___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ registered with the CLNx has more than doubled over the past five years and now features 16,000 industry partners who are actively seeking new hires. Other resources such as Career Navigator, Program Pathways and Program Plans help students on all three campuses explore future careers as part of their academic journey. The School of Continuing Studies (SCS) offers the largest share of formal lifelong learning at the University.
Last year, the School attracted over 25,000 registrations across 700 courses and micro-credentials in 40 program areas that support more than 120 different certificates. SCS also partners with several academic and shared services divisions at the University, as well as over 20 professional associations, to develop and offer courses and programs. Divisions themselves also offer many continuing professional development courses to thousands of learners, with the largest offerings in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, OISE, and Rotman School of Management.
The learners registered or participating in these non-credit bearing lifelong learning activities are not included the University’s for- credit enrolment counts. The University also actively supports those looking to bring their ideas to market and has an excellent track record of fostering and supporting entrepreneurs. UBI Global consistently ranks the University of Toronto in the top 5 University-managed business incubators in the world, providing entrepreneurs with access to 12 accelerators across our three campuses; and in 2025, U of T was the top Canadian university in the Ignition ranking of institutions transforming entrepreneurship.
In addition to start-up companies based on research, UofT also provides support to students and faculty through incubation programs for companies focused on innovation as well as students and faculty working towards incorporation. This includes more than 200 entrepreneurship-related courses attracting over 10,000 registrants. Entrepreneurial hubs across 3 campuses support almost 1,000 teams annually and assist more than 400 student- led startup teams each year, including the recently opened Schwartz-Reisman Innovation Campus on our St.George campus.
Micro-credentials are an area of learning that continues to develop rapidly, spurred on by technological innovations, a changing employment environment, and the impacts of the pandemic on the current economy and the future of work. These short-duration courses that focus on discrete competencies can support rapid reskilling in times of disruption and are anticipated to be in high demand by workers and employers in the coming years.
As of Fall 2024, the University offers over 200 micro- credential courses approved for OSAP eligibility, ranging from topics in business administration and project management, to data analytics and visualization, to professional upskilling for nurse practitioners, teachers, and early career future leaders. University of Toronto alumni active in the labour force enjoy a 97% employment rate, with a higher percentage of alumni participating in the knowledge-intensive economy compared to the national average, particularly in the educational, legal, health and government sectors.
Among graduates from undergraduate programs, 90% report being employed full-time in jobs related to their program two years after graduation, and these recent graduates averaged a salary of around $56,000 according to Statistics Canada. Many divisions continue to work directly with community and industry partners to support re-skilling of displaced workers and up-skilling for those looking to integrate new technologies and discoveries into their skillset.
The Faculty of Arts & Science, for example, is the national host for the non-profit organization Palette Skills, which works directly with industry to help companies fill identified high-demand jobs through offerings of tailored, rapid upskilling programs. Through this partnership, the Data Sciences Institute introduced a new Data Science and Machine Learning Certificate for those employed or actively seeking employment who have little or no experience in the field. The Rotman School of Management is introducing a new field in their Master of Management Analytics program to focus on AI for professionals in the field.
Lifelong Learning As a globally recognized research institution and a leader in post-secondary education, the University of Toronto has long been acknowledged as a significant contributor to the advancement of knowledge at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The University’s commitment to education, however, also extends to virtually all life stages and across a wide range of sectors, delivered through a variety of for-credit and not-for- credit continuing education, professional development, and skills-upgrading programs.
These were explored through the Provost’s Advisory Group on Lifelong Learning Opportunities, whose final report in June 2021 offered a series of recommendations to enhance the coordination, communication, and delivery of lifelong learning opportunities at the University. The University also offers a myriad of informal learning opportunities for current and prospective students, faculty, staff and the broader community of residents and businesses that fall outside of formal learning structures.
These can include the public lectures and events, exhibits and performances, alumni activities, entrepreneurship activities, high school outreach programs, and so forth, that happen across virtually every department and unit at U of T. Enrolment Report 2025-26 17 University of Toronto