University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university founded in 1908 in Point Grey, in the city of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

The university has two main campuses, in Vancouver and the Okanagan Valley .

Around 60 thousand students study at this university, 12 thousand of whom are international students admitted from 139 countries around the world.

UBC has 16 faculties, 18 schools and 2 colleges, offering a wide range of educational programmes and fields of study to its students.

Why the University of British Columbia?

This university is the oldest university in British Columbia, has secured second place among Canada's top three universities, and has consistently been among the world's top 40 universities since 1915.

British Columbia funds more than 8000 projects every year through its 600 million dollar research budget.

One of the largest research libraries in Canada is the UBC Library system, which holds more than 9.9 million volumes across its 21 branches.

The University of British Columbia is also home to Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics (TRIUMF), which houses the world's largest cyclotron.

It is interesting to know that this university is listed among universities with very high employment rates, and in the 2019 QS survey it ranked third in Canada and 38th in the world for graduate employability.

The University of British Columbia has eight Nobel Prize winners, 74 Rhodes Scholars, 65 Olympic medals, ten members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society, and 273 members of the Royal Society of Canada affiliated with the institution.

Notable graduates of this university include three Prime Ministers of Canada, including Canada's first female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell, and the current Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

Many graduates of this university are employed at major global companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook, which has added greatly to the university's reputation.

The University of British Columbia has a strong interest in education and in discovering people and the environment.

It also provides students with conditions for learning about and discovering cultures, health, economics, science and the environment at the bachelor's and master's levels.