The Faculty of Science has established partnerships with various international institutions. To better inform the York Science community of these international partner institutions, we have provided a brief profile of each partner below.
York University has over 300 partnerships in 64 countries. Learn more about York’s partnerships around the world.
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Nantong University
Nantong University (China) was founded in 1912 and offers 102 undergraduate programs in the disciplines of literature, science, engineering, medicine, art, economics, law, pedagogy, history and management. It is home to 40,000 full-time undergraduates, including 3,350 postgraduates and 916 international students. Its School of Sciences includes the Departments of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics (Education), Applied Statistics, Information & Computer Science, Physics (Education), Applied Physics, and Optoelectronic Information Science & Engineering. In the last five years, the School has trained more than 120 postgraduates with master’s degrees, and it has more than 1,300 undergraduates currently enrolled in the program.
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Sup’Biotech
Sup’Biotech is a private engineering school located in the Paris metropolitan area, specializing in the diverse fields of the Biotechnology sector. Sup’Biotech is part of IONIS Education Group, comprised of 26 schools across France. At Sup’Biotech, classes are available in French or English through the Bachelor Program. The Undergraduate Program is entirely taught in English. Sup’Biotech’s pedagogy is a multidisciplinary balance between scientific and engineering qualifications, management skills, industrial know-how, as well as knowledge of both domestic and international biotechnology markets. Professors come from diverse training and educational backgrounds, such as universities, research centers and the industry. Students are prepared for a wide range of responsibilities in various biotechnological and international companies working in the fields of Health, Cosmetics, the Environment, Pharmaceuticals, Bioinformatics and Food Process. The school has more than 870 students enrolled and partnerships with 103 international institutions. View their promotional YouTube video.
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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
UNIST is located in the heart of South Korea’s largest industrial city, Ulsan. Since its opening in 2009, UNIST has been ranked 8th in South Korea and 212th globally in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. UNIST is the only university in South Korea where 100% of lectures are conducted in English. UNIST has been designated as one of the world’s foremost graphene R&D institutions, hosting three IBS campus-based research centers. Moreover, in the field of secondary batteries, UNIST has been ranked in among the top three in the world along with MIT and Stanford University.
UNIST has 463 faculty members and 4,622 students including 2,000 graduates. Colleges and Schools that students can choose subjects from are the College of Engineering, College of Information and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Liberal Arts and School of New UNISTars.
Shenzhen University
Shenzhen University (China) hosts over 34,000 students, 3,770 faculty and staff members since it was founded in 1983. SZU offers bachelor, master and Ph.D. degrees in a wide range of programs. The university consists of 27 schools and two affiliated hospitals, offering 90 undergraduate majors. The 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked SZU 351-400 in the world, and 17th in China.
The University’s School of Mathematics and Statistics has five departments: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Information and Computational Science, Statistics, and University Mathematics Teaching. The school has three existing undergraduate programs: mathematics and applied mathematics (including mathematics education and financial mathematics), information and computing science (including mathematics and computer science classes), and statistics.
York University and Shenzhen University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the goal of establishing a joint degree program in Applied Mathematics and furthering pathways for student exchanges, research, and cooperation between the two institutions.
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Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Guilin University of Electronic Technology (GUET) was founded in 1960 and is a key public university of Guangxi. It has four campuses and 17 colleges that offer 70 bachelor programs, 18 master programs and four PhD programs. It has more than 2,900 teachers and staff, and about 40,600 students enrolled. GUET also recruits foreign students and offers the Chinese Government Scholarship, Silk Road Scholarship, Special Scholarships for Chinese and American Students and Guangxi Government Full Scholarship for ASEAN Students. Presently, there are 1,300 international students from over 54 countries and regions studying in GUET.
GUET and the Faculty of Science at York University signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a Sino-Canada Cooperation program for Data Science.
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Hohai University
Hohai University is a public research university in Nanjing, China, with a focus on water and engineering. It has 21 colleges and departments in total, covering engineering, sciences, economics, management, arts and law. It offers 71 undergraduate programs, 205 master programs, and 66 PhD programs, and it has 16 post-doctoral stations. The school’s Hydraulic Engineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Science & Engineering programs are ranked among the top in China. The institution ranks in the top 1% in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database in the disciplines of Engineering, Environment/Ecology, Computer Science, Material Science, Earth Science, Agricultural Science, Chemistry and General Social Science.
