Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Evening view of the Faculty of Pharmacy Building's southeastern corner
TypeFaculty
Established1882 (1882)
Parent institution
University of Toronto
DeanLisa Dolovich
Total staff
180
Undergraduates1,000
Postgraduates140
Address
144 College Street
, ,
Ontario
,
M5S 3M2
,
Canada
CampusUrban
Websitewww.pharmacy.utoronto.ca

The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is a pharmacy school and an academic division of the University of Toronto. The school is located at the St. George campus on the northwestern corner of College Street and University Avenue, placing it across from the Ontario Legislative Building and at the entrance to Queen's Park station. It is also situated near four internationally renowned hospitals—The Hospital for Sick Children, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital. It is part of Toronto's Discovery District.

The Faculty of Pharmacy Building is particularly notable for its two orb-shaped classrooms, referred to as the "pods", which are suspended lecture halls. The pods are lit at night with coloured stage lights visible from afar, giving the building a "Star Trek feel". Likened to giant glowing pills, the pods have been deemed "something of a local landmark." The Pharmacy Building has received international coverage and awards, in part because of its design team, including world-famous Sir Norman Foster and Claude Engle, as well as its high-profile sponsor Leslie Dan. It was also featured on the cover of, as well as profiled in, the book Detail in Process.