Founded in 1959 York University originally consisted of a residential college (Glendon), an evening college for part-time students from all cultures and socio-economic circumstances (Atkinson), and a large, urban campus with access to Toronto’s main traffic arteries (Keele). This set York as a key player among universities in Ontario. Original predictions believed enrollment could reach 7000 students by 1980 when this time came, over 25,000 students were registered. York’s initial focus on liberal education, with expansion into education, engineering, and medicine, made it a reputable university in Toronto. The strategic plans always included a move to professional development programs, an exciting time for Ontario universities, more students than ever were enrolled across Canada, and numbers were expected to double by the 1960s. This was unprecedented for higher education. Students could see that a university degree led to career advancement. York was born in this moment of tremendous change, a university in Toronto filled with purpose, offering unique programming and a diverse community ready to tackle issues facing the world such as women’s studies, the environment, and global health.
York is a leading teaching and Research University and a force for positive change. Home to one of the largest and most diverse student bodies, over 53,000 students from 178 countries are preparing for career and life success, and over 300,000 alumni span the globe. Recognized as a leader by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, and first place in global joint research publications for universities in Ontario, York tackles challenges that matter most. With over 9,500 diverse experiential programs, partnerships, and community placements, York provides students with opportunities that lead to successful careers and a better future for all.
CAMPUS:-
The campus offers a range of opportunities for the
students to be diverse in their experiences and perspectives to shape students for
the future world. Campus facilities offer students, faculty, and the community
at large multiple opportunities to engage and benefit from innovative
research and programming in a fluid and flexible manner. Extensive
collaboration and mobility between the campuses create an integrated, dynamic
York community. With three core campuses and a series of satellite locations
both within Ontario and abroad, York University is facilitating and creating
positive change on a large scale.
Glendon Campus:
Located in the dynamic, urban landscape of midtown Toronto, Glendon offers an intimate and welcoming environment on its picturesque, ivy-lined campus. With a focus on bilingual and trilingual programming, Glendon reflects Canada’s cultural diversity while offering a window into the rest of the world. Small classes combined with flexible learning paths provide a uniquely community-driven university experience. Being part of a thriving international network makes Glendon a rewarding experience for those looking for a warm campus environment with a large-scale impact. Through experience, academics, research, and scholarship, Glendon is a champion of the powerful connections that lead to positive change.
Keele Campus:
Keele Campus offers a vibrant and welcoming, large-scale campus experience for over 52,000 students, as well as faculty, staff, partners, and the surrounding community. United by a shared ambition to promote and work towards positive change, our campus provides a unique opportunity to engage with diverse cultures and perspectives. As a thriving community hub, the Keele Campus experience is enhanced by its proximity and access to economic and cultural centers throughout the GTA and surrounding communities. With ten unique Faculties, a range of purposeful cutting-edge research and innovation opportunities, and state-of-the-art academic, arts, technology, and athletic facilities, Keele Campus is a meeting place for a network of micro-communities. This campus offers unparalleled opportunities and experiences to curate your own education, scholarship, personal growth, and contribution to positive action.
Markham Campus:
Markham Campus will embed York University in the heart of one of the most diverse and dynamic urban communities in the province and country. Reflecting the local economy, academic programs, and research will revolve around the core themes of technology and entrepreneurship and how they are driving innovation across all areas of knowledge and society. Challenging the traditions of what a university campus can offer, Markham Campus will act as a unique meeting place for students to interact directly with employers, start-up companies, and community partners from across the region. Markham Campus’s structure will be designed to facilitate flexible movement and collaboration between practices and Faculties. This fluidity works to promote unexpected connections between the many individuals who access our campus and work together to create positive change.
Sports:
The
university teams play in black-and-gold colors. York is a member of British
Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) and has 65 teams participating. At
the end of the 2013/14 BUCS season York came 38th out of 145 participating
institutions. As well as BUCS every summer term the university takes part in
the Roses Tournament, a sports competition against Lancaster
University, which is the largest inter-university tournament in Europe. The
venue of the event alternates each year between York and Lancaster and
involves numerous sports clubs, including the conventional (football, hockey)
and the more unusual (octopush, ultimate frisbee). As of 2018 York is
leading Lancaster with 27 wins to 26, with one draw in 1974.