The University has more than 3,500 faculty members, serving approximately 55,000 students, including about 20,000 undergraduate students, 11,000 master students, 3,500 PhD students, and 1,100 international students.
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University L’Aquila
Established in 1952, the University of L’Aquila is located in L’Aquila, Italy – 100 km northeast of Rome. University of L’Aquila is a public teaching and research institution; with seven departments, it offers about 20,000 students a full range of first and second cycle degrees, and a vast array of PhDs and third cycle courses in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, information and communication technology, biology, medicine and life sciences, social sciences and humanities. Many members of its faculty of about 600 professors and researchers have received international recognition and are considered leaders in their fields of research. Find out more about UnivAQ on YouTube.
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Hebei Normal University
Hebei Normal University (HNU) originates from Shuntian School (founded in 1902 in Beijing) and Beiyang Women’s Normal School (founded in 1906 in Tianjin). HNU has 25 colleges and one independent college (Huihua College) providing 93 four-year undergraduate programs, 29 master’s degree programs and 24 doctoral degree programs. These disciplines cover the fields of philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, sciences, engineering, management, and art. It ranks among the world’s top one percent by ESI in the disciplines of chemistry, and plant and animal science.
HNU has nearly 2,700 faculty and staff and nearly 1,800 teaching faculty, as well as more than 25,000 undergraduate students, 5,200 PhD students and 1,000 continue study students.
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Sunway University
Sunway University is one of Malaysia’s leading private universities. It is a not-for-profit institution dedicated to quality education, supporting enterprise, and undertaking research focused on key global problems. It is home to 8,000 students, 72 academic programs, seven academic schools and 17 research centres.
The university is relatively young but already ranks within the top two percent of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings). Sunway University ranked 121 in the QS Asia University Rankings 2022, as well as within the top 150 universities in the world under 50 years old.
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is known both nationally and internationally for excellence in technical education, basic and applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship and industrial consultancy. A faculty of international repute, a highly motivated and brilliant student community, excellent technical and supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras.
IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 8000 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. The Institute has sixteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organized in a unique pattern.
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Nanjing University
Founded in 1902, Nanjing University is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China. Committed to the prosperity of the nation and the advancement of science, Nanjing University makes significant contributions to the revitalization of China. Over the past century, centering on educating men and women, NJU has, in different historical periods, cultivated and turned out many talents, who have made enormous contributions and achievements in their respective fields.
At present, NJU has three campuses: Xianlin Campus, Gulou Campus and Pukou Campus, with 28 schools under the university’s direct supervision. The university boasts a faculty made up of the most accomplished scholars in China, a large number of outstanding disciplines and many important national and provincial research platforms. As of 2016, the number of the students was 32,999 in total, including 13,583 undergraduates, 10,865 master students, 5,335 doctoral students, and 3,216 full-time international students.
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NOIC Academy
NOIC ACADEMY is located in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada. Being a full-time, high end private boarding secondary school, it has offered the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) since 2004.
In March 2015, it was authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) to become an IB World School, offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). NOIC ACADEMY is co-inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education and IBO.
The mission of NOIC Academy is to inspire students to improve their lives and expand their horizons through a lifelong commitment to learning, by empowering students to achieve their academic potential, to build self-confidence, and to develop a global vision which embraces cultural differences and promotes cultural exchanges.
NOIC Academy provides comprehensive, one-stop and individualized VIP teaching service. Secondary credit courses, IELTS/TOEFL, university application counseling and social activities are integrated on campus. The leading figures from many different fields in North America are often invited to introduce both opportunities and challenges in their respective domains, which can guide students to make the right major choice, plan their career in advance, obtain wide international views and stimulate them to study harder. Our mission is to assist Chinese students in successfully being admitted by world-famous universities.
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Jiangnan University
Jiangnan University Jiangnan University is situated in Wuxi, China. The university’s roots go back to 1902 when its predecessor, San Jiang Normal School, began its first term. In 1958, Jiangnan University began its independent existence as Wuxi Institute of Light Industry, which later merged with two other colleges in 2001, and was renamed Jiangnan University by the Ministry of Education.
