The extraordinary breadth of the faculty across the humanities, sciences and social sciences makes us distinct within the University of Toronto and beyond.
A&S academic units are consistently ranked top in Canada and are among the most highly ranked worldwide.
Facts and figures don’t tell the full story, but here are a few to help illustrate the impact of the Faculty of Arts & Science.
30,000+
undergraduate students
4,750+
graduate students
390+
undergraduate programs
130+
graduate programs
7
colleges
288,000+
alumni in 175 countries worldwide
11
Rhodes Scholars (2013-2023)
3
Nobel Laureates
2
Nobel Peace Prize recipients
4
Canadian Prime Ministers
19
A&S academic disciplines in the top 20 worldwide (QS World University Rankings)
54%
first-year classes with fewer than 30 students
1st
Times Higher Education World University Rankings (Canadian universities)
1st
Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (Canadian universities)
1st
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings (Canadian universities)
1st
QS World University Rankings (Canadian universities)
1st
QS World University Rankings: Sustainability (worldwide)