University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies


The University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies is the graduate school of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest graduate school in Canada with more than 20,000 full-time students, and offers master's and doctoral programs in affiliation with most of the university's faculties and divisions on all three of its campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough.
SGS is affiliated with Massey College, an incorporated college of the University of Toronto that serves as a residence and community space for graduate students located on the St. George campus in downtown Toronto.
Graduate programs at the University of Toronto are organized in collaboration with various faculties and academic departments. It offers more than 175 programs in areas such as Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Biomedical Communications, Dentistry, Education, Forestry, Information, Law, Management, Medical Radiation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Public Health, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology, and Theology.
Students in PhD and SJD programs receive an annual base funding amount of $40,000.
Amid international student visa restrictions in the United States in 2025, the School of Graduate Studies in partnership with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy made a plan with Harvard University to allow international students from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government to complete their studies in Toronto.

Graduate Students' Union

The University of Toronto Graduate Students' Union is the representative student committee for graduate students at all three campuses, founded in 1964.