The University of British Columbia is located in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 1908 and formerly known as McGill University College in British Columbia, it gained independence in 19 15. Canadian U 15 Research University Alliance, Pacific Rim University Alliance, Global University Advanced Research Alliance, Universitas 2 1 and association of commonwealth universities, including Vancouver Campus (general campus) and Okanagan Campus, are comprehensive research universities.
After more than one hundred years of rapid development, UBC has gradually become a comprehensive research university. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, which has the largest cyclotron in the world? . In addition to Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Broussin Institute for Quantum Matter, UBC and Max Planck Institute jointly established the first Max Planck Institute in North America specializing in quantum materials. By 2020, UBC has trained 8 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Canadian Prime Ministers, 22 winners of 3M Excellent Teaching Awards, 65 Olympic medal winners, 765,438+0 Rhodes scholars, 273 members of the Royal Society of Canada and many other alumni? . Three Canadian prime ministers have all received education in UBC, including kim campbell, the first female prime minister in Canada, and justin trudeau, the current prime minister.
Ranking of schools
UBC ranked 42nd in the academic ranking of world universities of 20021,37th in the world university in 2022, 46th in the QS of 2022, and 2022U American news? ; 2022 McLean magazine ranked third in Canadian medical and doctoral universities; Selected into the British government's "high potential talent visa program". The QS World University Ranking Organization announced the QS World University Ranking from 2002/KLOC-0 to 2022, among which the University of British Columbia ranked 46th in the world. The following is a list of the world rankings of the University of British Columbia over the years (note: QS World University Rankings is recognized as one of the four most influential global university rankings in the world).
Department introduction
? The University of British Columbia has 25 departments: School of Applied Science, School of Architecture and Landscape Design, School of Art and School of Audio. Ogy and Speech Sciences) Saud Business School, School of Community and Regional Planning, Extended Learning, Department of Dentistry (School of Education, School of Environmental Health, School of Forestry, Graduate and Postdoctoral Research. School of Motor Function, School of Journalism, School of Land and Food System, Peter A. Allard Law School Library, Library, School of Archives and Information Research) School of Medicine (Conservatory of Music) School of Nursing (School of Population and Public Health) School of Health) School of Pharmacy (School of Science) School of Social Work) UBC Vantage College) Vancouver School of Economics.
Alumni performance: By 2020, the University of British Columbia has trained 8 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Canadian Prime Ministers, 22 winners of the 3M Excellence Teaching Award, 65 Olympic gold medal winners, 765,438+0 Rhodes scholars, 273 members of the Royal Canadian Society and many other alumni.
Campus environment
The main campus of the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) covers an area of 4.02km2 (6030mu) and has many famous facilities. Botanical Gardens with about 8,000 kinds of plants and Anthropology Museum with many indigenous objects in the Pacific Northwest attract most tourists and scholars every year. The University of British Columbia has the second largest library system in Canada, with more than 5.4 million books and tens of thousands of maps and e-books, among which the number of books in Asian languages ranks first in the country. In addition, the University of British Columbia has the world's largest rotating Mercury telescope, a research farm with an area of 0.24km2 (360mu), a marine science research center and a TRIUMF research center with the world's largest cyclotron. 20 10, the 2nd1Winter Olympic Games and the 1st 10 Winter Paralympics were held in Thunderbird Sports Center of Doug Mitchell University.
The University of British Columbia is located on the peninsula west of Vancouver, a beautiful garden city on the west coast of Canada. It is surrounded by mountains and seas and has beautiful scenery. Covering an area of 65,438+0,000 mu, it is the most beautiful campus in North America. With mild climate and beautiful scenery, it is considered as one of the most ideal living cities in Canada. In addition to the campus, there is also its celestial beach.
There are more than 200 buildings on campus, including library, administration building, teaching building, scientific research center, observatory, dormitory building, affiliated institutions, entertainment places, cultural centers, hospitals, student union buildings, museums and so on.
There are restaurants, snack bars, bars, copy centers, gift shops, bowling alleys, information desks, photo studios, music rooms and women's centers in the student union building. The world cultural heritage with thousands of years of history is displayed in the museum, showing the history of the earth for more than 4.5 billion years. There are also the Scientific Research Council Building in British Columbia and the Fisheries, Forestry and Agricultural Science Building of the federal government on campus.