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York University was established in 1959 as a non-denominational institution by the York University Act, [5] which received Royal Assent in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 26 March of that year. [6] Its first class was held in September 1960 in Falconer Hall on the University of Toronto campus with a total of 76 students. [7]
York University was founded in 1890 by the United Brethren Church as York College. In 1946, the merger of the United Brethren Church and the Evangelical Church (see Evangelical Association) transferred control of the school to the Evangelical United Brethren Church. In 1956 the church transferred control to members of the Churches of Christ ...
The University of York [7] (abbreviated as Ebor or York for post-nominals) is a public collegiate research university in York, England.Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects.
Glendon College is a public liberal arts college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Formally the federated bilingual campus of York University, it is one of the school's nine colleges and 11 faculties with 100 full-time faculty members and a student population of about 2,100.
Goodricke College is a college of the University of York.It was founded in 1968 and named after the astronomer John Goodricke. [3] The college has approximately 1500 undergraduate members, of which some 500 live in college accommodation, and about 140 postgraduate members, of which most live in college accommodation.
The Lassonde School of Engineering was created in November 2011. In May 2013, students and faculty members in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering (both previously part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at York University) joined the Lassonde School of Engineering.
In 2002 Halifax Court was made a full College of the university and was renamed as Halifax College, York. Constantine College was founded in 2014. In 2003, the university set out plans to create a campus for 5,000 additional students, Heslington East. [9] [10] In May 2008 the City of York planners approved the design for the new campus. [11]
York College of Pennsylvania traces its institutional lineage to the York County Academy, a school opened in the 1770s in downtown York, Pennsylvania that was connected to St. John's Episcopal Church, which was led by Rev. John Andrews, D.D. [5] In 1787, the school received its charter from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and was incorporated as the York County Academy.