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The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada.
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What would become the University of Toronto (U of T) was founded as King's College by royal charter in 1827. The College was initially controlled by the colonial establishment and the Church of England. The church affiliation made it unpopular however. Consequently, in 1849, the institution was secularized, and, in 1850, became the nondenominationa...
The reorganization of U of T in the 1850s resulted in the abolishment of the faculties of law and medicine, but these were restored in 1887. The Royal College of Dental Surgeons (founded 1875) was affiliated with the university from 1888 until 1925, when it became the Faculty of Dentistry. Engineering students attended the School of Practical Scien...
Canada's evolution was reflected in the growth and diversification of the university. The University of Toronto Press was established in 1901 and became a full-scale academic publishing house after 1945. By 1988, it was publishing 88 titles and 25 periodicals a year. (See University Presses). Today the U of T Press releases approximately 140 new sc...
The need to decentralize the university to meet the needs of metropolitan Toronto's growing population led to the development of 2 suburban campuses. Scarborough College, now U of T Scarborough, was first built in 1964 and then Erindale College, now U of T Mississauga, in 1966. The undergraduate college system was expanded at the central campus to ...
U of T has made important contributions in many areas of scholarship and research. The discovery of insulin and stem cells as well as the development of Pablum and liquid helium took place at the University. The university’s research also led to the creation of an artificial pancreas, the genes for cystic fibrosis and the most severe form of Alzhei...
The University of Toronto was founded as King’s College in 1827 and has evolved into a large and complex institution. It now occupies three campuses: Scarborough and Erindale and the historic St. George campus.
Oct 25, 2018 · Rolph's School of Medicine is re-established by John Rolph. It had originally been established in 1832 and dissolved in 1837 following Rolph's conviction for involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of that year. It changed its name to the Toronto School of Medicine and incorporated in 1851.
Oct 23, 2024 · In 1850, after bitter religious and political controversy, King’s College was secularized and renamed the University of Toronto. In 1853 University College was created as the teaching body while the university itself became solely an examining and degree-granting body.
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When the University of Toronto officially came into existence on January 1, 1850, the Kingʼs College faculty, with the exception of the professor of divinity but including the professors of law and medicine, automatically became professors in the University of Toronto.
