The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top 34 universities in the world. Founded in 1908, UBC embraces innovation and challenges the status quo. Its entrepreneurial perspective encourages students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world. Spanning two major campuses—the picturesque Vancouver campus situated on the Point Grey peninsula overlooking the Pacific Ocean and mountains, and the dynamic Okanagan campus in the high-tech interior city of Kelowna—UBC educates over 70,000 students from more than 160 countries. UBC faculty, researchers and alumni have won 8 Nobel Prizes, 71 Rhodes Scholarships, and 65 Olympic medals, producing groundbreaking advancements across quantum computing, environmental sustainability, biotechnology, cancer research, forestry, and global economic policy.

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