Overview

About the program

The Women and Gender Studies program at the University of Toronto supports diverse and multidisciplinary graduate research querying gendered, raced, sexed, and queered subjects as they are entangled in political economies and cultural formations.

In particular, WGSI has distinctive strengths in the following four areas of strength: (1) gender, sexuality and queer studies; (2) feminist cultural studies; (3) feminist studies of technology, science, environment and biomedicine; and (4) transnational political economy and critical development studies.

Our core faculty brings transnational feminist commitments to the study of diverse sites and their interconnection with particular focus on Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia, and the United States.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Migration, Mobility, and Displacement in Contemporary Africa
Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives
Black Diasporic Feminisms: Modernity, Freedom, Belonging
Aesthetics of Radical Hope
Indigenous Aesthetics: Hip Hop, Media, and Futurities
Special Topics in Queer Studies and Feminism
Queer of Colour Critique
Feminist Theories, Histories, Movements

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-13 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

93

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Gender & Sexuality Studies View 19 other PhDs in Gender & Sexuality Studies in Canada

Academic requirements

GPA

A-

d_minus _{(recommended)}

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

93

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Other requirements

General requirements

A master’s degree in women and gender studies, or a master’s degree in a related discipline from a recognized university. Applicants must have obtained an average of A– or better in the master’s program.
Letter of intent outlining the academic goals the applicant wishes to pursue in the program, two letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and transcripts from all post-secondary institutions.
In exceptional cases, direct-entry admission is offered to outstanding students with a bachelor’s degree in women and gender studies or a related area, from a recognized university. Direct-entry students must have a cumulative average of A or better. Applicants must also have obtained an average equivalent to an A– or better in their final year of undergraduate study.

Tuition Fee

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International

6210 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6210 CAD per year during 48 months.
National

6210 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6210 CAD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Toronto

1502 - 2563 CAD /month

Living costs

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