About
York University, also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has 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.
Ranked Top 514 worldwide in 1 ranking system
Ranked in 15 subject rankings
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15 subjects|
Subject
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Rank
|
Score
|
Year
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|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Business | 155 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Psychiatry/Psychology | =182 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Space Science | 242 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Public, Environmental and Occupational Health | =243 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Public Health | =257 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 334 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Mathematics | 368 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Neuroscience and Behavior | =379 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Physics | 454 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Computer Science | =482 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Clinical Medicine | =575 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Engineering | =579 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Biology and Biochemistry | 622 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Environment/Ecology | =734 | 52.0 | 2026 |
| Chemistry | =1,241 | 52.0 | 2026 |