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Annual Report
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year 2001 comes to
a close, I am pleased to
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report extremely good news
from the Faculty of Applied Science and
Engineering and the University of Toronto.
• For the eighth consecutive year, Maclean’s
magazine’s annual ‘university ranking’ issue
named Uof T number one among researchintensive
universities in Canada. Our “awards
per full-time faculty”, “medical and sciences
grants” and “total library holdings” were cited
as excellent. UofT also ranked first in terms
of the percentage of budget spent on student
services, scholarships and bursaries. While
we have long been known for our leading
research, we are proud to see our commitment
to students and the quality of their
educational experience acknowledged.
• Engineering Science student, Jessica van
Vliet, who was pictured in the Maclean’s
issue, called UofT “an unparalleled educational
experience”. A member of the Faculty’s
Blue Sky Solar Car team, Jessica competed in
the World Solar Challenge in Australia (See
story, page 6). She is just one example of our
truly outstanding students. The Faculty continues
to have the highest mean entering
average for any “first entry” program of
the University – more than 90% this year.
Our reputation for excellence allows us to
select the most outstanding undergraduates,
enrolling approximately 1,000 students out
of the 7,000 applications received annually.
Increasingly, we are attracting students from
across Canada and abroad, particularly to
our ambitious Engineering Science program,
which had an entering average of 93%.
With the participation of our faculty and
graduate students, our research enterprise
grew to over $50 million in the 2000-2001
fiscal year, making it once again, the largest
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The Faculty continues
to have the highest mean
entering average for
any “first entry” program
at Uof T – more than
90% this year.
of its kind in a Canadian engineering school.
The combined efforts of our remarkable
community of students, faculty, alumni and
administrative staff strengthened our position
as one of the continent’s most exciting
and rewarding places to pursue graduate
studies. Improving both intellectual and
financial support for graduate students continues
to be a priority.
Looking ahead, the Faculty greatly anticipates
the planned September 2002 start
of classes in the new Bahen Centre for
Information Technology. Our first new building
in over a decade, it will accommodate
double the number of students in our highdemand
IT programs and a proportionate
increase in our faculty complement. I invite
you to visit this impressive facility.
Our Faculty’s initiatives are outlined
on the following pages and two centres
not previously profiled in the magazine are
highlighted.
Additional Faculty accomplishments and
a full list of new faculty will be posted on the
future Web site: www.ecf.utoronto.ca/apsc/
html/publications.htm
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