University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with two main campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna in the province of British Columbia, Canada.不列颠哥伦比亚大学（简称 UBC）是一所公立研究型大学，在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华与基隆拿附近设有两个主校区。

It was established by the British Columbia University Act of 1908 and opened in 1915, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 45th in the world.该校由 1908 年《不列颠哥伦比亚大学法案》创立，于 1915 年开课，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 45 位。

In 2024 to 2025 UBC enrolled 53,481 full-time equivalent students, holds an endowment of 3.0 billion Canadian dollars and runs an annual research budget of 893 million dollars.2024 至 2025 学年 UBC 有 53,481 名全日制当量学生，持有 30 亿加元捐赠基金，并拥有 8.93 亿加元年度研究预算。

History

• In 1877, six years after British Columbia joined Canada, the superintendent of education John Jessop proposed creating a provincial university for the new colony.1877 年，即不列颠哥伦比亚加入加拿大六年后，教育总监杰索普提议为新殖民地创办一所省立大学。
• The provincial legislature passed an Act Respecting the University of British Columbia in 1890, but disagreement over a Vancouver Island or mainland site delayed building for nearly two decades.省议会于 1890 年通过《不列颠哥伦比亚大学相关法案》，但温哥华岛与大陆校址之争使建校推迟了近二十年。
• In 1906 the McGill University College of British Columbia opened in Vancouver under Henry Marshall Tory, offering the first years of a degree affiliated with McGill in Montreal.1906 年麦吉尔不列颠哥伦比亚学院在温哥华开课，由亨利·马歇尔·托里主持，提供与蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学挂钩的学位前几年课程。
• The British Columbia University Act of 1908 formally called a provincial university into being, modelled on the University of Toronto Act of 1906 with a senate and board of governors.1908 年《不列颠哥伦比亚大学法案》正式创立省立大学，仿照 1906 年《多伦多大学法案》设评议会与校董会。
• In 1910 the Point Grey peninsula west of Vancouver was chosen as the site of the future campus, though construction was postponed by the First World War.1910 年温哥华以西的格雷角半岛被选为未来校址，但建设因第一次世界大战而搁置。
• UBC opened on 30 September 1915 at a temporary Fairview site with about 379 students, and Henry Marshall Tory became its first president.UBC 于 1915 年 9 月 30 日在费尔维尤临时校址开课，约有 379 名学生，亨利·马歇尔·托里出任首任校长。
• In 1916 UBC awarded its first degrees, establishing its own academic credentials independent of the McGill affiliation.1916 年 UBC 授予首批学位，确立了独立于麦吉尔的自身学术资质。
• In 1922 students organised the Great Trek, a march through Vancouver that collected 56,000 signatures and pressed for completion of the Point Grey campus.1922 年学生发起「大迁徙」，一场穿越温哥华的游行征集了 56,000 个签名，敦促完成格雷角校区。
