About Trent University

Consistently recognized as one of Canada’s top universities, Trent University is home to a dynamic community of scholars embodying our motto nunc cognosco ex parte – now I know in part – valuing what has been learned, and what is yet to be discovered.

Attracting excellent students from across the country and around the world, Trent is known for leadership in teaching, research, and student satisfaction. Here, students connect and collaborate with faculty, staff, and their peers through diverse communities that span our unique collegiate communities, disciplines, hands-on research, co-op and career experience, and community-based activities.

Across all disciplines, Trent brings critical, integrative thinking to life every day. Popular among students is Trent’s uniquely flexible learning environment where a single faculty of arts and science allows students to fully customize their degree in a way that truly reflects their goals and interests.

Trent University offers students the opportunity to study in more than 100 programs across two campuses. The Peterborough campus features award-winning architecture and innovative and academically-rigorous programs housed on 1,400 acres in a breathtaking natural setting on the banks of the Otonabee River. A second campus, Trent Durham Greater Toronto Area, is located in Oshawa and offers career-ready academic programs and experiences. A new residence and academic building opened at this growing campus in Fall 2020.

Come to Trent University - and challenge the way you think.

We respectfully acknowledge that we are on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg. We offer our gratitude to First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.

Trent is one of Canada’s top undergraduate universities for innovation, quality of education, scholarships, and student services

• #2 in Canada for¹:
  • Overall Reputation
  • Most Innovative
  • Developing Leaders of Tomorrow
• #1 in Ontario for¹:
  • Highest Quality
  • Student Services
  • Faculty Awards
• Among Top 7.8% Universities in the World ²

Trent graduates get jobs

• 95% of Trent grads employed within two years ³
• Trent graduates of Nursing and Mathematics reported a 100% graduate employment rate two years after graduation; Physical Science grads reported a 100% graduate employment rate six months after graduation
• Agriculture and Bio Science students from Trent see a 91% graduate employment rate two years after graduation;
• Graduates from the Education program at Trent see an impressive 96% graduate employment rate two years after graduation;
• Humanities graduates at Trent recorded an employment rate of 97% just six months after graduation, higher than the province average.

Trent students are glad they came

• 92% of students are happy they chose Trent
• 91% of students are satisfied with quality of teaching at Trent education ⁴

Trent alumni and faculty are recognized all over the world:

• Nobel Prize Winners - we have two at Trent. Alumnus James Orbinski ‘80 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with Doctors Without Borders. Professor Chris Furgal was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for raising awareness of global climate change.
• Five Trent grads have the distinction of being renowned Rhodes Scholars, having received the Rhodes International Postgraduate Award, which is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious scholarships

It's an exciting time to be a Trent student

• Trent University’s Forensics Crime Scene Facility has become the first Canadian building – and the 11th worldwide – to receive the prestigious Zero Carbon Certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), a significant milestone in the University’s long-standing commitment to sustainability. [can we add an ESG graphic/icon?]
• As a true library of the future, Trent’s Bata Library features: an entrepreneurship and social innovation centre; carefully selected book and non-print collections; three research centres; two visualization labs, Critical Making Studio; educational design research studio; presentation practice room; and a wide variety of interactive student spaces (group and individual).
• Trent Durham Greater Toronto Area recently expanded into downtown Oshawa with the opening of the Advanced Learning Centre – home to Trent’s postgraduate certificate programs. On the Thornton Road campus, our modern residence and academic building features 200 residence spaces, state-of-the-art academic spaces such as lecture halls, classrooms and faculty offices; and central outdoor space.
• The vision of students past and present brought the Trent Student Centre to life on our Peterborough campus – the breathtaking space overlooking the Otonabee River offers new places and opportunities for students to socialize, learn, study and engage with life on campus. 
• Building on Trent’s unique collegiate system, our sixth college, Gidigaa Migizi College (with an anticipated opening of 2028), will be built on the east bank of Trent’s Symons Campus in Peterborough and will include as many as 700 new beds for first-year students as well as classrooms, faculty offices, collegiate and student spaces.

About Peterborough

• 220,000 population Greater Peterborough Area
• 90 min to downtown Toronto
• Top 25 friendliest cities in Canada
• One of the 21 most active cities in Canada thanks to abundance of biking, paddling, and indoor rock climbing options

About Durham in the Greater Toronto Area

• 608,124 population Durham Region
• 40 min to Union Station in downtown Toronto
• Top 10 community for new residents in Canada 
• City of Oshawa is #1 for employment in Ontario; #3 in all of Canada 
• City of Oshawa is a Top 10 Intelligent Community worldwide

¹ Maclean’s University Rankings 2024 - Primarily Undergraduate Category

² Center for World University Rankings, 2024

³ Ontario University Graduate Survey (OUGS) 2022

⁴ Canadian University Survey Consortium, 2022