| The University of Toronto is the best university in | | | | undergraduate students and 16% of graduate students. |
| Canada according to the Academic Ranking of World | | | | The University of Toronto has three main campuses: |
| Universities (ARWU). The ARWU is published by the | | | | St. George Campus in downtown Toronto (where |
| Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong | | | | most of students are located), Scarborough Campus |
| University and several indicators of academic or | | | | (about 30 minutes east of downtown Toronto) and |
| research performance are used to establish the | | | | Mississauga Campus (west of downtown Toronto). |
| ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles | | | | The St. George campus covers an area of 68 |
| indexed in major citation indices and staff winning | | | | hectares and has an open, leisurely feel. Buildings range |
| Nobel Prizes. | | | | from old to very new and the facilities are modern and |
| There are twenty-one Canadian universities in the | | | | varied. for 67 pictures of the St. George campus. |
| Word’s Top-500 universities (2008). The Top-5 | | | | The University of Toronto is a collegiate university (like |
| universities in Canada are: 1. University of Toronto | | | | the Universities of Cambridge or Oxford), which means |
| (ranked 24th in the world); 2. University of British | | | | there is a central administration and a number of |
| Columbia (ranked 35th); 3. McGill University (60th); | | | | constituent colleges (there are seven at the University |
| 4.McMaster University (89th); 5. University of Alberta | | | | of Toronto). The colleges are not just halls of |
| and University of Montreal (both ranked 101-151th). The | | | | residence but have a substantial amount of |
| University of Toronto has been the best university in | | | | responsibility and autonomy in the running of the |
| Canada since 2003 when the ARWU was first | | | | university. At the University of Toronto, all full-time Arts |
| published. | | | | & Science students on the St. George campus |
| The University of Toronto is a public university and | | | | belong to one of the seven colleges. |
| was established in 1827. It is a large university with | | | | For more details about the University of Toronto, |
| 61,210 students: 50,219 undergraduates and 10,991 | | | | please visit the university website. |
| graduates. International students represent 9% of | | | | |