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York University is a dynamic,
interdisciplinary academic community of researchers, teachers, graduate and undergraduate students from over 155 countries.
With its 50th anniversary fast approaching in 2009, York University is now
Canada's third largest university, world-renowned for attracting students who forge their own unique paths. That's because York offers an
unparalleled academic experience. Our unique, interdisciplinary approach to learning allows students to study their subjects from many different angles simultaneously and
allows them to combine majors in completely different fields. This approach expands the horizons of our students, providing them with a broad perspective of the world that opens up new ways of thinking. And our research tackles challenges by taking a uniquely interdisciplinary approach that results in real-world solutions.
York offers full and part-time graduate and undergraduate degree programs to over 50,000 students in 11 faculties. The Faculty of Graduate Studies is Ontario's second largest graduate school, offering both traditional and non-traditional interdisciplinary areas of study.
Our Faculty of Arts is the largest in Canada. At the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies , liberal arts students can complement their degree with professional studies courses and certificates. Glendon offers a
unique bilingual educational experience. York's Faculty of Education offers students more teaching experience than any other education program in Ontario. The Faculty of Environmental Studies is celebrated for the best individualized, interdisciplinary masters program in the world. The Faculty of Fine Arts is the only one of its kind in Ontario and one of the most renowned in North America. Our new Faculty of Health is a centre of innovation, compassion and impact in health studies. York's Faculty of Science and Engineering is one of Canada's leading teaching and research institutions. Osgoode Hall Law School , Canada's largest law school, is also among the most respected.
The Schulich School of Business is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world. York University Libraries are active participants in pilot projects, consortia initiatives and collaborative endeavors to place York University Libraries on the leading edge in supporting our researchers and students.
At York, we have a compelling vision: to create an interdisciplinary academic community of researchers, teachers and students whose first-rate credentials enable them to spearhead change and innovation in ways never before imagined.
York is now Canada’s third largest university. That’s because we offer an unparalleled academic experience. Our top-ranked programs set international standards. Our unique, interdisciplinary approach to learning allows students to study issues from all angles and to combine majors in completely different fields. York’s faculty, among the finest anywhere, expand the horizons of our students. And our research tackles real-world challenges by taking a uniquely interdisciplinary approach that brings real-world solutions.
True to our motto
“The way must be tried”, York is a place where the curious thrive, and where a climate of innovation celebrates those who look beyond the ordinary.
The York University Foundation
An inspired approach to university fundraising in Canada, the York University Foundation exists to help York redefine the possible. As a separate entity with its own distinguished board of directors, the Foundation builds leadership and raises funds for York’s priorities in the area of research, teaching, student financial aid and capital infrastructure.
York's Interdisciplinary Approach
York’s graduates do the extraordinary because we offer an unparalleled academic experience, internationally top-ranked programs, a unique, interdisciplinary approach and
more than 5,000 courses every year offered through York’s 11 faculties.
• Arts, • Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies,
• Education • Environmental Studies, • Fine Arts, • Glendon,
• Graduate Studies • Osgoode Hall Law School,
• Schulich School of Business, • Science and Engineering • Health
Brave New Scholars
At York, the best and brightest students from Canada and abroad forge their own unique paths to success. That’s just one reason we’re Canada’s third largest university.
- 45,890 Undergraduate students, (full- and part-time students)
- 4,796 Graduate students, (full- and part-time students)
- 3,236 International students from 150 countries, (including undergraduate and graduate students)
York's Academic Community
The groundbreaking success of York graduates is due in no small part to our faculty, amongst the finest in the world. Here you’ll find
celebrated thinkers, researchers, writers and professors whose interdisciplinary research and teaching expands the horizons of our students to redefine the possible.
- 1,415 full-time faculty
- 1,033 contract faculty and teaching assistants, (full-time equivalent basis)
- 2,297 full-time support staff
- 42 professional librarians
On the Map in Toronto, Canada
From a bustling
campus uptown, to an intimate
east-side campus, to
downtown business centres, York resides where students need it most.
- 457 acres at Keele and Steeles
- 85 acres at Glendon (Bayview and Lawrence)
- The Miles S. Nadal Management Centre, Schulich School of Business (King and Bay)
- Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development Centre (Dundas and Yonge)
York at the Forefront
York’s reputation for spearheading innovation is well-deserved: a hothouse of new thinking, pioneering academics and revolutionary research.
- Schulich School of Business ranks among the top business schools in the world. Its MBA ranks #1 in Canada and its executive programs are #1 in the world.
- Osgoode Hall is Canada’s #1 ranking and largest common-law law school.
- The University has one of the largest concentration of professional humanists and social scientists in Canada.
- 91 per cent of our faculty have the highest educational qualification in their field.
- York is the Canadian university on the NASA/Stanford theory of relativity experiment.
- Researchers at York in fields from Space Science, Engineering and Atmospheric Chemistry make York Canada’s lead university for the NASA 2007 Phoenix Mission to Mars.
- York has Canada’s only degree of its kind in atmospheric chemistry, and the only space engineering program in Canada.
- York’s Faculty of Fine Arts is the first and largest comprehensive faculty in Canada. Home of the Accolade project – our visionary new academic and fine arts building.
- York offers the only MBA/MFA/MA joint program – between Schulich and the Faculty of Fine Arts
- York’s Computer Science and Engineering Building has garnered ‘green’ architectural awards from around the world.
- York and Timothy’s World Coffee have joined forces to sell York’s own brand of certified, sustainable coffee, Las Nubes, in 140 Timothy’s World Coffee locations across Canada.
