College of Ripon and York St John

York St John University

Motto	Ut Vitam Habeant et Abundantius
Motto in English	They may have life and have it more abundantly
Type	Public
Established	1841 (The Diocesan College in York) 1974 (College of Ripon and York St John) 2006 (University status)
Chancellor	The Most Revd. and Rt. Hon. John Sentamu
Vice-Chancellor	Karen Stanton
Administrative staff	618
Students	5,980 (2015/16)
Undergraduates	5,265 (2015/16)
Postgraduates	715 (2015/16)
Location	York, North Yorkshire, England
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	ACU Cathedrals Group
Website	www.yorksj.ac.uk

York St John University (originally established as York Diocesan College) is a public university located on a large urban campus in York, England. It achieved university status in 2006.

It is one of several higher education institutions which have religious foundations; others include Canterbury Christ Church University, Liverpool Hope University, St. Mary's University College, University of Chester, University of Chichester, University of Cumbria, University of Derby, University of Gloucestershire, University of Winchester, and Bishop Grosseteste University.

As of 2015/16, there were 5,980 students, reading a wide variety of subjects, in nine Schools: Art and Design; Education; Health Sciences; Humanities, Religion and Philosophy; Languages and Linguistics; Performance and Media Production; Psychological and Social Sciences; Sport and York Business School.

The university descends from two Anglican teacher training colleges, which were founded in York in 1841 (for men) and 1846 (for women). In 1862, the women's college relocated to Ripon. Over the next century, the colleges gradually diversified their education programmes. The colleges, St John's College and Ripon College, merged in 1974 to form the "College of Ripon and York St John".

In 1990 the combined institution formally became a college of the University of Leeds; this arrangement allowed it to award degrees in the name of the latter, while remaining in practice largely autonomous. Between 1999 and 2001, all activities were transferred to York and the college received the name "York St John College".