• The university moved to its permanent Point Grey campus in 1925, where the first buildings stood on the forested bluffs above the Strait of Georgia.该校于 1925 年迁入永久的格雷角校区，首批建筑矗立在乔治亚海峡之上的林立峭壁上。
• After the Second World War UBC expanded rapidly as veterans returned under education benefits, and enrollment climbed past twenty thousand by the 1960s.第二次世界大战后，UBC 随退伍军人凭教育福利返校而迅速扩张，到二十世纪六十年代注册人数突破两万。
• In 1959 the university established the Faculty of Medicine, deepening its role in health research and training for the growing province.1959 年该校设立医学院，深化了其为增长中的省份所承担的卫生研究与培养职能。
• In 1968 UBC named its first woman president, and through the late twentieth century it grew into one of Canada's largest research universities.1968 年 UBC 迎来首位女校长，并在二十世纪末成长为加拿大最大的研究型大学之一。
• In 2005 UBC merged with Okanagan University College to create the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna, its second main campus.2005 年 UBC 与奥肯那根大学学院合并，在基隆拿创立第二主校区 UBC 奥肯那根校区。
• In 2008 UBC celebrated its centennial, a hundred years after the 1908 University Act that founded the institution.2008 年 UBC 庆祝建校百年，距 1908 年创立该校的大学法案已过百年。
• In 2013 UBC and the Max Planck Society launched the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, the first Max Planck centre in North America.2013 年 UBC 与马克斯·普朗克学会创立斯图尔特·布拉森量子物质研究所，这是北美首个马普中心。
• Benoit-Antoine Bacon became UBC's president in 2024, leading a university of more than 53,000 students across two campuses.伯努瓦-安托万·培根于 2024 年出任 UBC 校长，执掌一所横跨两校区、拥有逾 53,000 名学生的大学。
• UBC today counts eight Nobel laureates, seventy-five Rhodes scholars and three hundred six fellows of the Royal Society of Canada among its affiliated people.如今的 UBC 师生中共有八位诺贝尔奖得主、七十五位罗德学者与三百零六位加拿大皇家学会会士。
• The UBC Library system holds more than 8.3 million items across twenty-one branches, one of the largest research libraries in Canada.UBC 图书馆系统在二十一个分馆藏书逾 830 万件，是加拿大最大的研究图书馆之一。
• In 2018 UBC opened the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre on the Vancouver campus, addressing a difficult chapter of Canadian history.2018 年 UBC 在温哥华校区开设了印第安寄宿学校历史与对话中心，直面加拿大历史中一段沉重篇章。
• In 2004 the university adopted its Trek 2010 strategic plan, which set goals for research, teaching and community engagement across the two campuses.2004 年该校通过「Trek 2010」战略规划，为两校区的研究、教学与社区参与设定目标。
• UBC is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the network founded in 1997 that links leading research universities around the Pacific.UBC 是环太平洋大学联盟的成员，该网络创立于 1997 年，联结环太平洋地区的顶尖研究型大学。

