Experiences Across Campuses

The University of Toronto’s MScOT program is available on two campuses: the St. George (UTSG) campus in downtown Toronto, and University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus. If admitted to the MScOT program, students will be permanently assigned to a campus. Applicants are automatically considered for both the St. George (Toronto) and Mississauga campuses.

Yes – all applicants will receive a survey from us in early spring where you can indicate your preference for the Mississauga or St. George campus, or indicate “no preference”.  If you are admitted to the program, campus preferences will be considered but they are not guaranteed.

No – Students will be offered admission to the MScOT program based only on a collective assessment of their GPA, personal statement submissions, confidential assessments (i.e. references), and resume/CV experience. If you are selected for admission, your preferences for a campus will be considered, but not guaranteed. No matter what campus you choose as your preference, rest assured you will still be considered for both campuses.

You will still be considered for the MScOT program on both campuses. We will assume that you have no particular preference for either campus.

When you enter your responses in the survey and press the “Submit” button, you will eventually see a screen that indicates your response was received successfully. Please do not contact our office asking for individual confirmations.

We expect to place 90 students at the St. George campus, and 40 students at the Mississauga campus.

The official offer of admission email will contain specific instructions. In the ORPAS online portal, on the official offer date, it will simply show whether you have a University of Toronto MScOT program offer or not; the ORPAS portal will not display your campus assignment. Instead, an email from us on the offer date will state your campus assignment, as either UTSG (Toronto St. George campus) or UTM (Mississauga campus), and the package mailed shortly thereafter will have an official campus assignment letter. (NOTE: due to COVID-19 restrictions, this information may be delivered in an electronic [email] format only).

Once assigned to a campus you will remain there for the duration of the program. Campus assignment is permanent; you may not transfer between campuses.

In 2018 we originally started by having lectures video-conferenced between the St. George and Mississauga campuses. The majority of lectures were taking place at the St. George campus and were video-conferenced to the Mississauga campus; however, a percentage of lectures were  presented at the Mississauga campus and video-conferenced to the St. George campus. Starting September 2019, will be starting the installation new video-link technology at 500 University, and provide in-class faculty facilitators at the non-lecture site, for each academic course. In the coming year, we are aiming to have course facilitators for each course at both UTM and STG campuses of the MScOT program, while the new technology is being installed at 500 University Ave. COVID-19 has delayed this implementation, unfortunately. During this COVID-19 pandemic, we have shifted elements of the curriculum to a hybrid online-to-in person interactive format in accordance with public health regulations, with limited required in-person learning at designated times during the academic year. All students will have labs, mentorship meetings, and study groups at their campus site. Starting January 2022, we expect our program to return to near or all in-person on-campus, subject to change based on local public health directives.

There will be one full time faculty member and one full time staff member on site at most times. Other core faculty will be on-site during the week. During the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff will be available through an online communication format, such as Zoom, or phone, in lieu of an in-person office. All MScOT students will have access to a faculty advisor and a research supervisor. Once students are connected with their faculty advisors and research supervisors, students typically contact them by email first, and arrange in-person or Zoom meetings as needed.

Yes – Fieldwork faculty will ensure that you have equitable access to placement opportunities regardless of which campus you are assigned to.

MScOT students are currently placed in Greater Toronto Area fieldwork sites, which includes Peel Region (Mississauga), and that is expected to continue. The Department provides some funding to support students in distant fieldwork placements (out of our catchment area in Canada and in our established international placements).

All academic resources will be available to all MScOT students, regardless of campus assignment.

Yes – students at both campuses have access to the University’s Accessibility Services (St George and Mississauga, as well as wide range of academic and health resources.

For students assigned to the Mississauga campus, some IPE activities will be at UTM and some will require travel to St. George. UTM students will have free access to the dedicated shuttle between Mississauga and St. George campuses.

No – study groups will be assigned with respect to their campus cohort.