The Department of History of Art has placed 8th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 for the subject of history of art, architecture and design. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

York is ranked 7th in the UK for history of art, architecture and design in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).

New display of JMW Turner's watercolours and drawings, now open to visitors at Tate Britain

A wide-ranging, illustrated exploration of the uses of stucco in Islamic architecture in the pre-modern period

Researchers at the University of York are working with Harewood House to shed new light on the social and cultural life of the country house in celebration of 250 years of novelist, Jane Austen, and painter, JMW Turner.

We have been ranked 54th in the world and 11th in the UK for the study of Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.