University of British Columbia

"UBC" redirects here. For other uses, see UBC (disambiguation).

University of British Columbia
Coat of arms
Motto
Tuum Est (Latin)[1]
Motto in English
"It is up to you"
"It is yours"
Established1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Academic affiliations
ACU, APRU, ASAIHL, Universities Canada, U15
EndowmentCA$2.8 billion (2023)[2]
BudgetCA$3.8 billion (2024)[3]
ChancellorJudy Rogers
PresidentBenoit-Antoine Bacon
ProvostGage Averill (Vancouver) and Rehan Sadiq (Okanagan)
Academic staff
5,696 (Vancouver)
600 (Okanagan)[4]
Administrative staff
10,647 (Vancouver)
835 (Okanagan)[4]
Students66,266[5]
Undergraduates44,882 (Vancouver)
8,990 (Okanagan)[5][note 1]
Postgraduates9,981 (Vancouver)
945 (Okanagan)[5]
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia
,
Canada

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

  • UBC Okanagan
  • UBC Innovation Library
  • UBC-KGH Clinical Academic Campus

49°15′39″N 123°14′46″W / 49.260887327362745°N 123.24607410269081°W / 49.260887327362745; -123.24607410269081
CampusVancouver: 4.020 km2 (993 acres)
Okanagan: 2.086 km2 (515 acres)
LanguageEnglish
NewspaperThe Ubyssey (Vancouver) The Phoenix News (Okanagan)
Colours    Blue and gold[7]
NicknameThunderbirds (Vancouver)
Heat (Okanagan)
Sporting affiliations
NAIA, U Sports, CWUAA
Websiteubc.ca

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1908, it is the oldest university in British Columbia and oldest Canadian university west of Winnipeg.[8] With an annual research budget of $893 million, UBC funds 9,992 projects annually in various fields of study within the industrial sector, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations.[9]

The Vancouver campus is adjacent to the University Endowment Lands, an unincorporated area with multiple beaches and the Pacific Spirit Regional Park. The university is located 10 km (6 mi) west of downtown Vancouver.[10] UBC is also home to TRIUMF, Canada's national particle and nuclear physics laboratory, which boasts the world's largest cyclotron. In addition to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, UBC and the Max Planck Society collectively established the first Max Planck Institute in North America, specializing in quantum mechanics.[11] Green College is UBC's transdisciplinary semi-independent post-graduate live-in college and is situated on the north-eastern tip of campus adjacent to Burrard Inlet. One of Canada's largest research libraries, the UBC Library system has over 8.3 million items (including print and electronic) among its 21 branches. It is visited annually by 3.1 million people or 9.7 million virtually.[12] The Okanagan campus, acquired in 2005, is located in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Those affiliated with UBC include eight Nobel laureates, 75 Rhodes scholars, 231 Olympians with 65 medals won collectively, 306 fellows to the Royal Society of Canada, and 22 3M National Teaching Fellows.[13] Among UBC's alums are Canadian Prime Ministers John Turner, Kim Campbell, Justin Trudeau, and the former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Kiril Petkov.[14]

  1. ^ UBC Communications and Marketing (December 2015). "UBC Coat of Arms Usage Policy and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "2023 Endowment Update" (PDF). UBC. 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "UBC Overview and Facts". UBC News. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "UBC Overview and Facts". Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Szeri, Andrew; Mukherjee-Reed, Ananya. "University of British Columbia 2018/19 Annual Enrolment Report" (PDF). UBC. pp. 23, 65. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Undergraduate and Post-baccalaureate" (PDF). UBC. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "UBC's Colours: Blue & Gold". University of British Columbia. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Edu, Team Leverage (October 23, 2023). "List of Oldest Universities in Canada". Leverage Edu. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  9. ^ "Research Funding Statistics | UBC Research + Innovation". research.ubc.ca. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  10. ^ "UBC Facts & Figures (2009/2010)". University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  11. ^ "UBC, Max Planck formalize partnership among world's top quantum physicists". October 4, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  12. ^ "UBC Library hits all-time high in ARL rankings". UBC library. August 19, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  13. ^ "Overview and Facts | The University of British Columbia". ubc-prod.it.ubc.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  14. ^ "UBC alumnus Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada's 23rd prime minister". UBC News. November 4, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.


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