Victoria College is a small liberal arts college associated with the Faculty of Arts & Science at Victoria University, within the University of Toronto.
Victoria College is a welcoming community associated with the Faculty of Arts & Science. It describes itself as offering the academic advantages of Canada's leading research university together with the close-knit community of a small liberal arts college. The college is located at 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, ON M5S 1K7.
Vic One is the first-year program, offering a multi-disciplinary examination of the major figures and ideas that have shaped the world. It has eight streams and small classes of approximately 25 students. Interdisciplinary upper-year programs include Literature and Critical Theory, Creativity and Society, Education and Society, Renaissance Studies, and Science, Technology, and Society. The current principal is Alex Eric Hernandez.
Victoria College is home to the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, and the Centre for Comparative Literature. The college also has a Centre for Creativity on its historic campus.
The campus includes the Goldring Student Centre and the E.J. Pratt Library, and Burwash Dining Hall was modelled after the Hall in Christ Church, Oxford. First-year students are guaranteed a place in one of five residences, which are home to approximately 800 students. Facilities listed include the Caffiends cafe, a commuter lounge and kitchen, Victoria University archives, and campus study and gathering spaces.
Past principals include Edward Wilson Wallace, who served from 1930 to 1932, and H. Northrop Frye, who served from 1959 to 1966. The college states it is the academic home to Nobel Laureates, Rhodes Scholars and former Prime Ministers.