University of British Columbia

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University of British Columbia
MottoLatin: Tuum Est
Established1908
Students65,012[1]
Location
Vancouver and Kelowna
Websiteubc.ca

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a major public university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with another location in Kelowna. It was started in 1908 and moved to its current location in Point Grey in 1925. It is one of the largest universities in Canada, with a student population of over 60,000. UBC has a 1,000-acre campus, a part of which has been set aside for an endowment fund which generates $1.6 billion for the university.[2]

The Vancouver location is in the University Endowment Lands, about 10 km (6 mi) west of Downtown Vancouver.[3] UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national workplace for particle and nuclear physics. It has the world's largest cyclotron. UBC also has the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. UBC and the Max Planck Society founded the first Max Planck Institute in North America, which studies quantum materials.[4] The UBC Library system has over 9.9 million books in its 21 locations and is one of the largest research libraries in Canada.[5][6] The Okanagan campus, added in 2005, is located in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Three Canadian prime ministers, including Canada's first female prime minister Kim Campbell and current prime minister Justin Trudeau, went to UBC.[7]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Overview and Facts | The University of British Columbia". www.ubc.ca. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Denise (29 March 2019). "UBC turns land into a river of gold". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "UBC Facts & Figures (2009/2010)". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "UBC, Max Planck formalize partnership among world's top quantum physicists". Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Library Facts and Figures". UBC library. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "UBC Library hits all-time high in ARL rankings". UBC library. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "UBC alumnus Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada's 23rd prime minister". UBC News. Retrieved 14 Dec 2015.



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