YORK UNIVERSITY Founded in 1959 and today Canada’s third largest university, York is helping to shape the global thinkers and thinking that will define tomorrow. Our unwavering commitment to excellence reflects a rich diversity of perspectives and a strong sense of social responsibility that set us apart. OUR CAMPUSES York has two campuses located in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada’s largest metropolis: • Keele campus, at 4700 Keele St., Toronto; and • Glendon campus, at 2275 Bayview Ave., Toronto. Glendon is Southern Ontario’s only bilingual university campus. OUR COMMUNITY • 55,000+ students • 7,000+ faculty and staff • 11,958 degrees awarded in 2012 TOTAL BUDGET – FISCAL YEAR 2013 $938 million RESEARCH York’s 11 Faculties and 27 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that extends across traditional academic boundaries. Our distinctive and collaborative approach to research brings fresh insights and solutions to local and global challenges. Research at York is research with an impact and research that makes a difference. FACULTIES York has 11 Faculties that offer more than 5,000 courses. • Education • Environmental Studies • Fine Arts • Glendon • Graduate Studies • Health • Lassonde School of Engineering • Liberal Arts & Professional Studies • Osgoode Hall Law School • Schulich School of Business • Science YORK U AT A GLANCE 2014
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YORK UNIVERSITYFounded in 1959 and today Canada’s third largest university,York is helping to shape the global thinkers and thinking thatwill define tomorrow. Our unwavering commitment toexcellence reflects a rich diversit y of perspectives and astrong sense of social responsibility that set us apart.
OUR CAMPUSESYork has two campuses located in the heart of the GreaterToronto Area, Canada’s largest metropolis:
• Keele campus, at 4700 Keele St., Toronto; and
• Glendon campus, at 2275 Bayview Ave., Toronto.
Glendon is Southern Ontario’s only bilingual universitycampus.
OUR COMMUNITY• 55,000+ students
• 7,000+ faculty and staff
• 11,958 degrees awarded in 2012
TOTAL BUDGET – FISCAL YEAR 2013$938 million
RESEARCHYork’s 11 Faculties and 27 research centres conduct ambitious,groundbreaking research that extends across traditionalacademic boundaries. Our distinctive and collaborativeapproach to research brings fresh insights and solutions tolocal and global challenges. Research at York is research withan impact and research that makes a difference.
FACULTIESYork has 11 Faculties that offer more than 5,000 courses.
• Education
• Environmental Studies
• Fine Arts
• Glendon
• Graduate Studies
• Health
• Lassonde School of Engineering
• Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
• Osgoode Hall Law School
• Schulich School of Business
• Science
YORK U AT A GLANCE 2014
LIBRARIESThe four branches of York University Libraries are host tomore than three million visitors annually. Our librariesprovide access to a robust collection of resources, includingmore than 600,000 e-books, 72,000 full-text e-journals and2.6 million printed volumes. Students have access to morethan 3,600 quiet and collaborative study spaces, as well asresearch and reference assistance from any one of our 150librarians and staff members.
STUDENT LIFEWith more than 300 student clubs and organizations, theintellectual, cultural and social offerings at York are some ofthe richest in Canada. Sport & Recreation has diverseprogramming, including intramurals, a fitness centre, sportsclubs, instructional classes and more. In 2013, the YorkUniversity Lions men’s soccer team won the OntarioUniversity Athletics championship.
ALUMNIOur family of more than 260,000 alumni spans the globe,redefining leadership in business, fine arts, public policy, law,science, education, history, criminology, environmentalscience, psychology – and the list goes on.
GLOBAL THINKINGYork has established its reputation worldwide with 280+ partnershipswith international universities, attracting international students withroots tracing back to 155 countries.
YORK U IS LEADING THE WAY• Home to Canada’s only space engineering program.
• Osgoode Hall Law School is internationally renowned as one ofCanada’s largest and most distinguished law schools.
• The Schulich School of Business, Canada’s Global Business School™,is ranked first among Canadian schools in The Economist.
• Offers the Greater Toronto Area’s only digital media program thatcombines science, technology and communications with the visual,performing and media arts.
• The Faculty of Fine Arts is the first and largest comprehensiveFaculty of its kind in Canada.
• Proudly offers Canada’s largest liberal arts program.
• Home to Ontario’s only disaster & emergency managementprogram (one of only two in Canada).
• Has the largest psychology program in North America.
• Ranked 11th among all research universities Canada-wide for thepublication impact of our research (source: Research Infosource).
For more information visit yorku.ca
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UNIVERSITY OFFICIALSChancellor - The Honourable R. Roy McMurtryChair of the Board of Governors - Julia Foster