Academics

• UBC is organised into more than a dozen faculties, including Applied Science, Arts, Science, Medicine, Law, Forestry, Education and the Sauder School of Business.UBC 由十余个学院组成，包括应用科学、文学、科学、医学、法学、林学、教育以及索德商学院。
• In 2024 to 2025 the university enrolled 53,481 full-time equivalent students, with 44,882 undergraduates at Vancouver and 8,990 at the Okanagan campus.2024 至 2025 学年该校有 53,481 名全日制当量学生，其中温哥华校区本科生 44,882 人、奥肯那根校区 8,990 人。
• Postgraduate enrolment was 9,981 at Vancouver and 945 at Okanagan, reflecting the university's strong research training mission.研究生注册人数为温哥华 9,981 人、奥肯那根 945 人，体现了该校强大的研究培养使命。
• UBC has been affiliated with eight Nobel laureates and seventy-five Rhodes scholars, and two hundred thirty-one Olympians who won sixty-five medals.UBC 相关人士中共有八位诺贝尔奖得主、七十五位罗德学者，以及赢得六十五枚奖牌的二百三十一位奥运选手。
• TRIUMF, Canada's national particle and nuclear physics laboratory on the Vancouver campus, operates the world's largest cyclotron.位于温哥华校区的 TRIUMF 是加拿大国家粒子与核物理实验室，运行着世界最大的回旋加速器。
• The UBC Library holds more than 8.3 million print and electronic items across twenty-one branches and is visited by millions each year.UBC 图书馆在二十一个分馆藏书逾 830 万册纸本与电子版，每年吸引数百万访客。
• With an annual research budget of 893 million dollars, UBC funds about 9,992 projects each year in partnership with industry and government.凭借 8.93 亿加元年度研究预算，UBC 每年资助约 9,992 个项目，与产业界和政府合作。
• The Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, founded with the Max Planck Society in 2013, anchors UBC's work in quantum materials and condensed matter.2013 年与马克斯·普朗克学会合建的斯图尔特·布拉森量子物质研究所，是 UBC 在量子材料与凝聚态领域工作的核心。
• The Sauder School of Business and the Peter A. Allard School of Law are among UBC's best-known professional schools with international programmes.索德商学院与彼得·阿勒德法学院是 UBC 最知名的专业学院，设有国际项目。
• UBC is a member of the U15 Group of Canadian research universities and of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, linking it to Asia.UBC 是加拿大 U15 研究型大学联盟与环太平洋大学联盟成员，将其与亚洲相连。
• The Faculty of Forestry, established in 1921, is one of the oldest forestry schools in North America and runs research forests across British Columbia.1921 年成立的林学院是北美最古老的林学院之一，在不列颠哥伦比亚省经营研究林。
• UBC's endowment stood at 3.0 billion Canadian dollars in 2024 and its operating budget at 3.8 billion, supporting teaching and research across both campuses.2024 年 UBC 捐赠基金为 30 亿加元，运营预算 38 亿加元，支持两校区的教学与研究。
• The university has produced twenty-two 3M National Teaching Fellows, a measure of its commitment to undergraduate education quality.该校培养了二十二位 3M 国家教学研究员，体现了其对本科教育质量的投入。
• The Okanagan campus, created in 2005, offers programs in arts, science, engineering, management and health on a 515-acre site in Kelowna.2005 年创立的奥肯那根校区在基隆拿 515 英亩土地上提供文学、科学、工程、管理与健康项目。
• UBC's hospitals and health centres, including sites affiliated with Vancouver General and BC Children's Hospital, form a major medical research network.UBC 的医院与卫生中心，包括与温哥华综合医院和卑诗儿童医院挂钩的站点，构成大型医学研究网络。
• UBC's affiliated research institutes include the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems, which support cross-faculty collaboration.UBC 的附属研究机构包括彼得·沃尔高等研究院与计算、信息与认知系统研究所，支持跨学院合作。
• The Centre for Blood Research and the Life Sciences Institute, both on the Vancouver campus, conduct biomedical research in partnership with Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer.血液研究中心与生命科学研究所都位于温哥华校区，与温哥华综合医院及卑诗癌症机构合作开展生物医学研究。
• The Faculty of Medicine operates distributed medical programmes with the University of Victoria and the University of Northern British Columbia, training doctors across the province.医学院与维多利亚大学及北不列颠哥伦比亚大学合办分布式医学项目，在全省培养医生。
• UBC's Vancouver School of Economics and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs are among its leading social-science units, and the university hosts the Liu Institute for Global Issues.UBC 的温哥华经济学院与公共政策及全球事务学院是其领先的社会科学单位，学校还设有刘氏全球问题研究所。

