Every undergraduate is initially assigned to a college when they enter York based on their faculty and program of study:
| Faculty | College | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Studies | Founders | |
| Fine Arts | Winters | |
| Glendon | Glendon | |
| Health | Bethune | Kinesiology BSc |
| Calumet | Psychology, undeclared Health majors | |
| Stong | Kinesiology BA, Health Informatics, Heath Management, Health Policy, Nursing | |
| Liberal Arts & Professional Studies |
Bethune | Science & Technology Studies |
| Calumet | Cognitive Science | |
| Founders | African Studies, Anthropology, Canadian Studies, East Asian Studies,European Studies, French Studies, Geography, Geography & Urban Studies, German Studies, Health and Society, History, Human Rights & Equity Studies, International Development Studies, Italian Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Linguistics, Portuguese Studies, Race Ethnicity and Indigeneity, Russian Studies,Sexuality Studies, Social Work, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Urban Studies, Women's Studies | |
| McLaughlin | Criminology, Global Political Studies, Labour Studies, Law & Society, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Science, Sociology | |
| New | Administrative Studies, Disaster and Emergency Management, Human Resources Management, Information Technology | |
| Stong | English, Creative Writing, Professional Writing | |
| Vanier | Business & Society, Business Economics, Children's Studies, Classical Studies & Classics, Culture and Expression, Economics, Financial & Business Economics, Hellenic Studies, Humanities, Individualized Studies, Jewish Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Social & Political Thought, undecided LAPS majors | |
| Winters | Communications Studies | |
| Schulich | Calumet | |
| Science & Engineering | Bethune | |