University Officials
Chancellor - The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry
Chair of the Board of Governors - Marshall Cohen
Chair of Senate - Brenda Spotton Visano
President and Vice-Chancellor - Mamdouh Shoukri
Vice-Presidents
- Sheila Embleton, Academic
- Gary Brewer, Finance & Administration
- Stan Shapson, Research & Innovation
- Robert Tiffin, Students
- Paul Marcus, President & CEO, York University Foundation & Vice-President Development
- Richard Fisher, Chief Marketing Officer
- Bob Gagne, Chief Information Officer
- Harriet Lewis, University Secretary & General Counsel
Pushing the Boundaries
It’s at the heart of York’s mission: to explore the unusual and redefine the possible.
Everyday, in laboratories, classrooms and across campus, we are challenging the ordinary. We are finding unique ways of looking at the world; giving people the opportunity to create their own destinies; and fostering a climate of flexibility, originality and unbounded thinking.
York is the University that produces graduates whose first-rate credentials and rich experiences enable them to develop their careers and pursuits in their own unique ways.
With our unique interdisciplinary research and teaching we open up new ways of thinking and seeing.
Breaking New Ground
York researchers are undertaking innovative research of local, national and international significance. York is a leading force in developing knowledge that provides insight into scientific, economic, social and cultural issues affecting quality of life concerns for Canadians and people around the world. Our interdisciplinary research tackles global challenges in areas such as health, environmental sustainability, science, ethics and social justice, international studies, and culture and entertainment. York’s collaborative focus and commitment to innovation enables its researchers to push beyond traditional research boundaries and develop unique, real-world solutions.
York University is home to 26 research centres:
- Canadian Centre for German & European Studies
- Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry
- Centre for Education and Community
- Centre for Feminist Research
- Centre for Jewish Studies
- Centre for Practical Ethics
- Centre for Public Policy & Public Law
- Centre for Refugee Studies
- Centre for Research in Earth & Space Science
- Centre for Research on Language Contact
- Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean
- Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry
- Centre for Research on Work & Society
- The City Institute at York University
- The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability
- Institute for Research on Learning Technologies
- Institute for Social Research
- The Jack & Mae Nathanson Centre for the Study of Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security
- LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution
- Muscle Health Research Centre
- Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
- York Centre for Asian Research
- York Centre for International & Security Studies
- York Centre for Vision Research
- York Institute for Health Research
Support for our Students
Services for students at York go beyond the ordinary to provide an uncommon level of help, guidance and information:
- Aboriginal Counsellor
- Academic advising in every Faculty
- Bookstores
- Career Services
- Centre for Student Community & Leadership Development
- Counselling (Atkinson Counselling & Supervision Centre and Counselling & Development Centre)
- Daycare (York University Cooperative Daycare Centre & The Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre)
- English as a Second Language Open Learning Centre
- Foundations Computer Assistance Program
- Health and wellness programs
- International students, student exchanges and studies abroad (York International)
- Learning skills workshops
- Legal Aid Services
- Off-Campus Housing Service
- Office for Persons with Disabilities
- Offices of Student Community Development, Student Financial Services, Registrar
- Office of the Ombudsperson & Centre for Human Rights
- Ontario March of Dimes Independent Living Assistance Program
- Scott Religious Centre
- Student governments and college councils
- York Student Centre
- York Women’s Centre
York's Libraries
York’s libraries strive to be the best place for learning outside the classroom – both on site and on the web – to provide the resources and services essential to research and teaching at York.
- Over 3 million people entered the libraries in 2003-2004
- 95% of students in a campus survey indicated they used library computers at least once a week
- 10% reported using this resource daily
York’s libraries are located in five buildings:
- Scott Library, housing Sound & Moving Image, Maps, Archives & Special Collections
- Peter F. Bronfman Business Library
- Steacie Science and Engineering Library
- Osgoode Hall Law School Library
- Leslie Frost Library on Glendon Campus
Resources include over
16,000 electronic journals, 2.5 million books, and significant collections in film, music, maps, archival materials and microforms. In 2005:
- over 1,700,000 items were shelved
- 650,000 items were circulated
- 40,000 books were acquired
- 17,000 students attended sessions to learn how to find and evaluate information resources with others taking part in online modules
Student Life
The intellectual, cultural and social life at York is one of the richest in Canada:
- Approximately 240 student clubs and organizations
- Sport York offers 29 interuniversity sport teams, 12 sport clubs, 35 intramural sport leagues, special events and 10 pick-up sport activities offered daily
- Student publications including the weekly newspaper, Excalibur, and the bi-weekly bilingual newspaper, Pro Tem
- Student broadcast outlets including Radio York, CHRY 105.5FM, and Radio Glendon, CKRG 800AM
- The Art Gallery of York University devotes itself to exhibitions of the most challenging forms and issues of contemporary art and the Glendon Gallery, the only fully bilingual gallery in Toronto, emphasizes francophone artistic expression
- The Student Centre houses over 60 student clubs and services including the Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre, a food court, art gallery, travel agent, student lounges and The Underground restaurant/club
Spanning the Globe
York has established its reputation worldwide, attracting
international students representing some 150 countries.
York’s expertise is reflected in its wide range of interdisciplinary degree programs, organized research centres, professional development programs and co-curricular student activities.
York faculties, departments and research centres work with partners in academic institutions, NGOs, the private sector and governments in projects funded by local governments and institutions, CIDA, IDRC, UNESCO, the World Bank and foundations.
York has
more than 150 academic partnership agreements with universities throughout the world to facilitate academic collaboration including the exchange of students and faculty.
York's Illustrious Alumni
York’s graduates have taken the top credentials they earned at York and applied them in ways never before imagined. Our family of over
200,000 alumni spans the globe, redefining leadership in business, fine arts, public policy, the law, science, education, history, criminology, environmental sciences, psychology – and the list goes on.
