University of British Columbia
$25M grant brings African students to UBC
Share More than 110 students from Africa will receive comprehensive scholarships to live and learn at the University of British Columbia thanks to a $25 million grant from The MasterCard Foundation announced. UBC is among the first Canadian universities to ... Read More »
Stephen Toope to leave UBC presidency in June 2014
Share Professor Stephen Toope, the 12th president of the University of British Columbia, will leave on June 30, 2014 to pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations, UBC Board of Governors Chair Bill Levine announced. “Professor ... Read More »
Largest number of medical residents to be trained in British Columbia
Share A record number of medical school graduates from across Canada will soon commence their residency training at teaching hospitals and clinics around the province through University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine’s postgraduate medical education program. Ninety-five per cent ... Read More »
University of Victoria turns efforts to rooting out cheaters
Share Cheating schemes don’t get much more complicated than this: A student sits a medical college admission test at the University of Victoria and uses a pinhole camera to transmit the questions across the Strait of Georgia, in return for ... Read More »
Demand for Chinese studies soaring at Canadian university
Share The University of British Columbia expects enrolment in its Chinese language program will increase by 50 percent within five years. On the 10th anniversary of the university’s Department of Asian Studies Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the weekend, ... Read More »
Six British Columbia universities push for more public funding
Share By Jonathan Fowlie British Columbia will soon face a shortage of graduates, report says Six British Columbia universities will ramp up their push for an increase in government funding, releasing a report that shows the province’s economy will soon ... Read More »
UBC leads Canadian universities in Engage Grants
Share Okanagan campus supports industry collaborations through research University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus leads the country in an important category of sponsored research. Since the Engage Grants (EG) program was introduced by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council ... Read More »
UBC and Fraunhofer Society enter $4.9 million clean energy partnership
Share A $4.9-million research partnership between the University of British Columbia and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society – Europe’s largest applied research institution – will advance clean energy research in five critical areas, from wind energy to zero emission vehicles. The international ... Read More »
2013 Globalink Graduate Fellowships, Canada
Share About Scholarship: In collaboration with Mitacs, UBC has created the Globalink Graduate Fellowships for Globalink alumni students who wish to pursue a research Master’s or PhD program at UBC. UBC will fund up to six students per year, depending on availability of ... Read More »
Treisman wins National Medal of Science for psychology research
Share Anne Treisman, Princeton’s James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus, has been chosen to receive a National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor. Treisman, who has made major contributions to the understanding of attention and ... Read More »
