We are proud to provide an excellent teaching and learning experience for our students, and we're renowned for our research-led teaching. Being taught by leaders in their field, with a syllabus that has been inspired by the latest thinking, is fundamental to your future success, and so it's not surprising that we spend the majority of the fees you pay on academic department delivery and support for your teaching and learning experience.

Study resources essential to your studies are covered by your university fees. Things like high speed wifi, the Library, the campus network, printers, e-learning resources including the VLE and lecture capture, access to online timetabling, and help desks. We are always looking for opportunities to use technology to support your learning as well as ensuring you have the physical resources and study spaces you need.

Student support encompasses all the activities necessary to keep you happy, healthy and looking forward to a successful future. Taking care of your health and wellbeing during your time at York is important and your fees contribute to the counselling and health services, and support from the college system. Our Student Hub provides daily support and advice on all kinds of matters including finance, disability, visas, being a carer or a student with children. Additional study support skills are met through the Writing and the Maths centres, and your future career hopes and dreams are supported through our careers team and employability programme York Futures.

The University of York was founded on the principles of excellence, equality and opportunity for all. Our strongly held belief in opportunity for all means a percentage of the fees we receive are reinvested to provide a place at York to talented students who would not otherwise have had the opportunity to benefit from a university degree.

Many students are attracted to York because of our green and open campus. Making sure you have an excellent environment in which to live and learn is a key priority. We invest in the lakes and landscape as well as maintaining and running the buildings and facilities you use everyday. Your fees help us to run, heat and service the places you use including teaching and leisure spaces, research facilities, student support premises and sports buildings.

There are central functions common to all universities that are part of the costs of the day-to-day running of the institution; they include student recruitment and admissions, human resources, finance, planning, and administrative systems. These activities allow the smooth running of the University to ensure excellent teaching, learning and research takes place, and that we continue to recruit and retain outstanding students for the future.

We are a charity; our charitable status means that our activities are not focused on making a profit for investors or shareholders. Instead we are required to generate a surplus which is used to invest in the student experience and to ensure the long-term sustainable future of the University. We typically use surplus income to enhance teaching and research space, student learning, social and sporting facilities, additional student support, campus improvements, and funding for new innovations.