[specify] It is located at 252 Bloor Street West in Toronto, Ontario, directly above the St. George subway station.

The OISE-affiliated Jackman Institute of Child Study is situated nearby at 45 Walmer Street.

In 1967, OISE introduced the first graduate course in comparative studies in adult education, which was taught by J. R. Kidd.

[4] OISE/UT offers graduate programs in teaching, psychology, educational theory, history and administration, and Honours Specialist, technical education diploma, and Additional and Principal Qualification programs.

[6] IALEI membership is selective, limited, and by invitation only, based on a member's status as both a world-leading institute, including its "strength in breadth and depth of staff with exceptional publications and significant impact", and as a regional/national centre of excellence in teacher education and consonant educational research, amongst other criteria.