Editing University of York (section)

==Academic profile==
===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_N = 26–33
| ARWU_W = 301–400
| QS_N = 21
| QS_W = 184
| THE_N = 20=
| THE_W = 146=
| LEIDEN_W = 85
| LEIDEN_N = 19
| LINE_1 = 0
| Complete = 17
| The_Guardian = 25
| Times/Sunday_Times = 17=
| LINE_2 = 0
| TEF = Gold
| REF = 10=
}}
[[File:York 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|University of York's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
''[[QS World University Rankings|QS]]'' placed York at 162 for 2023 and at 167 in 2024 and 184 in 2025. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-york|title=University of York|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited|access-date=17 December 2021|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217142014/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-york|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-york|title=University of York|date=13 November 2021|publisher=Times Higher Education|access-date=17 December 2021|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217142013/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-york|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=University of York: Acceptance Rate, Employability Rate, Courses, Rankings, Fees and more |url=https://edvoy.com/institutions/university-of-york/ |access-date=11 February 2025 |website=edvoy.com }}</ref> The University of York is ranked 29th globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings for 2024.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 June 2024 |title=QS Sustainability University Rankings 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/sustainability-rankings |access-date=27 June 2024 |website=Top Universities }}</ref> All three major [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national rankings]] place York in the top 21, with ''The Times'' placing it at 17,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nuk-tnl-editorial-prod-staticassets.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/bespoke/university-guide/index.html|title=University of York|publisher=The Times/The Sunday Times|access-date=17 December 2021|archive-date=6 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220406135429/http://nuk-tnl-editorial-prod-staticassets.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/bespoke/university-guide/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' at 21<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2021/sep/11/the-best-uk-universities-2022-rankings|title=University league tables 2022|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=6 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220406135204/https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2021/sep/11/the-best-uk-universities-2022-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Complete University Guide'' at 20 for 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|title=University League Tables 2022|publisher=The Complete University Guide|access-date=17 December 2021|archive-date=6 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220406135553/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance, York was ranked 6th overall in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf|title=University ranking based on performance over 10 years|work=[[The Times]] |location=London |year=2007|access-date=28 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080414064446/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 14 April 2008}}</ref> In 2000, the [[Sutton Trust]] named York as a leading university in the United Kingdom, placing it 6th overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttontrust.com/reports/entryToLeadingUnis.pdf|title=Entry to Leading Universities|publisher=Sutton Trust|year=2000|access-date=28 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414064445/http://www.suttontrust.com/reports/entryToLeadingUnis.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=14 April 2008}}</ref>

On 25 November 2010 York was named "[[Times Higher Education University of the Year|University of the Year]]" at the Times Higher Education Awards, achieving praise from the judges for its "success in combining academic excellence with social inclusion, as well as its record in scientific discovery".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414419&c=1 |title=Top award for York as sector celebrates its achievements |work=Times Higher Education |date=26 November 2010 |access-date=26 November 2010 |archive-date=1 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201130844/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414419&c=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014 York was named the eighth best university under 50 years old in the world, and first within the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |last=Morgan |first=John |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=419908 |title=THE 100 Under 50 university rankings: results &#124; General |work=Times Higher Education |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=17 August 2013 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202065917/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=419908 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the Times Higher Education rankings York is listed as 34th for Life Sciences & Biomedicine in 2015.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150120234340/http://web-archive-sources.org/HYMS_prospectus_2009_web.pdf]}}</ref> In 2018 ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking|CWTS Leiden]]'' recorded there to have been 2833 publications by York between 2013 and 2016 which placed it at 425 in the world by quantity and 128 in terms of its proportion of top 10% publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2018/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2018|publisher=Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University|access-date=7 June 2018|archive-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920140435/http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2018/list|url-status=live}}</ref>
Overall world rankings for York by ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]]'' placed it between 401 and 500 for 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-york|title=University of York|publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy|access-date=17 December 2021|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217142017/http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-york|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2022 [http://www.shanghairanking.com/index.html Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities] the top-ranked research disciplines at York were sociology (49th), atmospheric science and economics (both ranked in the range 51–75).

===Admissions===
{| class="floatright"
| 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 32,650
| 30,240
| 30,180
| 27,625
| 24,785
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 5,505
| 5,185
| 4,955
| 5,295
| 5,060
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 5.9
| 5.8
| 6.1
| 5.2
| 4.9
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 79.3
| 78.9
| 78.7
| 83.6
| 81.4
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 | work=The Complete University Guide | access-date=7 June 2023 }}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 157
| 149
|}
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|{{notelist-lg|refs=
{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
{{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}}
}}
|}
|}
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|64|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|19|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|59|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|13|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:black}}
|}

[[File:The Gazebo, York University.jpg|left|thumb|The Quiet Place by [[Heslington Hall]]]]
Information for entry standards gathered from the 2014/15 academic year by the [[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]] shows that the average student at the University of York achieved a [[UCAS]] tariff of 430 (using the previous tariff points system), the 19th highest in the UK.<ref name="CUG 2017">{{cite news |url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards |title=University League Table 2017 |work=Complete University Guide |location=London |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003846/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards |url-status=live }}</ref> The university gives offers of admission to 78.5% of its applicants, the joint 15th lowest amongst the [[Russell Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Which elite universities have the highest offer rates |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=21 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

There are around 6.2 applications for every undergraduate place, and a completion rate of 93.2% with around 80% of graduates graduating with a First/2:1.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://st.hitcreative.com/education/university_guide/active/UniversityGuide/university/year/2015/id/3349/university-of-york|title=The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2015, University of York|work=[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]|access-date=18 May 2015|location=London|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063457/http://st.hitcreative.com/education/university_guide/active/UniversityGuide/university/year/2015/id/3349/university-of-york|url-status=live}}</ref>

17.9% of York's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the joint 20th highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027015313/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 80:5:16 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 56:44.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210120926/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|url-status=live}}</ref> 56.2% of [[International students in the United Kingdom|international students]] enrolled at the institution are from China, the third highest proportion out of all mainstream universities in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jack |first=Patrick |title=OfS writes to 23 institutions over 'high levels' of Chinese students |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-writes-23-institutions-over-high-levels-chinese-students |work=Times Higher Education |date=18 May 2023 |access-date=21 May 2023 |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521020108/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-writes-23-institutions-over-high-levels-chinese-students |url-status=live }}</ref>

In response to 'financial challenges' revealed in January 2024, the university will lower entrance requirements for international students to the equivalent of BBC at A Level or the equivalent of a 2:2 degree for postgraduate courses.<ref>{{cite news |title=University of York lowers bar for overseas students after 'financial challenges' |url=https://www.ft.com/content/089832f5-c9a5-4e61-9d08-980427aae80f |access-date=20 January 2024 |work=Financial Times |date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
[[File:King's Manor York 3.jpg|left|thumb|Coat of Arms above King's Manor.]]