The university consists of 18 schools and is home to about 3,400 staff and faculty members, more than 20,600 full-time undergraduates, 10,940 postgraduates and 670 international students. The School of Science has seven departments (Information and Computation Science, Optoelectronics Information Science and Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Mathematics, Physics Experiment Center, and Laboratory Center) with 149 faculty members and 125 full-time teachers. It offers two undergraduate programs majoring in Information and Computing Science, and Optoelectronics Information Science and Engineering, two master’s degrees in Mathematics and Optical Engineering, and one doctoral degree in Food Optical Intelligent Detection Technology. It has several provincial and municipal teaching and research platforms, such as the Jiangsu University Physics Experiment Teaching Exemplary Center and the Jiangsu Light Industry Optoelectronic Engineering And Research Center.
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International University – Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City International University (IU), one of seven member universities of Vietnam National University HCMC, was established in December 2003. As an interdisciplinary university, it is the first public university in Vietnam that uses English as the primary language in teaching and researching. The university conducts all its administrative, academic, and research activities in Thu Duc university village, a 77-hectare joint land endowment between Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province. IU and its partner universities currently offer undergraduate and graduate accredited programs.
The focus has been on offering academic majors that are aligned with the growing demand for human resources in such fields as economics, management, science, and technology. IU’s overall model adheres to the international standards in developing syllabi or curricula in collaboration with several top universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Hanyang University
Hanyang University is a private research university in South Korea. The main campus is in Seoul, and the second one, the Education Research Industry Cluster, in Ansan. Hanyang (한양;漢陽) derives from the former name of the capital Seoul which was used during the Chosun Dynasty.
Hanyang University has an alumni network of 330,000. In 2018, Hanyang was ranked 1st for the number of CEO alumni of venture companies. In 2019, QS World University Rankings ranked Hanyang University 150th. The University welcomes over 7,400 foreign students each year and more than 3,000 students study abroad annually. HYU counts the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, and Tsinghua University among its 820 partner universities in 88 countries.
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Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is one of the top public universities in Singapore and ranked 19th in QS World University Rankings 2023. NTU has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in engineering, business, science, humanities, arts, social sciences, education and medicine. Ranked the top university in the world for citations in artificial intelligence (Nikkei and Elsevier 2017) for the period 2012-2016, NTU is embracing digital technologies for better learning and living as part of its Smart Campus vision.
It has partnerships with the world’s leading technology companies such as Alibaba, Rolls-Royce, BMW, Volvo, Delta Electronics, and Singtel in many areas of societal importance and impact that include artificial intelligence, data science, robotics, smart transportation, computing, personalised medicine, healthcare and clean energy. NTU has 61 Green Mark Platinum awards for its building projects. In addition to its main campus in the western part of Singapore, NTU also has a medical campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district, and has a joint medical school with Imperial College London.
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Meiji University (Japan)
Meiji University was founded in 1881 and currently consists of 10 undergraduate schools, 12 graduate schools and four professional graduate schools. The Meiji University School of Science and Technology consists of five technological departments (Electronics and Bioinfomatics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Informatics, Architecture, and Applied Chemistry) and three science departments (Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics).
Meiji University was founded in 1881 and currently consists of 10 undergraduate schools, 12 graduate schools and four professional graduate schools. The Meiji University School of Science and Technology consists of five technological departments (Electronics and Bioinfomatics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Informatics, Architecture, and Applied Chemistry) and three science departments (Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics).
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ranking among the world’s top 100 institutions, PolyU has over 30 academic units across six faculties and three schools, opening doors to a broad range of academic disciplines. Offering over 160 postgraduate and undergraduate programs, PolyU emphasizes experiential learning and holistic education; it has 448,000 alumni all over the world and more than 27,000 students.
The Faculty of Science of PolyU is comprised of four constituent departments including the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, the Department of Applied Mathematics and, the Department of Applied Physics (AP), and the Department of Food Science and Nutrition. It has over 190 academic staff and offers a comprehensive range of academic programs covering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
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Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 is one of the top public universities in Villeurbanne, France. Founded in 1971, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 provides teaching for 47,000 students a year in the fields of science and technology, health and sport. It is named after the 19th century physiologist who developed the notion of blind testing in scientific experiments. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 is part of Université de Lyon. With 62 laboratories and more than 5,600 publications per year, Lyon 1 contributes to scientific progress in numerous fields: health, mathematics, IT, physics, chemistry, earth and space sciences, life sciences, and more.
