Facts & Figures 2021-2022

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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