The University of British Columbia
6200 University Blvd Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
- Overview
- Facilities
- Placement
- Student Life
- Available Courses
Institution Overview
Institution details and overview.
- About the Institution
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with its main Vancouver campus located on the Point Grey peninsula in the University Endowment Lands and a second major campus in Kelowna. UBC describes itself as a global centre for teaching, learning, and research and states that it is consistently ranked among the top public universities in the world.
- Institution Type
Public research university
- Establishment Year
- Founded: 1908. UBC’s Vancouver campus history page states the university was founded in 1908 and opened in 1915.
- Educational Focus
Strong areas include:
- Arts and humanities
- Business
- Engineering
- Forestry
- Land and food systems
- Medicine and health
- Science
- Education
- Law
- Applied sciences and interdisciplinary research
- Rankings
- QS World University Rankings 2026: #40 globally.
- Consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.
- Highlights
- UBC’s two major campuses together attract more than 65,000 students from 140+ countries.
- The Vancouver campus is more than 400 hectares in size; a UBC planning page gives a more specific figure of 994 acres (402 hectares).
- UBC is a major research university with extensive library, research, housing, recreation, and student-support infrastructure.