Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met, formerly Ryerson University) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Toronto. The university operates seven academic divisions/faculties, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Community Services, the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, the Faculty of Science, The Creative School, the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and the Ted Rogers School of Management. Many of these faculties are further organized into smaller departments and schools. The university also provides continuing education services through the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education.

Toronto Metropolitan University
Former names
  • Ryerson Institute of Technology (1948–1966)
  • Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1966–1993)
  • Ryerson Polytechnic University (1993–2001)
  • Ryerson University (2001–2022)
MottoMente et artificio (Latin)
Motto in English
With mind and skill
TypePublic
EstablishedSeptember 16, 1948 (1948-09-16)
Academic affiliation
AACSB, COU, IAU, Universities Canada
EndowmentC$136.285 million
ChancellorJanice Fukakusa
PresidentMohamed Lachemi
ProvostRoberta Iannacito-Provenzano
Undergraduates44,400
Postgraduates2,950
Location, ,
Canada

43°39′27.85″N 79°22′48.64″W
CampusUrban; 121 acres (49 ha)
ColoursBlue and gold
NicknameTMU Bold
Sporting affiliations
U Sports, OUA
MascotFalcon
Websitewww.torontomu.ca

The institution was established in 1948 as the Ryerson Institute of Technology, named after Egerton Ryerson, a prominent contributor to the design of the public school system and teacher's college in Canada West. In 1964, the institution was reorganized under provincial legislation, and renamed Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Under that name, the institution was granted limited degree-granting powers during the 1970s. The institution was reorganized into a full-fledged university in 1993 and renamed Ryerson Polytechnic University. In 2002, several years after the university's school of graduate studies was established, the university adopted the name Ryerson University. In 2022, the university was renamed Toronto Metropolitan University, in response to concerns about Egerton Ryerson's influence on the Canadian Indian residential school system.

The university is a co-educational institution, with approximately 44,400 undergraduates and 2,950 graduate students enrolled there during the 2019–20 academic year. As of 2017, TMU had nearly 170,000 alumni. The university's athletics department operates several varsity teams that play as TMU Bold, competing in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports.

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