University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia coat of arms
Motto	Latin: Tuum Est
Motto in English	It is Yours It is up to you
Established	1908
Endowment	CAD$1.8 billion
Budget	CAD$2.1 billion
Chancellor	Lindsay Gordon
President	Santa J. Ono
Provost	Angela Redish (Vancouver) (pro tem) and Cynthia Mathieson (Okanagan)
Academic staff	4,864 (Vancouver) 470 (Okanagan)
Administrative staff	9,250 (Vancouver) 606 (Okanagan)
Students	61,113
Undergraduates	42,986 (Vancouver) 7,668 (Okanagan)
Postgraduates	9,735 (Vancouver) 724 (Okanagan)
Location	UBC Point Grey: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada UBC Robson Square: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada UBC Okanagan: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Campus	Vancouver: 4.02 km2 (993 acres) Okanagan: 2.086 km2 (515 acres)
Newspaper	The Ubyssey
Colours	Blue and Gold
Athletics	CWUAA NWAIA
Nickname	Thunderbird (Vancouver) Heat (Okanagan)
Affiliations	APRU, ASAIHL, AUCC, U15, Universitas 21.
Website	ubc.ca

Coordinates: 49°15′40″N 123°15′11″W / 49.26111°N 123.25306°W / 49.26111; -123.25306

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, Medicine, Applied Science 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 among Canada's most rigorous, and 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 incumbent.