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University of British Columbia
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Description
University of British Columbia
The
University of British Columbia
, commonly referred to as
UBC
, is a
public
research university
with campuses and facilities in
British Columbia
, Canada. Founded in 1908 as the
McGill University
College of British Columbia, the university became independent and adopted its current name in 1915. It is British Columbia's oldest institution of higher learning and has over 60,000 students at its
Vancouver
and
Okanagan Valley
campuses.
[6]
Most students are enrolled in five larger faculties: Arts, Science, Applied Science,
UBC Faculty of Medicine
, and the
Sauder School of Business
.
[7]
UBC's 4.02 km
2
(993-acre) Vancouver campus is within the
University Endowment Lands
, about 10 km (6 mi) west of
Downtown Vancouver
.
[8]
The 2.09 km
2
(516-acre)
Okanagan campus
, acquired in 2005, is in
Kelowna
.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University of British Columbia
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