York University is a large comprehensive university, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded on March 26, 1959; its first class was held in September 1960, with a total of 76 students. Today, York is Canada's third-largest university, with over 40,000 students enrolled.
York's Faculty of Arts is the largest in Canada. Its Faculty of Education offers its students more teaching experience than any other education program in Ontario. Its renowned Faculty of Environmental Studies offers one of the best individualized, interdisciplinary masters programs in the world. Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada's largest, and one of the oldest, is among the most respected. The Schulich School of Business is ranked among the top business schools in the world.
In addition to its Keele Campus, located in North York, a suburban area of Toronto, York also has a bilingual liberal arts campus, Glendon College. It is the only place in Southern Ontario that offers university courses in both French and English. The Schulich School of Business also has a downtown Toronto campus called the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre.
York University advertises itself as providing a progressive contemporary education in an urban setting. It's Mission Statement reads as follows: The mission of York University is the pursuit, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. We promise excellence in research and teaching in pure, applied and professional fields. We test the boundaries and structures of knowledge. We cultivate the critical intellect. York University is part of Toronto: we are dynamic, metropolitan and multi-cultural. York University is part of Canada: we encourage bilingual study, we value tolerance and diversity. York University is open to the world: we explore global concerns. A community of faculty, students and staff committed to academic freedom, social justice, accessible education, and collegial self-governance, York University makes innovation its tradition. Tentanda Via: the way must be tried.
It is among three universities in the Toronto area, the two others being the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. |
