Middle East & North Africa

U of T enjoys a rich history of engagement and collaboration in higher education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Partnerships in the Region

U of T scholars and their collaborators from institutions across the region, including Tel Aviv University, Ankara University, Mohammed V University in Rabat, and King Saud University, have collaborated regularly on joint publications in fields such as medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, engineering, computer science, materials science, and political science.

U of T’s partnerships in MENA, academic and beyond, continue to expand in number and depth, benefiting from robust relations with institutions like the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and Boğaziçi University. U of T also has a long tradition of sending students on exchange to region, with a focus on diverse areas including archeology, geology, law, political sciences and medical sciences. U of T’s engagement in the Middle East is guided in part by the President’s International Councils on the Middle East and North Africa, which are comprised of U of T faculty with regional expertise.

  • 1311

    (Fall 2022)

    Degree students

  • 118

    (2018-2022)

    Student mobility

    (62 outbound, 56 inbound)

  • 1885

    (2022)

    Alumni

  • 5204

    (2018-2022)

    Joint publication

Partnership Highlights

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Between 2018 and 2022, U of T and HUJI have collaborated on over 300 joint publications involving over 200 distinct HUJI scientists which have generated, on average, more than 50 citations per paper. HUJI is also a popular destination for U of T students looking to study abroad in Israel with over 50 undergraduate and graduate students having made the journey there over the last five years.

Building on this multi-year record of collaboration and mobility, in 2020, U of T and Hebrew U established a research & training alliance to support graduate and postdoctoral research projects. This alliance will eventually cover all disciplines across the two campuses, building cohesive research clusters around themes of common and complementary focus.

Temerty Faculty of Medicine and the Gulf Region

The Temerty Faculty of Medicine (TFOM) has been engaged in the Gulf region, specifically Saudi Arabia, for decades. This engagement includes, but is not limited to, the Department of Family & Community Medicine’s activity the areas of delivery of programs, the recruitment of Academic and Medical Education Fellows and Graduate students, and the offering of Sponsored Residency Training. Currently, TFOM has training agreements in place with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.