The University of British Columbia is an open Canadian research college situated in Vancouver, British Columbia. Reliably positioned one of the best organizations in North America, UBC is frequently calmly assigned a "Canadian Ivy League", alongside a couple of other real research colleges in Canada.
Established in 1908 as the McGill University College of British Columbia, the University got to be autonomous and received its current name in 1915. It is the most seasoned foundation of higher adapting in British Columbia and selects more than 58,000 understudies at its Vancouver and Okanagan Valley campuses. UBC's 4.02 km2 (993-section of land) Vancouver grounds is situated inside the University Endowment Lands, around 10 km (6 mi) west of Downtown Vancouver. The 2.09 km2 (516-section of land) Kelowna grounds, obtained in 2005, is situated in the Okanagan Valley.
UBC offers degrees and certificates in more than 300 fields of study, and in 2014 conceded 12,421 degrees. Tuition expenses shift fundamentally between in-region, out-of-territory, and worldwide understudies, and as of the 2014-2015 school year UBC and its contributors gave $35 million in grants annually. Valued at $21,790 every understudy, the University keeps up one of the biggest enrichments among Canadian colleges on an every understudy premise. Bragging a $564 million exploration spending plan, the University finances 8,442 ventures starting 2014.
As indicated by Maclean's UBC had the second most elevated normal secondary school entering review in Canada for first year understudies in 2012. The University is positioned 30th on the planet in U.S. News & World Report 's 2015 rankings, 32nd on the planet in the 2014-2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 43rd on the planet in the 2014 QS World University Rankings and eighth among colleges outside the United States by Newsweek. UBC staff, graduated class, and specialists have won seven Nobel Prizes, 69 Rhodes Scholarships, 65 Olympic awards, 195 associations to the Royal Society of Canada, and graduated class incorporate two Canadian prime ministers.
