York University is located in Yorkshire, England and is one of the top ten universities in the UK. It is rated as an institution of higher learning by Time magazine and is the top institution in the world. Founded in 1963, York University has quickly become the most successful and popular university in the UK, with its own faculty and teaching research. York University is also a member of the White Rose University Alliance. School Profile York University has nearly 9,000 full-time students, including 2,000 graduate students, and thousands of international students from more than 100 countries around the world. This is a truly top international university. York University has 7 colleges, including more than 30 departments. Undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and social sciences are offered. Students can get a first-class teaching experience here. College York University College is named after a meaningful name rather than a regular school major. Derwent named Langwith is a warm river in Yorkshire named Alquin, an abandoned village in Yorkshire. It is a postgraduate-only college and commemorates Alcuin Vanbrugh, a York scholar in the time of Charlemagne, the famous architect Goodricke, and the Dutch astronomer Goodrick Wing, who settled in York Goodricke Wentworth. Named after the English Civil War politician Thomas Wentworth James in honour of Lord James of Rushholm Halifax, the University'