Why Do We Need GEMS?

Why Do We Need GEMS?

As per the Governing Council's Policy on Student Financial Support (April 1998), the goal of the University of Toronto should be to give doctoral-stream students multi-year packages of support that are competitive with packages offered by peer universities.   Since 2000, the U of T took a major step by committing a minimum stipend package amount, which is currently at least $15,000 plus tuition and fees to eligible doctoral-stream students.  Full funding will be available for up to four or five years for Ph.D. students and up to two years for the Master’s doctoral-stream students in the Faculty of Medicine.  The complete policy is available at: http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/stufinan.htm

GEMS will act as an automatic tool to track that this policy is followed for the graduate students in the Faculty.  The ability to assure that the full-funding is made to all doctoral-stream students relies on accurate tracking of funding for each student.  The collection and analysis of the representative data is annually reported to the Vice-Provost, Students.