Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 39, The University of British Columbia In Canada

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 39, The University of British Columbia In Canada


Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 39, The University of British Columbia In Canada

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The University of British Columbia  

2329 W Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

The University of British Columbia, commonly referred to as UBC, is a public research university with campuses and facilities in the province of British ColumbiaCanada.

Founded in 1908 as the McGill University College of British Columbia, the university became independent and adopted its current name in 1915. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in British Columbia and enrolls over 58,000 students at its Vancouverand Okanagan Valley campuses.[7] UBC’s 4.02 km2 (993-acre) Vancouver campus is located within the University Endowment Lands, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from Downtown Vancouver.[8] The 2.09 km2 (516-acre) Kelowna campus, acquired in 2005, is located in the Okanagan Valley.

UBC is consistently included among the top three research universities in Canada,[9][10][11][12] and among the top research universities in the world.[13][14][15] As of the 2013–2014 school year, UBC was ranked second in Canada among national research universities,[14][16][17] and consistently ranks among the top 50 global universities.[18][19][20][21][22] UBC faculty, alumni, and researchers have won seven Nobel Prizes, 68 Rhodes Scholarships, 64 Olympic medals, 180 fellowships to the Royal Society of Canada, and alumni include two Canadian prime ministers.[8][23][24] UBC is a research-intensive university that funds more than 8,000 projects with its $519 million research budget.[25]

UBC is a non-sectarian and coeducational institution, with more than 275,000 living alumni in 120 countries.[7] The university is a member of Universitas 21, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, the International Association of Universities, the U15 and the only Canadian member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. The university’s varsity teams, known as the Thunderbirds, compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

RANKINGS

Reputation

University rankings
The University of British Columbia
ARWU World[56] 40
QS World[57] 49
THE-WUR World[58] 31
Canadian rankings
ARWU National[59] 2
Maclean’s Medical/Doctoral[60] 2
THE-WUR National[58] 2

UBC is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading universities.[61][62][63][64][65] In the 2013-2014 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, UBC was ranked 31st overall in terms of academic reputation, tied with Duke University and McGill University.[66][67]A 2012 ranking compiled by Higher Education Strategy Associates placed UBC first among Canadian universities in both categories polled: science and engineering, and social sciences and humanities.[68]

In the 23rd annual Macleans university rankings, UBC was ranked second in the country for the second year in a row. The 2013–2014Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the university 31st overall, 24th in North America[18] and second in Canada.[58]The 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the university 40th overall, 31st in North America and second in Canada.[59] InNewsweeks 2011 global university rankings, the university was ranked 8th among institutions outside the United States, and second in Canada.[62] The university was also ranked 49th in the world and third in Canada in the 2013 QS World University Rankings and the 2013-2014 U.S. News and World Report ‘s Top 400 Universities.[13] As of September 2013, according to the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP),[69] the University of British Columbia was ranked 2nd in Canada, 16th in North America and 21st in the world.

A number of individual academic fields at the university have also received high rankings both nationally and internationally. The 2012–2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings lists the university 19th in the world and first in Canada in the field of social sciences.[70] In particular, the UBC Vancouver School of Economics is ranked the best in Canada and among the top 30 Economicsdepartments in the world.[71][72] UBC’s Department of Political Science is also well reputed, both nationally and among world universities. In 2012, U.S. News and World Report ranked UBC 22nd worldwide in the field of Politics and International Relations.[70] In the 2011 ARWU rankings for social sciences, the university was ranked 32nd in the world and first in Canada.[70] In the field of life sciences, the 2012–2013 Times rankings placed the university 20th in the world, and first nationally.[73] The 2011 ARWU rankings for life sciences placed the university 36th in the world and second in Canada.[74] In natural sciences and mathematics, the university was ranked 51–75th in the world, and second in Canada.[75] In the field of physical sciences, the Times rankings placed the university 35th in the world, and second in Canada.[76] Additionally, in the field of engineering and technology, UBC placed 33rd in the world and second in Canada.[77]Finally, the 2012–2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the university 40th in the world and third in Canada in the field of arts and humanities.[78]

The university’s law faculty was ranked fifth in Maclean’s 2012 rankings of Canadian common law schools, and 22nd in the world and 3rd in Canada in the 2012 QS World University Rankings by Subject: Law.[79][80] The Sauder School of Business has also received accolades both nationally and internationally. The business school appeared on the 2013 Financial Times global MBA rankings, placing 57th in the world,[81] and 4th in Canada. The business school was also ranked in QS’s 2012 North American MBA rankings, placing 18th in North America, and third in Canada.

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