The University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia coat of arms
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| Motto | Latin: Tuum Est |
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Motto in English
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It is yours It is up to you |
| Established | 1908 |
| Endowment | USD$1.142 billion (2016) |
| Budget | CAD$2.1 billion |
| Chancellor | Lindsay Gordon |
| President | Santa J. Ono |
| Provost | Angela Redish (Vancouver) (pro tem) and Cynthia Mathieson (Okanagan) |
| Elders in Residence | sɁəyeɬəq (Larry Grant) (xʷməθkʷǝy̓əm) |
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Academic staff
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4,864 (Vancouver) 470 (Okanagan) |
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Administrative staff
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9,250 (Vancouver) 606 (Okanagan) |
| Students | 61,113 |
| Undergraduates | 42,986 (Vancouver) 7,668 (Okanagan) |
| Postgraduates | 9,735 (Vancouver) 724 (Okanagan) |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Unceded xʷməθkʷǝy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wúmesh & səl̓ilwətaɁɬ territories) • UBC Point Grey • UBC Robson Square • UBC-VGH Medical Campus • UBC-Great Northern Way (Centre for Digital Media) Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (Unceded Syilx territories) • UBC Okanagan |
| Campus | Vancouver: 4.02 km2 (993 acres) Okanagan: 2.086 km2 (515 acres) |
| Language | English |
| Newspaper | The Ubyssey |
| Colours | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | U Sports CWUAA NWAIA |
| Nickname |
Thunderbird (Vancouver) Heat (Okanagan) |
| Affiliations | APLU, APRU, ASAIHL, AUCC, U15, Universitas 21. |
| Website | ubc.ca |
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| University rankings | |
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| Global rankings | |
| ARWU World | 34 |
| QS World | 45 |
| Times World | 36 |
| Times Reputation | 37 |
| US News and World Report Global | 31 |
| Canadian rankings | |
| ARWU National | 2 |
| QS National | 3 |
| Times National | 2 |
| US News and World Report National | 2 |
| Maclean's Medical/Doctoral | 3 |
| Maclean's Reputation | 2 |
Coordinates: 49°15′40″N 123°15′11″W / 49.26111°N 123.25306°W
The University of British Columbia, commonly referred to as UBC, is a public research university with campuses and facilities in British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1908 as the McGill University College of British Columbia, the university became independent and adopted its current name in 1915. It is British Columbia's oldest institution of higher learning and has over 60,000 students at its Vancouver and Okanagan Valley campuses. Most students are enrolled in five larger faculties: Arts, Science, Applied Science, UBC Faculty of Medicine, and the Sauder School of Business. UBC's 4.02 km2 (993-acre) Vancouver campus is within the University Endowment Lands, about 10 km (6 mi) west of Downtown Vancouver. The 2.09 km2 (516-acre) Okanagan campus, acquired in 2005, is in Kelowna.
UBC's admission standards are the 2nd most rigorous in Canada (behind McGill) with the mean average of 90.04% high school GPA for all incoming domestic students in 2016 for the Vancouver Campus. According to the annual rankings compiled by Maclean's and U.S. News and World Report the university consistently ranks among the top three research universities nationwide. In 2015 U.S. News and World Report and Times Higher Education ranked UBC among the 20 best public universities worldwide. With an annual research budget valued at $600 million, UBC funds 8,442 projects as of 2014. Faculty, alumni, and researchers have received seven Nobel Prizes, 69 Rhodes Scholarships, 65 Olympic medals, 8 memberships in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and 208 fellowships to the Royal Society of Canada. The university has also educated three Canadian prime ministers, most recently Justin Trudeau, the current prime minister.
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