Learn more about our five innovative graduate programs headed to York University's new Markham Campus!

Located in the heart of the vibrant City of Markham, York University’s new campus is an ideal home for a community of positive changemakers. Students will be presented with opportunities to collaborate directly with employers, start-ups and community partners to obtain hands-on experience and learn to drive innovation across all areas of knowledge and society.   […]

Our community mourns the passing of Associate Professor Marie-Christine Leps (1953–2022)

Marie-Christine Leps was born and raised in Montréal, where she attended CEGEP and McGill University. In 1985, she completed her doctorate in comparative literature and began a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at York. She commenced teaching in York’s Department of English in 1987 and devoted her career to the university, where she was an Associate Professor. […]

Program Requirements

Academic requirements for all graduate programs and graduate diplomas are outlined in full: 2023–24 Program Requirements 2022–23 Program Requirements 2021–22 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2020–21 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2019–20 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2018–19 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2017–18 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2016–17 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2015-16 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2014–15 Program Requirements (.pdf) 2013–14 Program Requirements (.pdf) […]

Degree Types - Minimum Requirements and Regulations

Master’s Degree Doctoral Degree Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma is the term applied to a for-credit program of study at the graduate level, which is not itself a master’s or doctoral degree program, in a specific area, topic or skill, and may be of a disciplinary or interdisciplinary character. There are three categories of Graduate Diplomas: […]