About UBC's Vancouver Campus

The University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus is located at the western tip of the Point Grey Peninsula in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. More than 400 hectares in size, the stunning campus is surrounded by forest on three sides and ocean on the fourth, and is just a 30 minute bus ride to Vancouver’s downtown core. The campus has been located on this site for most of its 100-year history; a location that is the traditional territory of the Musqueam people. The campus also has two additional sites, one in the heart of downtown Vancouver at Robson Square, and another at Great Northern Way.

Facilities

As a top-ranked research university, the Vancouver campus is home to some outstanding facilities, including:

• TRIUMF — one of the world’s leading laboratories for subatomic physics
• UBC Library — one of Canada’s leading academic libraries, with 21 branches and divisions on this campus
• The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts — one of the world’s great concert halls
• The Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability (CIRS) — opening in the fall of 2011, CIRS will be North America’s Greenest Building
• The Arthur Erickson designed Museum of Anthropology — Canada’s largest teaching museum
• The Beaty Biodiversity Museum — home to Canada’s largest blue whale skeleton
• The world class UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
• The UBC Farm — the only working farm in the city of Vancouver
• Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre — home to Thunderbird Ice Hockey and 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Venue

Campus Life

The Vancouver campus educates more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year, representing 140 different countries. Hundreds of academic programs are offered through 12 Faculties and 14 Schools. More than 8000 students, faculty and staff live on the campus in one of eight university residences. Another 7,500 people live in one of the residential neighborhoods located on the campus.