The
university has also previously been in the White Rose Varsity
Tournament. This started in 2005 against York's other university, York St
John University. York won all six of the tournaments held. In 2011 attempts to
try and increase the competitiveness of the competition saw York St John
replaced by the University of Hull. York won all 3 tournaments
against Hull, which resulted in it being scrapped in 2013. In 2014 a new tournament, "College
Varsity", was created, which was held between the Colleges of the
University of York and the Colleges of Durham University.
LIBRARY:
The University of York Library opened in 1965 two years after
the university itself opened. The building was designed by Robert Mathews,
Johnson-Marshall, and partners. The primary site of the library comprises a
series of three linked buildings to the north side of the University of York's
West Campus: the JB Morrell, the Raymond Burton, and the Fairhurst buildings.
Originally just consisting of the JB Morrell, in 2003 the Raymond Burton
library was added to the site, designed by Leach Rhodes Walker architects and
houses both the Humanities research reading room and the Borthwick Institute
for Archives. The Raymond Burton Library was also recently nominated for a SCONUL Design award. In 2012 the Library had a
£20 million renovation incorporating the neighbouring Fairhurst building,
now housing the majority of library study spaces including the postgraduate
study lounge.
CENTRAL HALL:
A landmark building is Central Hall, a half-octagonal concert hall used
for convocations and examinations, as well as theatrical and musical
performances. It is a Grade II-listed building, as is the West campus landscape. It
has played host to The Wailers, George Melly, Soft
Machine, Pink Floyd, and Paul McCartney. Performances by big-name acts have been rarer at the
university following a 1985 The Boomtown Rats concert, during which the cover of the orchestra
pit was damaged. A ban on pop
performances, and in particular dancing, in Central Hall was imposed by the
university, although it has occasionally been relaxed. Central Hall is still
used for classical concerts and since a rock concert was held there on 13 March
2010 it has been available again for full booking. Public concerts are regularly
held in the music department's Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, the Arthur Sykes Rymer Auditorium, and in some of the
colleges.
SCIENCE PARK:
Next door to the university on the York Science Park are organizations
including the Higher Education
Academy, the Digital
Preservation Coalition, the National
Non-Food Crops Centre, the York Neuroimaging
Centre, the York JEOL Nanocentre, the IT office of VetUK, the UK head office of AlphaGraphics, the accelerated mass spectrometry specialists Xceleron Ltd, and the Leeds, York &
North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. The Science Park is also home to some
parts of the School of Physics, Engineering, and Technology. The Department of
Electronic Engineering's Recording studios are located in the park and in the summer of 2011, the Department of Physics moved its Plasma
Physics and Fusion Group to the Genesis buildings in the Science Park
at the newly created York Plasma Institute and moved its Physics
of Life group to the Science Park in winter
2019. York Conferences are
located on the university campus.
COLLEGES:
York is a collegiate university and has eleven colleges. All colleges have equal status, and each has its
own constitution. The day-to-day running of the colleges is managed by an
elected committee of staff and student members chaired by the college's Provost. Most colleges have a Junior Common
Room for undergraduate students, which is
managed by the elected Junior Common Room Committee, and a Graduate Common Room
for postgraduate students, as well as a Senior Common Room, which is managed by elected representatives of the
college's academic and administrative members. Other colleges however combine
undergraduate and postgraduate representation together into student
associations. The colleges are deliberately assigned undergraduates,
postgraduate students, and staff from a wide mixture of disciplines.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS:
The university hosts a number of interdisciplinary research centers, including the Borthwick Institute for Archives, the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, the Centre for Modern Studies, the Centre for Medieval Studies, the Institute for Effective Education and the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past. The Department of Politics hosts the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit and the Centre for Applied Human Rights. Campus West hosts the National Science Learning Centre which opened in March 2006, it serves as the hub for a £51 million national network of centers dedicated to revitalizing science teaching in schools. It is operated by the White Rose University Consortium (which comprises the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York) together with Sheffield Hallam University.
· Department of Biology
· Department of Chemistry
· Department of Computer Science
· Department of Economics and Related Studies
· Department of Education
· Department of Electronic Engineering
· Department of English and Related Literature
· Department of Environment and Geography
· Department of Health Sciences
· Department of History
· Department of History of Art
· Department of Language and Linguistic Science
· York Law School
· The York Management School
· Department of Mathematics
· Hull York Medical School
· Department of Music
· Department of Philosophy
· Department of Physics
· Department of Politics
· School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
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- Language Proficiency Test: TOEFLiBT- 88, IELTS (academic) - 6.5 bands overall, PTE (Academic) - 60, and Duolingo - 120
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