UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

The University of British Columbia, ordinarily alluded to as UBC, is an open Canadian research college situated in Vancouver of British Columbia of Canada.

Established in 1908 AD as the McGill University College of British Columbia, the University got to be autonomous and received its current name in 1915 AD. It is the most seasoned organization of higher adapting in British Columbia and enlists more than 58,000 number understudies at its Vancouver and Okanagan Valley campuses. UBC's 4.02 km/sq (993-section of land) Vancouver grounds is found inside the University Endowment Lands, around 10 kilometer (6 mi) west of Downtown Vancouver.] The 2.09 km/sq (516-section of land) Kelowna grounds, gained in 2005 AD, is spotted in the Okanagan Valley.

UBC offers degrees and recognitions in more than 300 fields of study, and in 2014 AD allowed 12,421 degrees. Tuition charges fluctuate fundamentally between in-area, out-of-territory, and universal understudies, and as of the 2014-2015 AD school year UBC and its givers gave $35 million in grants annually. Valued at $21,790 every understudy, the University keep up one of the largest enrichments among Canadian colleges on an every understudy premise. Bragging a $564 million exploration plan, the University supports 8,442 activities starting 2014 AD.

As indicated by Maclean's UBC had the second most astounding normal secondary school entering review in Canada for first year understudies in 2012 AD. The University is positioned 30th on the planet in U.S. News & World Report 's 2015 AD rankings, 32nd on the planet in the 2014-2015 AD Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 43rd on the planet in the 2014 AD QS World University Rankings and eighth among colleges outside the United States by Newsweek. UBC employees, graduated class, and scientists have won seven Nobel Prizes, sixty nine Rhodes Scholarships, sixty five Olympic awards, one hundred ninenty five cooperations to the Royal Society of Canada, and graduated class integrate two Canadian PM.

UBC is a non-partisan and coeducational organization, with more than 300,000 living graduated class in 120 countries.[8] The University is an individual from Universitas 21, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada[AUCC], the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions[ASAI] of Higher Learning, the International Association of Universities[IAU], the U15 and the main Canadian individual from the Association of Pacific Rim Universities[APRU]. The University's varsity groups, known as the Thunderbirds in Vancouver and the Heat in the Okanagan, contend in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association [CWUAA] of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport.