University of Toronto

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About

The University of Toronto is Canada’s leading university. It consistently ranks among the best public universities worldwide. U of T is known for its game-changing health discoveries, impactful sustainability solutions, productive innovation ecosystem, global leadership in ethical AI and fundamental commitment to inclusion.

Our vision is for a just, sustainable and prosperous future. We transform students into engaged citizens and produce research with wide-ranging impact in a vast array of fields. U of T scholars ask bold questions and solve complex social, economic, environmental and health issues with ingenuity, creativity and integrity.

Our Impact

U of T admits more students from families with incomes below $50,000 than any other Ontario university. Through our guarantee that lack of funds will never prevent students from completing their programs, we ensure that talented young people can pursue their dreams.

Given this chance, they make a difference! One graduate in four has founded at least one company. More than half have produced books, plays or artworks. Our alumni have created 3.7 million jobs around the world.

Our research record, along with that of our hospital partners, includes revolutionary discoveries: insulin, stem cells, T-cell receptors, genes responsible for early-onset Alzheimer’s, seismic-resistant cast steel and AI’s deep learning paradigm.

Our scholars rank in the world top five for research output. Our community has launched more than 650 startups in the past decade. We count eight Nobel Laureates among our faculty and alumni. Our Black and Indigenous research networks are putting inclusive excellence at the centre of our research practices. And we have a stellar global reputation in AI ethics, city redesign, new materials discovery, early childhood development, regenerative medicine, data security and sustainability.

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The Governing Council of the University of Toronto

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Thank you for considering leaving a legacy in your will.

If you want to help deserving students, your gift could support innovations for better learning or hands-on experience with tools students will use in the workforce. Or you can establish a scholarship or bursary. A gift of $50,000 generates an annual scholarship in perpetuity—changing lives for generations.

If you want to support research and innovation, your gift could defray startup costs or buy specialized lab equipment. You could contribute to a research stipend for an innovative early-career scholar or establish a Chair in an important field. Such gifts could spark extraordinary impact! Help catalyze a clean-tech revolution to heal our environment. Launch a scientist who will teach body tissues to repair themselves. Unite brilliant minds from every conceivable background and promote collaborations that find bold and imaginative solutions.

If you set up a bequest for the area of greatest need, you could end up supporting a world-changing innovation that will come to life in the years to come.

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