Clearing at York | Education
Find your place for this September. 🏫
Work placements
Gain classroom experience alongside your course with our York Students in Schools programme
World Top 100 Department
We're ranked =60th in the World for Education (QS World Rankings by Subject, 2024)
Research excellence
We’re ranked 8th in the UK for research according to the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the latest REF results (2021)
We're an open and friendly department, committed to excellence in research and teaching. Our research groups have a national and international reputation for the quality of their work.
Thinking about your options? Our Clearing alerts will help you find your place this year.
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How does the Clearing process work?
Dates. Tips. Support. Here's our handy guide.
What happens after getting a place?
Accommodation. Finance. Arrivals. Find your next steps.
Rated Gold for teaching and Top Ten for research
alongside Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial in the latest TEF/REF rankings
Top 10 in the UK's most affordable student cities
NatWest Student Living Index 2024
12th in the UK
and 1st in Yorkshire and the Humber
Complete University Guide 2026
Regularly voted among the UK's friendliest cities
The Sunday Times (and others)
More than 20 awards for gender equality
Athena Swan Charter