Welcome to Chemistry at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Located on the beautiful University of Toronto Mississauga campus in the City of Mississauga, just west of metropolitan Toronto, we are the western component of the three-campus Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, one of the leading chemistry research and teaching institutions in Canada.

Established in 1970, Chemistry at the University of Toronto Mississauga is presently home to roughly one quarter of the chemistry faculty members at the University of Toronto. These include world-leading chemistry researchers and teachers, nearly 50% of whom have been hired in the last five years, the result of a recruitment and renewal drive that continues to this day.

Many of our chemistry faculty pursue research of a distinctly biological flavour. This is partly the result of a natural evolution, given the intense molecular focus of the numerous and large Biology and Psychology research groups likewise located at the University of Toronto Mississauga . It is also in part the result of a deliberate hiring emphasis designed to maximize opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, with other chemistry faculty, and with faculty in other departments. Overall research interests in chemistry here include:

* bioanalytical chemistry,
* biological and organic chemistry,
* chemical biophysics,
* environmental chemistry,
* inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry,
* physical and biophysical chemistry and
* polymer and material chemistry.

Chemistry researchers at the University of Toronto Mississauga enjoy access to a wealth of advanced research facilities located immediately on-campus. These include a new multi-million dollar suite of high field NMR spectrometers, and the newly completed $34 million dollar UTM Library. In addition, as members of the wider University of Toronto chemistry community, our chemists can avail themselves of the extensive facilities and expertise offered by the University of Toronto as a whole.

As well as undergraduate chemistry programs, we offer both masters and doctorate chemistry graduate degrees administered under the auspices of the University of Toronto Department of Chemistry Graduate Studies Program. Students can choose a chemistry graduate supervisor having research laboratories located on any of the three University of Toronto campuses (University of Toronto Mississauga, St, George, University of Toronto Scarborough) and receive the identical University of Toronto graduate chemistry degree upon graduation. The numerous former graduates from the University of Toronto Mississauga Chemistry graduate programs currently occupy prestigious faculty, research and teaching positions at institutions throughout North America.

To find out more about the Chemistry at the University of Toronto Mississauga please explore this website, or contact us directly at:

Main number: 905-569-4968
Fax number : 905-569-4929
Mailing Address: 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6
E-mail: cps.utm[at]utoronto[dot]ca


Peter M. Macdonald
Professor of Chemistry
University of Toronto Mississauga