The university's central campus primarily lies within the
Garden District of
downtown Toronto. The campus is "interwoven" with the rest of the downtown core, with few entrance markers delineating the campus from the rest of the city. Most of the campus is designated as a mixed-use institutional area, although portions of the campus are situated in areas zoned for commercial and residential use. In addition to zoning by-laws, the height of the university's buildings is also limited by ordinances that protect the flight paths of
air medical services to
St. Michael's Hospital and the
Hospital for Sick Children.
Gerrard Street to the north,
Jarvis Street to the east,
Dundas Street East to the south, and
Yonge Street to the west, serve as the perimeter for the campus core; although the university also operates facilities beyond the core campus.
Kerr Hall serves as the "campus heart," while Gould Street to the south of Kerr Hall serves as the university's main east–west corridor, connecting it with the other areas of the campus.. In May 2025, the (former) Dundas TTC station stop was approved to be renamed to TMU station and will be renamed December 7th. Most of the streets and laneways throughout Toronto Metropolitan University's campus are considered a part of the public realm. These include connector streets open to vehicular traffic and
pedestrian-only streets. Victoria Street south of Gerrard Street is designated as a pedestrian-only zone, having been closed to vehicular traffic since 1978. In 2010, a one-year pilot program was approved by the municipal government that limited Gould Street to pedestrian traffic only, an initiative that was later extended by six months. In February 2012, the city moved to permanently close Gould Street to car traffic, from O'Keefe Lane to Bond Street. The closed pedestrian-only portions of Gould Street is designated as Toronto Metropolitan University Square, and includes an outdoor skating rink in the winter. is pictured in the background. Most of the parks, plazas, and green spaces on the university's campus are owned by the university, although access to these spaces is also open to the public. These spaces include Devonian Square, and Kerr Hall's
quadrangle. Devonian Square was designed by
Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division, and was partly funded by the Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations of Calgary—who also lent the park its name. In addition to green spaces, a
green roof and urban farm, initially known as the Andrew and Valerie Pringle Environmental Green Roof, was built atop George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre in 2003. The urban farm operates on a five-year crop rotation, and contains 30 different crops and hundreds of cultivars. The university plans to continue to operate them as parking lots until enough capital is raised to develop the sites.
Buildings The university operates more than 40 buildings. As of 2019, the university's buildings account for over of gross floor area. The campus includes an assortment of buildings from different architectural periods;
Oakham House dating back to 1848, and the university's newest building, the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, opened in 2019. Many of the earliest buildings built specifically for use by the university were designed during the mid-20th century in a
Brutalist architectural-style. The university campus saw significant expansion during the early 21st century, with the university's total floor area nearly doubling in size from 2000 to 2019. Several buildings operate as shared spaces between the university and other tenants. Along with university-owned properties, the university also leases or holds
strata titles for a number of properties surrounding the central campus.
Library and museum . The library building is visible in the background.
Toronto Metropolitan University Library serves as the main academic library for the university, and is housed in an 11-storey Brutalist-style structure that was completed in 1974. As of 2012, the library's collection held over 522,000 books, over 836,000 microform units, and provide access to electronic resources including e-books, serial titles, and databases. In 2015, the
Student Learning Centre was completed adjacent to the library building. The Student Learning Centre was designed by the architectural firm
Snøhetta, and was built to augment the library by providing additional study space; although no books from the university's collection are stored in the Student Learning Centre. The Image Centre includes several galleries, with one dedicated for exhibit works from students of the School of Image Arts. In total, the centre's collection contains approximately 375,000 objects, including historical photographs, photographs from contemporary artists, as well as the archival collections from publications like
Life and
The New York Times.
Housing and student facilities The university operates three student residences with approximately 1,144 beds on campus including the Daphne Cockwell Complex, the International Living & Learning Centre, and Pitman Hall. The International Learning Centre was built in 1987 and is oldest student residence, housing approximately 256 residences. However, approximately 17.9 per cent of the university's first year students lived on campus. In an effort to increase the number of residences available for students, the university entered into a
public–private partnership in 2012 to construct the HOEM residence on Jarvis Street. However, as opposed to the university's other residences, the HOEM residence is not owned and operated by the university. O'Keefe House was repurposed for other university uses after the HOEM residence was opened in 2018. The Student Campus Centre contains the offices of a number of student organizations, including the
Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union,
The Eyeopener student newspaper, and other student groups. Opened in 2018, the centre was formed in partnership between the university's Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science,
Bombardier, and the Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research Consortium (DAIR). The centre provides a collaborative research environment for the university's faculty and graduate students with its industry partners.
Brampton In 2018, the university announced plans to open a new campus in the neighbouring municipality of
Brampton, in partnership with
Sheridan College, in 2022. The provincial government allocated approximately $90 million in order to fund the development of the campus. However, provincial funding for the project was later withdrawn in October 2018 by a new provincial government, effectively cancelling the planned development. In 2022, the university announced plans to open a medical school in
Brampton.
Brampton City Council gifted the university the
Bramalea Civic Centre for this purpose. The university established its School of Medicine in 2025, which began operating from its Brampton campus that year.
Sustainability The university's Facilities Management and Development maintains a sustainability office that is charged with implementing green initiatives and sustainable operating practices throughout the university's facilities. The university is a signatory of the
Talloires Declaration, a declaration for sustainability created for presidents of post-secondary institutions around the world. In 2009, the university, along with the other members from the
Council of Ontario Universities, signed a pledge known as
Ontario Universities Committed to a Greener World, with the objective of transforming its campus into a model of environmental responsibility. ==Administration==