Graduate school centres your education around further “academic” (generating original research in a particular discipline), or “professional” (developing skills and knowledge for a specific profession), studies. You may be interested in graduate school if you have a focus of study that you’d like to explore further or you want to pursue a professional degree.
Graduate School is different from undergraduate school because:
- It is a more concentrated course of study and expectations regarding the quality and quantity of your academic work are greater.
- Classes are smaller to encourage critical discourse
- It offers experience via internships, teaching, or research
- You produce original research
Graduate programs at U of T
- There are more than 60 professional graduate programs in health sciences, management, engineering, and more.
- There are 76 combined degree programs.
- There are 40 collaborative specializations if you are interested in interdisciplinary studies.
- There are 3 diploma programs for professionals who would like to pursue academic study but don’t want to enrol in a graduate degree program
