Sheridan College is open to collaborating with the University of Toronto to bring a university campus to Brampton.

Sheridan, with campus locations that include Brampton and Mississauga, is in the process of trying to meet criteria that would allow the school to be deemed a university.

But those efforts are not in conflict with anything U of T might want to do in establishing a campus in Brampton or prevent the college from committing its support to a proposal, according to Sheridan College President Jeff Zabudsky.

Last September, University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) announced it is interested in expanding to Brampton and school officials met with the blue ribbon panel established by Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey to research options for bringing a university campus to the city.

“We welcomed the news,” said Zabudsky, who noted the college and university have an ongoing partnership that has spanned 40 years.