University of Toronto

University of Toronto

University of Toronto is a public research university, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College and it was the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. The institution assumed the present name in 1850. Today it comprises twelve colleges that differ in character and history, each retaining substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs. The University of Toronto has two satellite campuses located in Scarborough and Mississauga.

The University of Toronto is noted for influential movements and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory, known collectively as the Toronto School.

Historically, the University of Toronto was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology, the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole, and the theory of NP completeness.

Toronto ranks highly in global rankings and is consistently ranked first in Canada.

All the pictures have been taken by Elena.

• John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. 230 College Street.
• Engineering Faculty. The University site encompasses 71 hectares (180 acres) bounded mostly by Bay Street, Bloor Street, Spadina Avenue and College Street.
• Here was realized a major nineteenth century aspiration: the establishment of a non-denominational institution of higher learning supported by Gouvernement.

Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto.

Flavelle House, Faculty of Law.

Universitiè's College in Victorian Style.University College. The building of University College in 1856-1859 largely assured the furture of the University of Toronto and drew it in time into a federal pattern, hich was widely followed in Canada and the Commonwealth.

Coats of arms, More, Victoria University.

The granting of the charter of the new educational institution in 1827 was largely the result of intense lobbying by John Strachan, the influential Anglican Bishop of Toronto who took office as the first president of the college.

Faculty of Music.The original three-storey Greek Revival school building was constructed on the present site of Queen's Park.

Victoria College.

Under Strachan's stewardship, King's College was a religious institution that closely aligned with the Church of England and the British colonial elite, known as the Family Compact.

Caven Library. During the American Civil War, the threat of Union blockade on British North America prompted the creation of the University Rifle Corps, which saw battle in resisting the Fenian raids on the Niagara border in 1866. University of Toronto Book Store: Technology, cell phones, custom garment printing, bookpod print on demand, textbooks, clothing, stationery, gifts/frames, medical, fiction/non-fiction, snacks & drinks.

Relief sculptures of General James Wolfe, Samuel de Champlain, John Graves Simcoe and Isaac Brock. They grace the facade of the Archives and Canadiana Building at the University of Toronto.  Like their real-life counterparts, these sculptures keep a watchful and weathered gaze upon the surrounding landscape.

The namesake University Avenue is a ceremonial boulevard and arterial thoroughfare that runs through downtown between Queen's Park and Front Street.

Bookstore of the University of Toronto.

Engineering Faculty.

Hart House. One of the historical buildings on the site.

Knox College built in 1911 - 1912.

Metallic Installation on the Campus. Metallic-structure on the site of the University of Toronto.

University Tower.

Varsity Blues of University of Toronto. With its green spaces and many interlocking courtyards, the university forms a distinct region of urban parkland in the city's downtown core. The Varsity Arena is part of the University of Toronto central campus.