Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Toronto. Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
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Description area
Dates of existence
1992-current
History
The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, commonly known simply as Fields Institute, is an international centre for scientific research in mathematical sciences at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The institute is named for University of Toronto mathematician John Charles Fields, after whom the Fields Medal is also named. It was established in 1992, and was briefly based at the University of Waterloo before relocating to Toronto in 1995.