多伦多大学的英语介绍

用简短的英语介绍一下多伦多大学的历史、位置等等..

Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada's largest university, recognized as a global leader in research and teaching. U of T's distinguished faculty, institutional record of groundbreaking scholarship and wealth of innovative academic opportunities continually attract outstanding students and academics from around the world. U of T is committed to providing a learning experience that benefits from both a scale almost unparalleled in North America and from the close-knit learning communities made possible through its college system and academic divisions. Located in and around Toronto, one of the world's most diverse regions, U of T's vibrant academic life is defined by a unique degree of cultural diversity in its learning community.The University is sustained environmentally by three green campuses, where renowned heritage buildings stand beside award-winning innovations in architectural design.

* FTE: Full-Time Equivalent

• Students (2008-2009):




• 55,352(46,940 FTEs) undergraduate degree-seeking students


• 13,702 (12,499 FTEs) graduate degree-seeking students


• 2,038 (902 FTEs) certificate, diploma and special students


• 2,593 residents and post-graduate medical students


• International students (2008-2009):




• 5,182 undergraduate degree seeking students


• 1,579 graduate degree seeking students


• 326 certificate, diploma and special students


• 779 residents and post-graduate medical students
  




• Faculty (2008-2009):




• 2,260 (2,185 FTEs) Professorial
  


• 432 (378 FTEs) Teaching Stream
  


• 1,079 (216 FTEs) Term-limited Sessional and Stipendiary
  


• 3,913 (2,351 FTEs) Clinical


• 2,707 (1,071 FTEs) Other
  


• Staff: 9,845


• Alumni: 475,717


• Undergraduate programs: 600+
  


• Graduate programs (including doctoral and master's): 168
  


• Professional programs: 42


• Operating budget: $1.4 billion


• Research grant and contract support: $844.5 million


• Library: Over 18 million holdings and one of the top 5 research libraries in North America

Locations

• St. George (downtown Toronto) campus: 52,296 students


• University of Toronto Scarborough: 10,465 students including joint programs with Centennial College


• University of Toronto Mississauga: 10,924 students including joint programs with Sheridan College


• Institute for Aerospace Studies in north-west Toronto


• Koffler Scientific Reserve at Jokers Hill, King Township

Research Achievements

• developed first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant and artificial pancreas


• isolated gene that allows plants to grow in salt water


• developed the chemical laser


• developed the anti-blackout suit, later adapted to create the astronaut space suit


• created the infant cereal Pablum

Economic Impact

• 108 spin-off companies
  


• 15th-largest employer in the Greater Toronto Area


• U of T's overall estimated economic impact on the GTA economy is $5.4 billion

Noted Faculty - Past and Present

• Sir Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod won the Nobel Prize in 1923 for their work with Charles Best in the discovery of the role of insulin in controlling diabetes


• John C. Polanyi won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry


• Political scientist Janice Gross Stein


• Peter St. George-Hyslop led the team that discovered two genes responsible for early-onset Alzheimer's


• medical biophysicist Lap-Chee Tsui led the team of researchers who discovered the cystic fibrosis gene


• geneticist Tak Mak, the first to clone a T-cell gene


• literary critic and author Northrop Frye


• author and dramatist Robertson Davies


• communications guru Marshall McLuhan


• engineering pioneer Ursula Franklin


• astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg