Graduate Studies in Psychology

The City of Toronto

The University of Toronto is located in the heart of Toronto, Canada's largest and most cosmopolitan city. A city of about 2.5 million people, Toronto is the capital of Ontario and is the cultural and economic center of Canada. Despite its size, Toronto retains a relaxed atmosphere and is a pleasant, interesting place to get to know. It is a marvellous city to live in, with the best public transport system in North America making it very easy to get around. There are world class museums of art and natural history, an aquarium and a planetarium, one of the world's top three zoos, beautiful parks, and shops of all kinds.

 In addition, there is excellent theater, from first-run Broadway to local productions. Together with New York and Los Angeles, Toronto is one of the three film capitals of North America, with a well regarded annual film festival. Music in Toronto is also terrific, with major acts appearing at a variety of venues, in addition to an active club scene. As well, the city is home to four professional sports teams: the Maple Leafs (hockey), the Argonauts (football), the Blue Jays (baseball), and the Raptors (basketball). And the restaurants of Toronto are wonderful, with new and often quite inexpensive discoveries appearing often. There is never a shortage of interesting things to do in the city.

 Toronto's climate is pleasant, tempered by the city's location on the shore of Lake Ontario. Average daytime temperature in July is 27C (80F); in January it is -1íC (30íF). In the summer, Torontonians enjoy going an hour or two outside the city to swim, sail, and take part in other outdoor activities on the many nearby lakes. In the winter, skiing (both downhill and cross-country) and other winter activities are readily available in and around the city.
 

The University of Toronto

The University of Toronto, established in 1827, is made up of nine colleges. Two of these, Scarborough in the east and Erindale in the west, are located 32 kilometres (20 miles) from the downtown St. George campus. These campuses, each in a lovely natural setting, are linked to the downtown campus by a regular nonstop bus system.

 U of T, with an undergraduate population of 40,000 on the St. George campus and 5,000 on each of the two suburban campuses, is an international university, attracting students from all over the world. The university provides one of the top 10 library systems in North America (the largest in Canada) and has excellent computing facilities.
 

Department of Psychology

The Psychology Department at U of T is one of the oldest in North America, having been established by J. Mark Baldwin, the noted developmental psychologist, in 1891. The focus of the entire department has always been research, for which it is highly regarded. Although there is no general clinical program, links to research hospitals and research institutes (e.g., the Addiction Research Foundation, the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, the Institute of Child Study, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) - as well as to other university departments - provide opportunities for students to engage in clinical and applied research.

 The faculty, about 60 regular faculty and 25 cross-appointed faculty, are internationally recognized for their research scholarship. Their areas of expertise cover all of the major areas of research in psychology. At present, there are about 85 students in the graduate psychology program, with about 15-25 new students admitted annually. Our students are the very best, coming from premier undergraduate programs around the world. Once here, they join a close-knit group of researchers. When they leave, they are highly competitive on the job market, with recent graduates on faculty at Harvard, Yale, McGill, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Illinois, to name only a few.

 The department provides excellent research facilities. The entire department is linked to the university computer system by our own Sun computer, with numerous IBM-compatible and Macintosh microcomputers in departmental space and in individual labs. Well equipped labs in all major areas of psychology are readily available to students. There is a full-time shop for the construction of research apparatus from simple boxes to complex electronic devices. With established ties to hospitals in the city, access to patient populations is facilitated. In all, the Department of Psychology is a great place to do research.
 
Graduate Studies in Psychology
Sidney Smith Hall - Room 4031
100 St. George Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
M5S 3G3

Tel:  416-978-3404
Email:  grad@psych.utoronto.ca