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U of T Mississauga was established in 1967, with one temporary academic building, 155 students, 28 faculty and 40 staff members. The campus has grown to become the second-largest division of U of T (Canada’s largest university). UTM now includes more than 15,200 undergraduate students and 900 graduate students, more than 3,400 full- and part-time employees (including 1,250 permanent faculty and staff) as well as more than 69,000 alumni.
- The campus is situated on 225 acres of protected greenbelt along the Credit River, 33 kilometres west of the university’s St. George campus in Toronto.
- Award-winning facilities include the Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex, the Instructional Centre, the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, the Recreation, Athletics and Wellness Centre, Deerfield Hall and the Communication, Culture and Technology building.
- U of T Mississauga has 18 academic units (15 departments and three institutions), 180+ programs and 90 areas of study, and includes: the Institute for Management & Innovation; the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy; the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology; the Centre for South Asian Civilizations; and the Centre for Urban Environments. The Mississauga Academy of Medicine is located on campus in the Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex.
- Along with traditional undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs, U of T Mississauga offers several highly sought-after degree options, such as a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Master of Biomedical Communications, a Master of Biotechnology, a Master of Management and Professional Accounting, a Master of Management of Innovation, a Master of Science in Sustainability Management, a Master of Forensic Accounting, a Master of Urban Innovation and a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy.
- U of T Mississauga and Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning offer joint programs in theatre and drama studies, and art and art history.
- U of T Mississauga’s New Science Building, now under construction and slated for completion in 2023, will set a new standard for green design. The building – which will be home to the Centre for Medicinal Chemistry, the forensic science program, wet labs and a computing data centre – will be one of the most energy-efficient biological and chemical laboratory facilities in North America.
- Famous U of T Mississauga alumni include astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar, filmmaker Richie Mehta, Canadian media executive Kirstine Stewart, actor and diplomat Zaib Shaikh, writer/poet Dionne Brand, poet Wali Shah, Olympic gold medalist and communications coach Claire Carver-Dias, and 2020 Olympians Alicia Brown and Ruslan Gaziev.
- U of T Mississauga is involved in numerous community and civic initiatives, including the Mississauga Board of Trade, Advantage Mississauga, the Healthy City Stewardship Centre, the Research Innovation and Commercialization Centre and United Way Greater Toronto. We are in the process of developing a UTM Community Engagement Inventory, which will serve as a public catalogue of community engagement activities and online way finder for students, faculty, and community partners interested in getting involved.
- UTM is a Silver certified institution under the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS).