Prospective Students
Housing & Campus Life
Toronto is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, while being the fifth largest by population size in North America. Many different ethnic neighbourhoods add to the variety of this booming metropolis. University of Toronto, just like the city is also culturally diverse.
Housing
Graduate students not only need to find the ideal University, but also a great community to complement their graduate studies. The University of Toronto fits this role by offering a wide variety of living quarters and housing services ranging from campus residences, including our own Graduate House, to off-campus shared and private accommodation nearby in the city.
To get more info on housing around the University of Toronto various campuses, click here. Another option instead of renting is to temporarily buy a small condo somewhere in the city of Toronto. Because most students spend 2-6 years doing their studies, some very business savvy graduates have paid off their entire education by buying and living in a condo at the beginning of their first year, and then selling this condo for a profit after they graduate. To check out pre-construction and new condominiums in Toronto.
Campus Life
When you join us for your graduate education we want you to become part of Toronto's world-class community. There really is life outside the classroom and the lab. And because you are centrally located in an amazing city, entertainment, sports, theatre, music, academic conferences and student groups are all at your doorstep. Not only that, but the city offers over 1,000 festivals every year, beautiful architecture, an amazing array of parks and world class cuisine – all of it accessible by the Toronto transit system’s network of subways, buses and streetcars.
Discover some of the various resources available to graduate students from the links below.
- The Grad Room provides a bright, naturally lit, accessible lounge space with comfortable seating and wireless internet connection for University of Toronto graduate students to interact socially and to study. It also features multi-purpose space for academic, social and professional graduate student programming. Located at 66 Harbord Street on the St. George campus, the Grad Room is open Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- In partnership with the School of Graduate Studies and other student life units catering to graduate students, Student Life Programs publishes "GradNav: Your Guide to Finding Community at U of T. You can also pick-up a copy at SGS Student Services.
- sFlee the stacks! Leave the lab! Disconnect yourself from the PC and come explore Toronto's great cultural riches in the company of other stressed out grad students.
- The Graduate Students' Union at University of Toronto represents over 11,000 students studying in over 70 departments. For many years this union has advocated for increased student representation, funding and provided services such as health insurance, confidential advice and a voice for the graduate student body on the various committees of the university.
- Student Life Programs & Services offers a range of programs and services to support your learning, health and well-being, personal needs and professional development and to foster a sense of community on campus.
- Graduate students interested in improving their teaching skills can do so through a variety of courses and training programs.
- The ULife website gives U of T students all the information they need to get involved in the hundreds of clubs and activities running on all three campuses. So, what are you doing after class?
Master's Programs
- an appropriate bachelor's degree, or its equivalent, with a final year average of at least mid-B from a recognized university
Doctoral Programs
- an appropriate master's degree, or its equivalent, with an average of at least B+ or demonstrated comparable research competence
- some departments admit directly to the doctoral program from a bachelor's degree for highly qualified candidates (minimum average A- required)