York University is one of the largest university in Toronto which the main Campus is located in the North York Region at Keele and Steeles. The main campus has 457 acres and is home of more than 55,000 students in both full time and part time program. The university also has other campus at Glendon (Bayview and Lawrence) with 85 arces, The Miles S. Nadal Management Centre, Schulich School of Business (King and Bay) and Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development Centre (Dundas and Yonge)
The University has total 47,062 undergraduate students, 6,143 graduate students and 3,226 international students in both full and part- time programs. The University also has more than 1,400 full time faculty, 2,297 full-time support staff and 1000 contract faculty and teaching assistant
He university has totally 10 faculties, they are:
- Environmental Studies
- Education
- Fine Arts
- Glendon
- Graduate Studies
- Health
- Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Schulich School of Business
- Science and Engineering
York's Libraries
York’s libraries are located in five buildings; 4 in the main campus and 1 in Gledon Campus
- Scott Library, housing Sound & Moving Image, Maps, Archives & Special Collections
- Peter F. Bronfman Business Library
- Steacie Science and Engineering Library
- Osgoode Hall Law School Library
- Leslie Frost Library on Glendon Campus
The University provides a wide range of resources including over 40,000 electronic journals, 300,000 ebooks, 2.5 million volumes, and significant collections in film, music, maps, archival materials and microforms.
Student Life
The intellectual, cultural and social life at York is one of the richest in Canada:
- Approximately 270 student clubs and organizations
- Sport York offers 19 interuniversity sport teams, 15 sport clubs, 44 intramural sport leagues, special events and 10 pick-up sport activities offered daily
- Student publications including the weekly newspaper, Excalibur, and the bi-weekly bilingual newspaper, Pro Tem
- Student broadcast outlets including Radio York, CHRY 105.5FM, and Radio Glendon, CKRG 800AM
- The Art Gallery of York University devotes itself to exhibitions of the most challenging forms and issues of contemporary art and the Glendon Gallery, the only fully bilingual gallery in Toronto, emphasizes francophone artistic expression
- The Student Centre houses over 45 student clubs and services including the Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre, a food court, art gallery, travel agent, student lounges and The Underground restaurant/club
How international students talk about York and their student life
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