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Why choose York St John?
High quality experience and outcomes
Gold
TEF Gold award for Student Experience
Silver overall Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rating with a Gold award for Student Experience and a Silver for Student Outcomes (TEF 2023)
Supportive teaching staff
93%
positivity score
York St John University students responded with a 93% positivity score for how good teaching staff are at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025)
Great postgraduate experience
10th
for overall satisfaction
York St John was rated 10th (out of 102 institutions) for overall satisfaction (Postgraduate Teaching Experience Survey 2025)
City centre location
No. 1
Most popular city
York has been named the most popular city in the UK (YouGov 2025)
Recognised by students
84%
overall positivity score
York St John University students responded with an overall positivity score of 84% (National Student Survey 2025)
Growing research community
84%
overall satisfaction
The overall satisfaction of York St John research postgraduates with their studies was 84% (Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2024)
London campus
91%
overall satisfaction
Students at our London Campus responded with an overall satisfaction rate of 91% (International Student Barometer 2024)
Research opportunities
350+
students
have worked on University research projects through our Students as Researchers scheme
Promoting education for all
Equal
access to education
Our contextual offer scheme and mature student entry scheme promote access to higher education for all
What we stand for
Research that makes a difference
Promoting a fairer society
Impactful research is one of our cornerstones as a modern and ambitious university.
Our research seeks to have a positive impact on our community by challenging prejudice and inequity, and promoting a fairer and more just society.
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Institute for Social Justice
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Supporting local business
Working in partnership
We are committed to working in partnership with our local business community to address regional skill gaps.
Our expert, industry-focused academics help businesses find practical and innovative solutions to enable continued business growth.
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CPD courses
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Working with the community
Providing support through partnerships
We are proud to work with individuals, charities, groups and schools to serve our local community. We all have a role to play in improving lives in our region and beyond.
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Armed Forces
: Courses, resources and support for the armed forces community
Community Allotments
: Plots for community participation projects
Community Language School
: Free language classes for children
Converge
: Short courses for mental health service users
Law Clinic
: Legal help and support
York St John Communities Centre
: Affordable mental health services
YSJ Active
: Community sport and fitness facilities
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Celebrating our alumni
A lifelong community
Our alumni are part of the York St John University family long beyond graduation.
We celebrate the successes of our graduates and offer careers support for life, discounted postgraduate study and exclusive alumni benefits.
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We are passionate about giving students the support they need to thrive at University and throughout their lives.
You can help us with this by:
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How to support us
Our University for Social Impact Strategy
Our vision
Through our excellent education and research, we will be a catalyst for change that creates a fair future.
Our values
At York St John we strive for what we believe in. Our strong values remain unchanged and underpin everything we do. We are:
Intellectually open, rigorous and curious
Dedicated to promoting fairness and challenging prejudice
Always inspiring and supporting each other to succeed
University for Social Impact Strategy
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The latest from York St John University
The latest news, views and stories from our staff and students
Opening doors to communication as York St John brings British Sign Language learning to A-Level students
York St John University teams up with local schools to deliver British Sign Language enrichment classes to A-Level students.
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New Policy Lab launched to help York and North Yorkshire thrive
Development of a possible visitor levy first on the agenda.
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A mountain of inequalities: York St John academic campaigns to raise the profile of women in mountaineering
Dr Jenny Hall to open Kendal Mountain Film Festival with panel discussion honouring the first woman to summit Everest.
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Living Lab kicks off this year's climate resilience projects with student grant launch
Expanding community engagement with Friendly Living Fund, People’s Assembly and official campus space.
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Yorkshire and North East Film Archive merger with York St John University to preserve moving image heritage
York St John University and the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive have merged to form a partnership dedicated to saving and celebrating the regions' screen heritage for future research, learning, and public benefit.
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E14 2BA
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