{"id":1293,"date":"2021-12-14T17:36:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/?post_type=academics&#038;p=1293"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:51:39","slug":"prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"academics","link":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/academics\/graduate\/prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:20vw;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1950\" height=\"720\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3440\" alt=\"Two engineering stdents working on robotics\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Undergraduate-Studies.png 1950w, 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