University of British Columbia
- Canada
- Founded 1908
Overview
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with two main campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada. With an annual research budget of $893 million, UBC funds 9,992 projects annually in various fields of study within the industrial sector, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1908Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | VancouverSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 71,201 (2023)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Staff | 32,593 (2024)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | ubc.ca (opens in a new tab) |
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| YouTube | Official channel (opens in a new tab) |
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People who studied here
- Tenzin Gyatso (opens in a new tab)14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans
- Justin Trudeau (opens in a new tab)23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
- Evangeline Lilly (opens in a new tab)Canadian actress (born 1979)
- Kim Campbell (opens in a new tab)19th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993
- William Gibson (opens in a new tab)American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)
- Bertram Brockhouse (opens in a new tab)Canadian physicist
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