The University of British Columbia, commonly referred to as UBC, is a public research university with campuses and facilities in the province of British Columbia, Canada.It is the oldest institution of higher learning in British Columbia and enrolls over 58,000 students at its Vancouver and Okanagan Valley campuses.
Address: 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Phone: +1 604-822-2211
Phone: +1 604-822-2211
Former names | McGill University College of British Columbia (1906–1915) |
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Motto | Latin: Tuum Est |
Motto in English | It is Yours It is up to you |
Established | 1908 |
Type | Public |
Endowment | CAD$1.3 billion |
Chancellor | Lindsay Gordon |
President | Arvind Gupta |
Provost | David Farrar (Vancouver) and Cynthia Mathieson (Okanagan) |
Academic staff | 4,659 (Vancouver) 471 (Okanagan) |
Administrative staff | 9,459 (Vancouver) 582 (Okanagan) |
Students | 58,284 |
Undergraduates | 39,984 (Vancouver) 7,748 (Okanagan) |
Postgraduates | 9,912 (Vancouver) 640 (Okanagan |
Location | Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
Campus | Vancouver: 4.02 km2 (993 acres), Okanagan: 2.086 km2 (515 acres) |
School Song | 'Hail, U.B.C'.; 'High on Olympus' |
Colours | Blue and Gold |
Nickname | UBC Thunderbirds |
Mascot | Thunderbird |
Affiliations | APRU, ASAIHL, AUCC, IAU, U15, Universitas 21. |
Website | ubc.ca |