Victoria University, Toronto

Victoria University

Former names	Upper Canada Academy (1836–1841) Victoria College (1841–1884)
Motto	Abeunt studia in mores
Motto in English	Studies pass into character
Type	Public federated university
Established	October 12, 1836; 187 years ago (1836-10-12)
Affiliation	University of Toronto
Religious affiliation	United Church of Canada formerly Methodist (1836–1925)
Endowment	C$544.2 million (2022)[1]
Chancellor	Nick Saul
President	Rhonda N. McEwen
Principal	Angela Esterhammer (Victoria College), HyeRan Kim-Cragg (Emmanuel College)
Undergraduates	3,475 (2021)[2]
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Colors	Scarlet and gold
Mascot	Lion
Website	www.vicu.utoronto.ca

Victoria University is a federated university, which forms part of the wider University of Toronto. The school was founded in 1836 by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada as a nonsectarian literary institution.^[3][4][5][6] From 1841 to 1890, Victoria operated as an independent degree-granting university, before federating with the University of Toronto in 1890, relocating from Cobourg to Toronto.^[7][8]

The school consists of two academic colleges:

• Victoria College, the undergraduate college of Victoria University, which serves as one of the seven colleges in the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Emmanuel College, the postgraduate theological college of Victoria University, affiliated with the United Church of Canada and the Toronto School of Theology.^[9]

Victoria is situated in the northeastern part of the University of Toronto campus, adjacent to the University of St. Michael's College and Queen's Park. Among its residential halls is Annesley Hall, a National Historic Site of Canada. A major centre for Reformation and Renaissance studies, the university is home to international scholarly projects and holdings devoted to pre-Puritan English drama and the works of Desiderius Erasmus.