Quick Facts on Research and Innovation at U of T
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There are over 1900 faculty members at U of T working in Health and Related Life Sciences and Technologies. These faculty pursue their research at 10 fully affiliated hospitals across the city and 8 Faculties, including the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Nursing, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty of Arts & Science, and the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.
The total value of external research funding currently held by these investigators is over $150 M.
U of T ranks #1 in North America in the field of Metallurgy and Mining, 2nd in Mining and Mineral Processing and 4th in Materials Science Related to Paper and Wood. (Thomson ISI: based on the number of citations of papers published between 2003 and 2007)
15 different graduate programs offer degrees in fields related to Information and Communications Technologies; In the last 5 years our Information and Communications Technologies faculty have supervised the completion of over 600 advanced degrees (Master or Doctoral).
