York University

York University (York U, YU, or York; French: Université York) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, with approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and over 375,000 alumni worldwide. It has 11 faculties, including the Lassonde School of Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon College, and 32 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 St. George campus of the University of Toronto with a total of 76 students.

DLI number

O19361109242

Type

Public

Post-graduation work permit

Programmes eligible for a post-graduation work permit

Master's and doctoral degrees

Offered; no provincial attestation letter needed for these

Founded

1959

Students

53,974