University of York

Founded during the period of university expansion in the early 1960s, The University of York has distinguished itself as a premier university with a national and international reputation for the quality of its courses and its research and can reliably be found in the top ten of most measurements of quality.

York is consistently one of Britain's top universities with an international reputation for quality in research and teaching. York staffs are at the forefront of research in their subjects across a wide range of arts, science and social sciences. In the latest 2001 Research Assessment Exercise conducted by the British Government, 84% of York's departments came up top by being rated 4, 5 and 5*.

The RAE 5* rated departments are: Psychology; Computer Science; English Language & Literature

The RAE 5 rated departments are: Community-based Clinical Subjects; Nursing; Biological Science; Chemistry; Philosophy; Pure Mathematics; Applied Mathematics; Economics & Econometrics; History; Politics & International Studies; Social Policy & Administration; Social Work; Sociology; Linguistics; Music.

The RAE 4 rated departments are: Physics; Environment; Science; Education.

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