Why study at the University of Toronto?

The University of Toronto has the largest library in Canada and the fourth largest in North America.  The University of Toronto library is especially known for its collections in Spanish, Slavic languages, Medieval and Early modern, Canadiana, East Asian and South Asian languages and literatures.

The University of Toronto is home to many centres of research and teaching excellence, including the Centre for Medieval Studies, the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, the Centre for Ethics, the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies.   The University of Toronto has the largest English department in the country, the largest French department in Canada outside Quebec, and the largest departments of German, Slavic languages, Spanish and Portuguese, and Italian.

As a graduate student in the Centre for Comparative Literature you will have the opportunity to be a teaching assistant in an undergraduate department.  Many of our students teach their own language instruction courses in German, Russian, Czech, or French.  Many teach literature in the Literary Studies program or the English department.  Many teach Cinema Studies, Drama, or Book History and Media.