Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs
Astronomy and Astrophysics
MSc and PhD
Overview
The David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics is actively engaged in a wide range of observational and theoretical research on solar system dynamics, stars, stellar systems, the interstellar medium, the Galaxy, galaxies, quasars, clusters of galaxies, cosmology, and problems in general relativity. The department has close ties with the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Dunlap). These ties provide great flexibility to students with a broad array of interests, giving them the option to work with a supervisor from one of these sibling units, and further enhance the opportunities for students to interact with leading researchers.
Faculty and students use the major optical, radio, and satellite observing facilities of the world. Of particular importance are the national facilities: the Canada France-Hawaii optical telescope, the James Clerk Maxwell radio telescope, and the Gemini telescopes located at the world's finest observing sites.
The department has an active experimental program using telescopes on long-duration stratospheric balloons and a complementary program designing and building instrumentation for large optical telescopes, and for cosmological and Galactic research.
There are approximately 100 faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and staff in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, CITA, and Dunlap. Students benefit from direct interactions with the broad range of external speakers invited to weekly seminar programs and colloquia.
Contact and Address
Web: www.astro.utoronto.ca
Email: grad.sec@astro.utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 946-5243
Fax: (416) 946-7287
David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Toronto
50 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4
Canada