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Lassonde, Schulich form new international partnership

York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering and the Schulich School of Business have deepened their international relationships through a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China. Lassonde and Schulich have opened their doors to students from SUSTech’s College of Engineering with what’s known as a […]

York U leadership return from India with strengthened partnerships and opportunities to pursue

TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2023 – Renewed relationships, new collaborations, future engagement opportunities are just some of the results of York University’s recent delegation to India, aside from increased awareness about the University and its global engagement. The two-week trip included meetings with strategic partners, high school counsellors, alumni, government officials and media, and exploratory conversations with […]

Innovative safe water tool receives major grant

Access to clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are critical to health and well-being, and yet an estimated two billion people globally still lack access to it. Researchers in the Humanitarian Water Engineering Lab at York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research are doing their part to address this crisis, and their efforts have […]

York welcomes international students

This fall, York University welcomes to its campuses more than 2,000 new international students who bring their unique experiences, perspectives, talents and skills to the University and to Canada. Home to more than 10,000 international students from 178 countries, York is a community of diverse experiences, languages, cultures and viewpoints, notes Vinitha Gengatharan, assistant vice-president, global […]

York explores research partnerships with South Africa

York University hosted two major institutional conversations with South Africa during the 2022-23 academic year to explore opportunities for future partnerships. In late April, the University hosted a delegation of South African university vice-chancellors and deputy vice-chancellors for research, the CEO of Universities South Africa and representatives from the country’s National Research Foundation. The delegation […]

International students studying at the Lassonde School of Engineering reconnect far from home

It’s a happy coincidence that Andrea Ngasha Tayebwa and Adren Reuel Singh, who graduated together from high school in Kampala, Uganda, find themselves at York University this year. Both are studying at the Lassonde School of Engineering. Singh applied to York’s computer engineering program and planned to arrive for the fall 2021 semester, but York was still in […]

York University launches prestigious Paulina Lau Scholars Program

A transformative gift from an alumni family will allow York University to enhance its financial support for students seeking global learning opportunities. York University is launching a new scholarship program, which has been made possible thanks to a generous gift from an alumni family. The program will allow students to participate in diverse global learning […]

Space engineering teaching mission underway for Egyptian students

By Elaine Smith York University’s space engineering faculty members are giving talented Egyptian students a taste of space mission preparation this summer in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education. From July 25 to Aug. 15, 45 Egyptian students from a number of universities are participating virtually in an intensive mission design project being […]

United Kingdom’s Turing Scheme awardees visit Lassonde

Manchester Metropolitan University degree apprentices selected York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering and its corporate partners to gain global industry exposure and share important lessons. From June 3 to July 3, York University was home to eight students from Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Met) who were taking part in an opportunity offered by the U.K.’s […]

Daughters for Life Scholarships offer women life-changing opportunities

Four young women who are the recipients of the Daughters for Life Scholarships reflect on their journey to York University and how their studies are positioning them to be future changemakers. By Elaine Smith After his teenaged daughters were killed during an Israeli air strike in 2009, Palestinian-Canadian physician and peace activist Izzeldin Abuelaish (LLD Hons. '15) […]