University of Toronto - Intellectual Property Office
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T) is Canada's leading teaching and research university and aims to be among the world's best. For 12 consecutive years, U of T has taken the top spot among medical/doctoral universities in the annual Maclean's magazine university ranking.
With more than 70,000 students, U of T comprises 28 divisions, colleges and faculties on three campuses in downtown Toronto, Mississauga and Scarborough. This includes 14 professional faculties, nine fully-affiliated teaching hospitals, numerous research centres and Canada's largest university library system - the third largest in North America.
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Areas of Research
U of T is also one of the world's great research enterprises, with 2,500 full-time faculty members conducting more than $3 million worth of research every day. In the life sciences, U of T innovation has led to the discovery of insulin, the genes for cystic fibrosis and the most severe form of Alzheimer's Disease and the development of the first electronic heart pacemaker.
Facilities
U of T has a number of world-renowned life sciences research centres in the Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering and Arts & Sciences, including:
- Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
Contact
For information about U of T's research achievements and opportunities:
http://www.innovations.utoronto.ca/
Office of the Vice-President, Research & Associate Provost
Faculty of Medicine Research Office
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering Research
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Arts & Science
Peter Lewis
Associate Vice-President, Research
Phone: 416-978-4984
Jennifer Fraser
Director, Commercialization Life Sciences
U of T Intellectual Property Office
Phone: 416.946.5515
Fax: 416.978.6052
Email: jen.fraser@utoronto.ca