York University is comprehensive, community-engaged university providing a broad sociodemographic of students access to a high-quality, research-intensive learning environment. York champions new ways of thinking that drive teaching and research excellence. Through cross-disciplinary programming, innovative course design, diverse experiential education and a supportive community environment, students receive the education they need to create big ideas that make an impact on the world. Founded in 1959 and located in Toronto, York is the third largest university in Canada, with a strong community of 52,000 students, 7,000 faculty and administrative staff, and more than 300,000 alumni.
York University offers a wide variety of more than 5,000 courses and programs: part- and full-time, undergraduate and graduate, and continuing studies. Home to two city campuses, York boasts the top-ranked Schulich School of Business, Canada’s internationally renowned Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada’s top ranked School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences and Glendon campus, Centre of Excellence for French language and bilingual postsecondary education. York has international presence through the Schulich MBA centre in Hyderabad, India and the Eco-campus in Las Nubes, Costa Rica.
York University is an internationally recognized research-intensive university with more than 300 leading university partnerships worldwide. Its researchers engage colleagues at other institutions, at non-governmental organizations, across industries and within community groups (at the local, national and international levels) to ensure their work is relevant to the world at large. York is proud to be a global leader in many areas including venture capital, biological and computation vision, diabetes, gaming and consumer practices (SciVal, 2018).