York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and over 325,000 alumni worldwide. It has eleven faculties, including the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Faculty of Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon College, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Graduate Studies, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, and 28 research centres. York University was established in 1959 as a non-denominational institution by the York University Act, which received Royal Assent in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 26 March of that year. Its first class was held in September 1960 in Falconer Hall on the University of Toronto campus with a total of 76 students.
| Motto | Tentanda via (Latin) |
| Motto (English) | The way must be tried |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1959 |
| Endowment | $496 million |
| Chancellor | Gregory Sorbara |
| President | Rhonda Lenton |
| Provost | Lisa Philipps |
| Administrative staff | 7,000 |
| Students | 55,700 |
| Undergraduates | 49,700 |
| Postgraduates | 6,000 |
| Campus | Urban / suburban, 185 hectares |
| Colors | start |
| Mascot | Yeo the Lion |
| Affiliations | AUCC, CARL, IAU, COU, U Sports, OUA, CUSID, Fields Institute, Ontario Network of Women in engineering, CBIE, CFS, CUP. |
About York University
3rd largest university in Canada also notable for participating in the Canadian Space Program. It was the first in Canada to have a space engineering program.
Achievement of York University
The film department of the school is Canada's oldest film school, and regarded within Canada as on the same level of prestige as USC's School of Cinematic Arts and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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Latest information about York University updated on July 28 2021.
