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Clearing 2022: get ready to call us

Our Clearing hotline is closed while we prepare for results day. We may have limited places available for well-qualified students.

Undergraduate Open Days

Visit campus and meet our departments at our upcoming Open Days. Book now for 17 and 18 September.

Explore our research

A member of the Russell Group, we are committed to strengthening our position as one of the world's premier institutions for inspirational and life-changing research.

Our research is focused around seven themes which align our academic strengths to best meet the grand scientific, social and environmental challenges of our time.

For peat's sake

A vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin is 15 per cent bigger than previously thought.

Hard to swallow

Nature Food says the government’s Food Strategy fails to deliver the needed system-wide change.

Cancer counterattack

Scientists have discovered a molecule which prevents tumour cells spreading.

On the map

Researchers have mapped the network of connections that make up the human immune system.

York Unlimited, The Campaign for the University of York

Connect to projects that enable brilliant minds to break barriers, overcome limitations and think differently to solve the challenges of the world today.

Supporting those in crisis

Our Equal Access Fund supports asylum-seeking students, including those affected by the crisis in Ukraine or who have recently fled Afghanistan.

News and events

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Digital discoveries

We're inviting York residents to bring in their personal treasures for a unique online museum collection.
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National Student Survey

We're top of the Russell Group for academic support in the latest National Student Survey.
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Power to the people

A devolution deal will see more than half a billion pounds transferred from central government to York and North Yorkshire.
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Lead by example

We're honouring a student leader at a university in Ukraine who set up networks to connect students during the war.
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A force for good

A prototype fusion energy plant could bring huge economic benefits to the region – potentially generating over £1bn.
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New schools

We've launched three new academic schools that will offer new research and teaching opportunities.
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More than half of UK households to be in fuel poverty by the new year, according to new report

8 August 2022
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University of York receives prestigious award for teaching excellence

4 August 2022
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System that allows harmful bacteria to grow could be ‘interrupted’, say researchers

4 August 2022
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Researchers map human immune system for the first time

3 August 2022

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