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The Department of Biology at the University of York opened in 1965 and moved to its current site near Wentworth College in 1968. The department provides both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Biology and other related fields of science to over 1000 students and has been rated consistently ranked in the top 10 university biology departments in the UK. [1]
The department opened in 1978, 15 years after the university itself. The first head of department, Philip Rahtz built a thematic undergraduate programme specialising in the British Middle Ages. The programme included a 12-week field course in archaeological excavation. [3] The department expanded under Martin Carver after his appointment in 1986.
The University of York [7] (abbreviated as Ebor or York for post-nominals) is a public collegiate research university in York, England.Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects.
The University of York has eleven colleges. [1] These colleges provide most of the accommodation for undergraduates and postgraduates at the university. While lectures, examinations, laboratories and facilities such as the central library are run by the university, the colleges play an important role in the pastoral care of the student body.
A list of universities in Yorkshire and the Humber, educational institutions with university status by the Office for Students (formerly the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)and mainly based in England's Yorkshire and the Humber region, are institutions running courses at both undergraduate (operated by UCAS) and postgraduate levels.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of York opened in 1965 with Sir Richard Norman being the founding professor of the department. [1] The department has since grown to over 820 students and provides both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Chemistry and other related fields, with the current Head of department being Professor Caroline Dessent.
An undergraduate degree (also called first degree or simply degree) is a colloquial term for an academic degree earned by a person who has completed undergraduate courses. In the United States, it is usually offered at an institution of higher education , such as a college or university .
CITY College, University of York Europe Campus aims to embrace internationalisation while maintaining the same standards, curricula, and traditions of the British institution of the same name. CITY's educational bases comprises students and faculty members from more than 60 countries, who speak over 20 languages.