A number of degree programs at Claude Bernard are taught in English. This includes an undergraduate course in Geosciences, and master’s degrees in Chemistry and Nanoscale Engineering.
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University of Macau
Founded in 1981, the University of Macau (UM) is an international public comprehensive university in Macao. Eighty per cent of the faculty members are from outside Macao, and English is the main medium of instruction.
Currently, there are more than 12,500 students at UM. For undergraduate education, the university adopts a ‘4-in-1’ collaborative education model, which consists of discipline-specific education, general education, research and internship education, and community and peer education.
With a credit system and a collegiate system, the University offers over 100 degree programs at bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, covering a variety of fields, including literature, language, business administration, marketing, accounting, finance, international integrated resort management, science, education, biomedical science, law, history, economics, psychology, sociology, communication, engineering, computer science, and Chinese medical sciences.
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Rosedale Global High School
Rosedale Global High School is an independent, Ontario-based Canadian private high school. In the 2022-2023 academic year, Rosedale Global High School provided learning to secondary education students in collaboration with 62 partners in 95 schools across 17 countries.
The school is operated by Rosedale International Education Inc. (Toronto, Canada), which delivers school learning solutions in K-12 transformative global education. Embracing innovation in academics and technology, Rosedale provides international schools a holistic education solution, supported by an integrated digital learning platform with transformative curriculum and comprehensive quality assurance services, to create life-changing learning outcomes to students around the world.
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The University of York
The University of York (United Kingdom) was established in 1963 and has expanded to more than thirty departments and centers, covering a wide range of subjects. They are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of 24 leading UK universities, ranked 167th in the QS World University Rankings 2024, and had seven world top 100 subjects in the QS World University Rankings by subject in 2023. They were also ranked joint 10th in the UK for the quality of their research in the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of the Research Excellence Framework in 2021.
University of York students become a member of one of the University’s 11 colleges, and a wide variety of clubs and societies make it easy for new students to integrate and feel at home throughout their studies. York has more than 22,000 students from more than 150 different countries and over 130,000 alumni from all over the world.
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O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)
Established in 2009 by the Haryana Government and recognized by University Grants Commission, O.P. Jindal Global University is a non-profit initiative founded by Mr. Naveen Jindal in memory of Mr. O.P. Jindal. JGU, maintaining a 1:9 faculty student ratio, emphasizes research and upholds values of innovative pedagogy and global engagement across its 12 established schools.
As a residential university, it accommodates over 9,000 students. Awarded “Autonomy” after securing an “A” Grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, JGU was listed in the QS World University Rankings 2021 and QS Young University Rankings 2021. It ranks as India’s top private university and is a top contender in social sciences, arts, and humanities, according to the QS World University Rankings 2023.
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Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), located in South China, is known for its global-minded faculty and students and its research on international languages, literature, culture, trade and strategic studies.
The University has three campuses: the North Campus at the foot of the Baiyun Mountain, the South Campus in Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, and Dalang Campus. The University has 25 faculties offering 72 programs in literature, economics, management, law, engineering, science, education and art for bachelor, master and doctoral degrees and post-doctoral research. With 26 foreign languages available, GDUFS offers the greatest variety of foreign language programs in South China.
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Srinakharinwirot University – Faculty of Medicine
Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) is one of the leading autonomous universities in Thailand, under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. SWU has 29,000 students and 1,900 academic staff, and it currently offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees in more than 190 programs in 17 faculties, four colleges and one institute.
The Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1985, making it the eighth oldest medical school in Thailand. The school has two campuses: Prasarnmit Campus in Watthana, Bangkok, and Ongkharak Campus in Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok Province. The Faculty has a total of 20 departments, with five preclinical departments and 15 clinical departments. In collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), the SWU Faculty of Medicine established the only Joint Medical Program in Thailand, in which students initially complete a 3-year basic medical sciences (B.Med.Sci) degree at the University of Nottingham and then join a 3-year clinical study at SWU to complete their Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree
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