York University, Canada’s third-largest University, is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was established in the year 1959 by the York University Act. It is a public research university comprising of more than 55,700 students(49,700 undergraduates and 6,000 postgraduates) and 7000 faculties. The current Chancellor and the president of York University are Gregory Sorbara and Rhonda Lenton.
Academics
York University 120 UG programs with 17-degree types. They are BA, iBA, BHS, BSc, iBSc, BBA, iBBA, BEng, BES, BDes, BPA, BFA, BCom, BEd, BDEM, BHRM, BScN, BSW and also with 170 degree options. York University also provides students the chance of studying abroad in 100 universities and more. Canada’s oldest film school and also the oldest and largest environmental studies faculty are accommodated by this university.
Campus
Research Institutes
There are so many research institutes available in the university. They are
| Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions | Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science | Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry |
| York Institute for Social Research | Centre for Vision Research (CVR) |
| Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies | The Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian Canadian Studies |
| Centre for Public Policy and Law | Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies |
| Centre for Research on Language Contact | Canadian Centre for German and European Studies |
| York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI) | Psychology Resource Centre |
| Centre for Refugee Studies | York Centre for Asian Research |
| Centre for Feminist Research | Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability | York Centre for International and Security Studies |
| Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability | Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability |
| Crime and Security, LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research | York Centre for Field Robotics |
| The City Institute at York University (CITY) | The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples |
| The Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights | Global Labour Research Centre |
| Muscle Health Research Centre | York Centre for Education and Community |
| Institute for Science and Technology Studies | The Centre for Digital Arts and Technology |
| Sensorium |
Faculties and Campuses
The faculties include
- the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS),
- Faculty of Education (ED), Faculty of Environmental Studies (ES),
- School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD, formerly the Faculty of Fine Arts)
- Glendon College (GL), Faculty of Graduate Studies (GS),
- Faculty of Health (HH), Osgoode Hall Law School (OS),
- Schulich School of Business (SB), Faculty of Science (SC),
- Lassonde School of Engineering (LE) and
also the campuses
- Keele Campus,
- Glendon Campus, and
- the Satellite Campus.
Libraries
The five libraries of York University are the Scott Library, Steacie Science and Engineering Library, Peter F. Bronfman Business Library, and the Leslie Frost Library and the Osgoode Hall Law Library. The first four belongs to the York University Libraries system and the last one belongs to the Dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School.
Notable Alumni
Some of the notable alumni of York University include
- Steve MacLean
- Jack Layton
- Rachel Mc Adams
- Jim Flaherty
- Lilly Singh
- John Tory
- Lincoln Alexander
- Jagmeet Singh
- Paul Nguyen
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