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University of york map. York university map (Canada) to print. York university map (Canada) to download. York University (French: Université York) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. York university is Ontario second-largest graduate school and Canada third-largest university. York university has a student population of approximately 51,000, 7,000 staff, and 250,000 alumni worldwide. York university has ten faculties, including the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon College, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Health, the Faculty of Environmental Studies, and 28 research centres as its shown in york university map.
York University participates in the Canadian Space Program. The Faculty of Science and Engineering is Canada primary research facility into Martian exploration and has designed several space research instruments and applications currently used by NASA. York university has pioneered some of the first PhD programs in Canada, in various fields including women studies. The school of social work is recognized as having one of the most socially responsive programs in the country. York University business school and law school have continuously been ranked among the top schools in Canada and the world (see york university map).
York University alumni, faculty, or former faculty have been awarded one Nobel Prize and 14 Pulitzer Prizes. York university has educated some of the current and past directors and CEOs of Canada major banks (Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal), the largest and most prominent media networks in Canada (CTV Television Network, Rogers Communications, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), and numerous judges, diplomats, and senior politicians including the current Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada, the Minister of Finance of Canada, the Attorney General of Ontario, the President of the Privy Council of Canada and the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (see york university map). Astronaut Steve MacLean was educated at York University in the physics department and later taught there before going to work at Stanford University.
York University has consistently ranked both nationally and internationally (see york university map). The 2011–2012 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed York 276-300 in the world, placing 16-17 in Canada. The 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked the york university 364th in the world. According to the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) rankings, the york university ranked 401-500th in the world. In terms of national rankings, Maclean ranked york university 9th in their 2011 comprehensive university rankings.