The University of York campus is sandwiched between the city walls and the pretty village of…read moreHeslington.
Its sixties concrete building were considered quite innovative at the time, I believe, but they take a bit of getting used to. Luckily, there's a very pleasant campus to help on that front, though the geese are far less welcoming.
York is the only university in the country without a central student venue so don't expect a packed SU bar; the majority of the college bars are pretty dead, when they're open. The closest thing to a student bar you'll find is the King Charles XII pub in Heslington village; their cheap booze ensures they're rammed to the rafters with students in term-time.
Otherwise it's but a twenty-minute walk to the centre of town and its plethora of bars, pubs and restaurants.