The University of York was founded in 1963, when it had just 200 students. It now has 1 1 ,500 students and over 30 academic departments and research centres. The university is known for its academic excellence and (along with Cambridge) boasts the highest scores in official teaching assessments. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise placed the University among the ten leading institutions in the UK for research and underlined its position as one

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