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Facts & Figures 2021-2022

Founded in: 1878
President: Dr. Alan Shepard
Operating Revenue: $857.04 million
Library Book Holdings: 5.84 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
- 43,352 students, including more than 4,759 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 93%—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% employment rate 6 months after graduation
- More than 328,000 alumni in 160 countries worldwide
Full Time Enrolment
Undergraduates (includes Concurrent and Medical Residents) | 27,174 |
Graduate | 4,360 |
PhDs | 2,345 |
Total: |
33,879
|
Full Time International Enrolment
Undergraduates |
2,934
|
Masters | 1,027 |
PhDs | 798 |
Full Time Undergraduate Enrolment by Faculty*
Arts & Humanities | 853 |
Business | 1,072 |
Dentistry | 264 |
Education | 697 |
Engineering | 2,293 |
Health Sciences | 3,735 |
Information & Media Studies | 899 |
Law | 482 |
Medicine | 1,940 |
Music | 434 |
Science | 5,809 |
Social Science | 7,348 |
Total: | 25,826 |
*Undergrad figures
Faculty by Faculty
Arts & Humanities | 128 |
Business | 127 |
Education | 50 |
Engineering | 115 |
Health Sciences | 135 |
Information & Media Studies | 38 |
Law | 43 |
Medicine & Dentistry | 309 |
Music | 38 |
Science | 193 |
Social Science | 227 |
Total: | 1,403 |
Full Time Staff
Adminstrative | 473 |
Professional | 1,151 |
Research/Technical | 334 |
Librarian/Archivist | 49 |
Library Assistant | 50 |
Other | 553 |
Total: | 2,590 |
For more detailed statistics please visit the Institutional Planning & Budgeting homepage