Campus

• The Vancouver campus covers 993 acres on the Point Grey peninsula, about 10 kilometres west of downtown Vancouver, bordering the University Endowment Lands.温哥华校区占地 993 英亩，位于格雷角半岛、温哥华市中心以西约 10 公里处，毗邻大学捐赠地。
• The campus coordinates are about 49.24966 degrees north and 123.11934 degrees west, on bluffs above the Strait of Georgia with views to the ocean and mountains.该校区坐标约为北纬 49.24966 度、西经 123.11934 度，坐落于乔治亚海峡上方峭壁，可眺望海洋与群山。
• The Okanagan campus occupies 515 acres in Kelowna in the interior of British Columbia and was created in 2005 from Okanagan University College.奥肯那根校区占地 515 英亩，位于不列颠哥伦比亚省内陆的基隆拿，于 2005 年由奥肯那根大学学院改设而成。
• UBC also runs Robson Square and Great Northern Way sites in downtown Vancouver and medical campuses linked to Vancouver General and BC Children's Hospital.UBC 还在温哥华市中心设有罗布森广场与大北方路校区，以及挂钩温哥华综合医院与卑诗儿童医院的医学园区。
• Green College and St. John's College are residential graduate colleges on the Vancouver campus, offering interdisciplinary living and dining communities.格林学院与圣约翰学院是温哥华校区的住宿制研究生学院，提供跨学科的生活与餐饮社群。
• The Museum of Anthropology and the UBC Botanical Garden are landmark public institutions on the Point Grey campus open to the city and visitors.人类学博物馆与 UBC 植物园是格雷角校区的标志性公共机构，对城市与访客开放。
• A ten-minute bus ride connects the Vancouver campus to the city centre, and the site is ringed by Pacific Spirit Regional Park on three sides.十分钟车程即可从温哥华校区抵达市中心，校园三面为太平洋精神区域公园所环绕。
• The Museum of Anthropology, designed by the architect Arthur Erickson and opened in 1976, houses one of the world's finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations art.人类学博物馆由建筑师亚瑟·埃里克森设计、于 1976 年开放，收藏世界最精美的西北海岸原住民艺术之一。
• The Beaty Biodiversity Museum on the Vancouver campus opened in 2010 and displays the largest blue whale skeleton in Canada as part of its natural-history collections.温哥华校区的比蒂生物多样性博物馆于 2010 年开放，展出加拿大最大的蓝鲸骨架，作为其自然史收藏的一部分。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of British Columbia is placed 45th in the world, among the highest of any Canadian university.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，不列颠哥伦比亚大学位列世界第 45 位，居加拿大高校前列。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places UBC 44th in the world.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将 UBC 列于世界第 44 位。
• In the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 UBC stands 54th in the world, reflecting its research in science and health.在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中，UBC 位居世界第 54 位，体现了其在科学与健康领域的研究。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026 to 2027 ranks UBC 42nd in the world.2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻与世界报道最佳全球大学排名将 UBC 列为世界第 42 位。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 383,618 works to UBC with 35,400,144 citations, one of the largest outputs in Canada.OpenAlex 数据库为 UBC 收录 383,618 篇成果、被引 35,400,144 次，是加拿大最大的研究产出之一。
• UBC is a member of the U15 Group of Canadian research universities, the country's coalition of the most research-intensive institutions.UBC 是加拿大 U15 研究型大学联盟成员，该联盟由本国研究最密集的院校组成。
• Eight Nobel laureates and three hundred six fellows of the Royal Society of Canada have been affiliated with UBC across its history.纵观历史，共有八位诺贝尔奖得主与三百零六位加拿大皇家学会会士与 UBC 相关。
• TRIUMF and the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute give UBC leading roles in particle physics and quantum materials research worldwide.TRIUMF 与斯图尔特·布拉森量子物质研究所使 UBC 在全球粒子物理与量子材料研究中居于领先地位。
• The university's research income and its membership of the U15 place it among Canada's most research-intensive universities, alongside the University of Toronto and McGill University.该校的研究收入与其 U15 成员身份，使其与多伦多大学、麦吉尔大学并列成为加拿大研究最密集的大学之一。
• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, UBC's programmes in geography, sports-related subjects, mineral and mining engineering and forestry rank among the strongest in the world, and its environmental sciences also place highly.在 QS 世界大学学科排名中，UBC 在地理学、体育相关学科、矿物与采矿工程以及林学等学科位居世界前列，其环境科学同样排名靠前。

