York University

:This article is about the Canadian university. For the British university, see University of York.

Students

York is Canada's third-largest university, with almost 50,000 students enrolled. Most students come from the Greater Toronto Area, but there is a sizeable population of students from across Canada and abroad. To serve this large population, there are 225 student clubs and organizations; two student-run publications and three broadcast programs; two art galleries; 33 on-campus eateries; and a retail mall.

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Colleges

York has 9 undergraduate residential colleges:

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• Atkinson - named after The Toronto Star founding publisher Joseph E. Atkinson
• Bethune - named after Dr. Norman Bethune
• Calumet - a native nations word for "Peacepipe"
• Founders - named after the founders of the university
• Glendon - a combination of "glen," meaning "valley", and "Don" for the Don River.
• McLaughlin - after Sam McLaughlin, patron and manufacturer.
• Stong - named after the family on whose land is the main campus
• Vanier - named after Governor General Georges Vanier
• Winters - named after federal MP Robert W. Winters

Faculties and Abbreviations

• Arts & Sciences (AS)
• Atkinson, Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies (AK)
• Education (ED)
• Environmental Studies (ES)
• Fine Arts (FA)
• Glendon College (GL)
• Graduate Studies (GS)
• Osgoode Hall Law School (OS)
• Schulich School of Business (SB)
• Science and Engineering (SC)

Seneca@York

York also shares the Keele Campus with Seneca College, Seneca@York, and offers a number of joint programs with Seneca College:

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• School of Communication Arts
• Computer Studies
• Biological Science and Applied Chemistry
• Corporate and Technical Communications