<p>@cauckguy when you say college do you mean the campuses ie downtown, scarborough and missisauga? from what i heard the degree does not mention which campus you studied in. btw which would be better for eco?</p>
<p>Tanveer149, the University of Toronto has a sort of unusual/confusing system. While it has various campuses (Downtown/St. George, Scarborough and Mississauga) St George is further divided into various colleges (I don't think Scarborough and Mississauga are...)
Canuckguy can probably explain it better than I can (I was confused when I visited UT...) In the mean time, maybe take a look at the Wikipedia article <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toronto#Colleges%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toronto#Colleges</a></p>
<p>I got offers from McGill and U of T, St. George. Which one would be better for International Relations? Or anyway in social sciences?</p>
<p>U of T has the best international relations program in the whole of Canada. Go for it, mcgill is way overrated.</p>
<p>For economics, international relations, and most disciplines, the St. George Campus of the U of T is undoubtedly the best in Canada. This is best captured by the ranking done by Jiao Tong University:</p>
<p>Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>Scarborough and Mississauga are two of the newer colleges of Toronto. The rest of them are in the St. George Campus. The university of Toronto was founded as a federation of colleges, not unlike universities such as London, Oxford, and the like. Thinking about it, I believe the system was based on the University of London model.</p>
<p>The oldest, and thus most prestigious, are Trinity, University, Victoria, and St. Michael's. They had and may still have religious affiliations.( I know Trinity is Anglican and St. Mike is Catholic). University college was founded as non-denominational. Victoria University of the University of Toronto was originally in Cobourg and a degree granting institution in its own right, but decided later to move to Toronto and became a college within the U of T umbrella. Queen's could have been the Queen's college of the U of T as well, but have chosen to go its own way. </p>
<p>In joining the U of T, these colleges have become a paper-filing entity more than anything else. Sure they still offer a few seminar courses, but much of the power has been transferred to the University. I think Queen's was smart, though even the principal (president) of the school at the time thought it was a bad decision.</p>
<p>Later on , new colleges were added on the St. George Campus- New college and Innis college, and most recently, Wordsworth College for non-traditional students.</p>
<p>I happened to be in Toronto the last two days and looked at the degrees awarded to my siblings. They all have four signatures- the Dean, the President, the Secretary of the Governing Council, and the Principal of the College the student belongs. Yes, folks. If you did not get into the top colleges, the diploma will haunt you for life. LOL</p>
<p>As far as Ottawa goes, it is known mainly because it is a bilingual institution. I knew at one time students must complete part (half?) of their studies in Canada's other official language. (I am not sure if this rule has been relaxed) Of course, there are good students everywhere. If you are good, you will do well in life.</p>
<p>Don't go to U of T, U of T sucks.</p>
<p>U of T is no doubt best academically. Had I not lived in Toronto, it would've been at the top of my Canadian list, for that reason.</p>
<p>Other outstanding programs of note are Ivy for business at UWO, and University of Waterloo's engineering programs (which are all outstanding).</p>
<p>I would go to Queen's over McGill for basically anything; McGill is highly overrated by international students because of its name-brand recognition. It's kind of like Harvard in how much more attention it gets than the other schools, but unlike Harvard it is not in the contention for number one school in everything. In many, many fields, there are better schools in Canada - engineering, many of the humanities, etc.</p>