What is a Joint Educational Placement (JEP)

A Joint Educational Placement (JEP) is an opportunity for individual students to pursue their doctoral degree program under the joint supervision of faculty from U of T and a collaborating Canadian or international university.

It requires two main ingredients:

1. an existing or emerging collaboration between a supervisor at the University of Toronto and a faculty member at another institution and
2. a full-time doctoral student whose research interests are shared with the two supervisors.

If successful, the student will be awarded a single doctoral degree from the lead institution. University of Toronto will issue a parchment and transcript regardless of whether it is a lead or collaborator institution. The parchment and transcript will include the following statement “awarded as a single degree under a Joint Placement arrangement with (the other institution).” Verify with the other institution whether a separate transcript and parchment will be issued.

Learn more about JEPs

• FAQs for students
• FAQs for faculty, chairs, and administrators
• JEP Agreement (PDF)
• JEP Checklist (PDF)
• Request for Ancillary and Incidental Fees Adjustment form (PDF)