Heslington West

University of York

University of York logo
Latin: Universitas Eboracum
Motto	In limine sapientiae (Latin)
Motto in English	On the threshold of wisdom
Type	Public
Established	1963 (1963)
Endowment	£7.1 million (as of 31 July 2016)
Budget	£317.0 million (2015-16)
Chancellor	Sir Malcolm Grant
Vice-Chancellor	Koen Lamberts
Administrative staff	3,091
Students	16,685
Undergraduates	11,883
Postgraduates	3,469
Location	York, England
Campus	Heslington West, Heslington East, and King's Manor
Colours	Dark blue and dark green
Affiliations	EUA N8 Sutton 13 Russell Group White Rose University Consortium Worldwide Universities Network
Website	www.york.ac.uk

Coordinates: 53°56′48″N 1°03′09″W / 53.94659°N 1.0525°W / 53.94659; -1.0525

The University of York (abbreviated as Ebor. for post-nominals) is a research-intensive plate glass university located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects.

Situated to the south-east of the city of York, the university campus is about 200 acres (80 hectares) in size, incorporating the York Science Park and the National Science Learning Centre. Its wildlife, campus lakes and greenery are prominent, and the institution also occupies buildings in the city of York. In May 2007 the university was granted permission to build an extension to its main campus, on arable land just east of the nearby village of Heslington. The second campus, known as Heslington East, opened in 2009 and now hosts three colleges and three departments as well as conference spaces, sports village and a business start-up "incubator".

York is a collegiate university and every student is allocated to one of the university's nine colleges. The ninth college was founded in 2014 and was named Constantine after the Roman emperor Constantine I, who was proclaimed Augustus in York in 306 AD. There are plans to build two new colleges in the near future.