or 93.7% (two years) employment rate after graduation
- More than 328,000 alumni in 160 countries worldwide
Full Time Enrolment
Undergraduates (includes Concurrent and Medical Residents) | 25,991 |
Graduate | 3,869 |
PhDs | 2,231 |
Total: |
32,091
|
Full Time International Enrolment
Undergraduates |
2,952
|
Masters | 855 |
PhDs | 686 |
Full Time Undergraduate Enrolment by Faculty*
Arts & Humanities | 877 |
Business | 1,057 |
Dentistry | 263 |
Education | 677 |
Engineering | 2,151 |
Health Sciences | 3,613 |
Information & Media Studies | 871 |
Law | 490 |
Medicine | 1,847 |
Music | 443 |
Science | 5,535 |
Social Science | 6,882 |
Total: | 24,706 |
*Undergrad figures
Faculty by Faculty
Arts & Humanities | 131 |
Business | 119 |
Education | 50 |
Engineering | 110 |
Health Sciences | 125 |
Information & Media Studies | 34 |
Law | 36 |
Medicine & Dentistry | 301 |
Music | 35 |
Science | 194 |
Social Science | 221 |
Total: | 1,356 |
Full Time Staff
Adminstrative | 475 |
Professional | 1,109 |
Research/Technical | 339 |
Librarian/Archivist | 49 |
Library Assistant | 53 |
Other | 443 |
Total: | 2,468 |
For more detailed statistics please visit the Institutional Planning & Budgeting homepage