- U of T Mississauga celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Beginning 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 13,500 undergraduate students, 600 graduate students, over 2,500 full- and part-time employees (including 980 permanent faculty and staff) as well as over 54,000 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 15 academic departments, 147 programs and 90 areas of study, and includes the Institute for Management & Innovation and the Centre for South Asian Civilizations. 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 in Management and Professional Accounting, a Master of Management of Innovation, a Master of Science in Sustainability Management and a Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting.
- Famous U of T Mississauga alumni include astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar, filmmaker Richie Mehta, Canadian media executive Kirstine Stewart, actor Zaib Shaikh and writer/poet Dionne Brand.
- U of T Mississauga and Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning offer joint programs in theatre and drama studies; art and art history; and communication, culture and information technology.
- In 2013, the City of Mississauga committed to a 10-year $10 million investment in U of T Mississauga to help build the new Innovation Complex, a $35-million building that houses the Institute for Management & Innovation, as well as the I-CUBE business incubator.
- Construction has begun on the second phase of the North Building site redevelopment. Set to open in 2018, the 210,000-square-foot, six-storey building will house new classroom space as well as the Departments of English and Drama, Philosophy, Historical Studies, Language Studies, Political Science and Sociology.
- 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 the United Way of Peel Region.
