University of Toronto

Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (UofT) offers over 700 undergraduate degree and 200 postgraduate degree programmes to a cohort of almost 60,000 students.

UofTLandscape747x420The University of Toronto (UofT) is a multi-campus university with its St George campus in downtown Toronto and its Mississauga campus, on the banks of the Credit River.

LSE and UofT both have an international character and outlook in their research and teaching and in their student and staff populations.

Collaboration between LSE and the University of Toronto has developed over last five years, and includes a number of activities. To learn about our engagement with UofT University, have a read through the various sections below.

LSE-University of Toronto Double Degree (Master of Public Administration/Master of Global Affairs)

This double degree draws on the unique academic strengths of each institution. The first year of study at LSE’s School of Public Policy will equip students with key skills in political science, economics, quantitative analysis and an understanding of the philosophical principles underlying good public policy. The second-year at University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, adds an international affairs dimension with in-depth study of the global system and its stakeholders, innovation policy, global justice, development, markets, and security.

Read this page for an overview of the programme. 

Lectures and Collaborative Research Initiatives

Our faculty are regularly collaborating on research and teaching projects.

In January 2024, Professor Joseph Heath delivered the annual Comte Lecture 'Recent advances in the understanding of human sociality'. Watch the recording here.

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In May 2023, Dr Robert Schertzer took part in the panel 'The New Nationalism in America and Beyond'. Based in the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and the Department of Political Science at UofT, he is an advisor to this research group: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism.

The New Nationalism in America and Beyond: The Deep Roots of Ethnic  Nationalism in the Digital Age: Amazon.co.uk: Schertzer, Robert, Woods, Eric  Taylor: 9780197547830: Books