___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 The intake adjustments for 2024-25 include 545 students in non-degree programs, 127 in international bridging programs, and 66 for the treatment of first year continuing students and upper year new students. established parameters are monitored very closely throughout the summer and form the basis for divisional admission decisions and enrolment planning. This Report, in Schedule 5, also provides a standardized view of full-time first-year new intake that includes students in non-degree and bridging programs as well.
2 It should be noted that the challenges U of T has faced in navigating the international admissions process in recent years are not unique to the institution – as international demand in the entire Canadian post-secondary sector has been impacted by the current environment. Overall undergraduate enrolment was also impacted by stronger- than-planned returning students, confirming the recent upward trend of higher retention rates. This year, the University had new intake of 16,938 undergraduate students, which was slightly below plan (-194 or - 1.1%) and very close to last year (-84). However, the overall total obscures some important features.
Undergraduate summer enrolment activity is a growing priority for many divisions as students are increasingly looking for more program flexibility through summer courses, particularly through hybrid or online delivery. Undergraduate summer enrolment increased for the third consecutive year in 2025. This year, most undergraduate divisions were able to exceed their summer plans, with arts & science programs at all three campuses recording healthy year-over-year increases – rising a combined 479 FTEs relative to last Summer. Over the planning period, summer enrolment is projected to average annual increases of 0.3% through to 2030-31.
This in part reflects additional enrolments related to co-op and internship placements as these become more widely rolled out into tri-campus arts and science programs. International admissions were significantly impacted by the current geopolitical environment and realities of operating under the federal permit cap system. New international intakes in direct-entry programs totaled 4,772 students this year, which was 1,083 below plan (-18.5%) – marking a continued trend of recording materially lower-than-planned international intakes in recent years.
So, starting in Fall 2026, divisions have recalibrated their undergraduate international intake plans to align them more closely with recent actuals, reducing plans by 648 to bring them back in line with pre-pandemic levels. This means that next year’s smaller international cohort target size will still be 435 (9.1%) higher than Fall 2025 enrolment numbers, and there are already positive signs this growth can managed as January international application numbers are up nearly 20% over last year. Graduate Enrolment As Canada’s leading research-intensive university, graduate programs are critical to institutional and divisional plans.
Graduate students enrolled at the University are registered with the School of Graduate Studies in programs that are based in academic units, and each of the University’s 18 academic divisions offers graduate programs that lead to professional master’s, research master’s, or doctoral degrees. In all, prospective students can choose from over 50 different graduate degrees and more than 200 graduate programs, including combined degrees, dual degrees, and interdisciplinary collaborative specializations.
At the same time, domestic intakes were much stronger than planned in Fall 2025 (+889 or +7.9%), reflecting strong demand and deep applicant pools, and maintaining the trend of exceeding expectations in recent years. Despite this strong demand, the University’s domestic intake plans remain unchanged from last cycle as we look to return to our funded enrolment levels over the plan. The University continues to advocate with the Government for additional funded spaces to meet this ongoing strong demand for our programs. In Fall 2025, the University enrolled 20,670 FTE graduate students across all programs.
This represents a modest decline of 140 compared to last year (-0.7%) and a larger 474 negative Enrolment Report 2025-26 10 University of Toronto