Recently extended and modernised chemistry labs provide an excellent environment for teaching and research
Music students perform orchestral pieces on laptop computers, forming the largest digital ensemble of its kind anywhere in the world
A picturesque view of the University's lake and Central Hall

Research at the University of York

  • Virtually all our research is "internationally recognised" and over 50% is "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" (RAE 2008)
  • York is consistently a top 10 UK research university and attracted over £200 million of funding last year
  • The University works with public, private and third sector organisations across its research activities
  • Our research income exceeds our teaching income

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Using economic evaluations for drug reimbursement decisions - what have we achieved?

Posted on Thursday 9 February 2012

Researchers at the University of York perform evaluations of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of drugs for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Medieval charter E-40-13423. Photo courtesy of The National Archives UK
York and Brighton researchers 'dig for data'

Posted on Wednesday 8 February 2012

Historians, archivists and experts in computer science from the Universities of York and Brighton are teaming up to develop new ways of exploring digital historical records.

The ultimate magnetic storage medium, consisting of many individual nanometre sized magnetic grains with a density of 10 petabytes/m^2. The data is written to the device using an ultrafast heating process to drive the reversal at a data rate of 200Gb/s. Credit: Richard Evans, University of York
Scientists 'record' magnetic breakthrough

Posted on Tuesday 7 February 2012

An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology.

Research performance

Research Assessment Exercise 2008

Outstanding results in RAE 2008 confirmed York's standing as a leading research university:

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