Student life

• The university motto is "Tuum Est", a Latin phrase meaning "It is up to you", adopted at the founding of the provincial university in 1908.校训为拉丁文「Tuum Est」，意为「由你做主」，于 1908 年省立大学创立时采用。
• The Thunderbirds are UBC's varsity teams in U Sports, while the Okanagan campus competes as the Heat in the same Canadian association.雷鸟队是 UBC 在加拿大 U Sports 中的校队，奥肯那根校区则以「热浪队」之名参赛。
• UBC students have appeared in 231 Olympic Games appearances and won 65 medals, among the strongest records of any Canadian university.UBC 学生参加过 231 次奥运赛事并赢得 65 枚奖牌，居加拿大高校最强纪录之列。
• The Ubyssey is the Vancouver campus student newspaper, published since the 1910s and training generations of Canadian journalists.《乌拜西》是温哥华校区学生报纸，自 1910 年代发行，培养了数代加拿大新闻人。
• Imagine UBC and the annual orientation welcome first-year students to the Point Grey campus with faculty and student-led events.「想象 UBC」与年度迎新活动以师生主导的项目欢迎新生来到格雷角校区。
• Green College hosts public lectures and a residential community of graduate students and fellows from many disciplines on the Vancouver campus.格林学院举办公开讲座，并在温哥华校区提供跨学科学者与研究生的住宿社群。
• The coastal setting supports outdoor clubs for skiing, sailing and hiking, linking student life to the mountains and Strait of Georgia near campus.滨海环境催生了滑雪、帆船与徒步等户外社团，使校园生活与附近的群山和乔治亚海峡相连。
• The Ubyssey, UBC's student newspaper, has been published since 1918, making it one of the oldest student papers in Canada and a training ground for journalists.《乌拜西》是 UBC 的学生报纸，自 1918 年起发行，是加拿大历史最悠久的学生报纸之一与记者的培养园地。
• The Old Barn Community Centre and the Nest, the student union building opened in 2015, host clubs, events and services for the more than 50,000 students on the Point Grey campus.老谷仓社区中心与 2015 年启用的学生会「鸟巢」大楼，为格雷角校区五万余名学生提供社团、活动与服务。
• UBC's Storm the Wall and the annual Day of the Longboat are long-running student traditions organised by the athletics and intramural programmes, drawing thousands of participants each year.UBC 的「翻越城墙」与年度「独木舟日」是由体育与校内项目组织的延续多年的学生传统，每年吸引数千人参与。

Notable people

• Henry Marshall Tory (1864 to 1947), a mathematician and the first president, founded McGill University College of BC in 1906 and opened UBC in 1915.亨利·马歇尔·托里（1864 至 1947）是数学家与首任校长，于 1906 年创办麦吉尔不列颠哥伦比亚学院并在 1915 年开办 UBC。
• Francis Carter-Cotton, a Vancouver businessman and politician, served as the first chancellor of UBC when the university was created in 1908.弗朗西斯·卡特-科顿是温哥华商人与政治家，在 1908 年 UBC 创立时出任首任校监。
• Michael Smith (1932 to 2000), a UBC biochemist, was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on site-directed mutagenesis.迈克尔·史密斯（1932 至 2000）是 UBC 生化学家，因定点突变研究获 1993 年诺贝尔化学奖。
• Robert Mundell (1932 to 2021), an economist who taught at UBC, was awarded the 1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for optimum currency areas.罗伯特·蒙代尔（1932 至 2021）是曾在 UBC 任教的经济学家，因最优货币区理论获 1999 年诺贝尔经济学纪念奖。
• David Suzuki (born 1936), a zoology professor at UBC, was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1976 for his science communication.大卫·铃木（1936 年生）是 UBC 动物学教授，因科学传播于 1976 年获任命为加拿大勋章同伴。
• Justin Trudeau (born 1971), a UBC education alumnus, has served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada since 2015.贾斯廷·特鲁多（1971 年生）是 UBC 教育校友，自 2015 年起担任加拿大第 23 任总理。
• Kim Campbell (born 1947), a UBC political science alumna, served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada and was the first woman in the office.金·坎贝尔（1947 年生）是 UBC 政治学校友，担任过加拿大第 19 任总理，是首位女性总理。
• John Turner (1929 to 2020), a UBC alumnus in law, served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada in 1984.约翰·特纳（1929 至 2020）是 UBC 法学校友，于 1984 年担任加拿大第 17 任总理。
• Kiril Petkov (born 1980), a UBC economics alumnus, served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2021 to 2022.基里尔·佩特科夫（1980 年生）是 UBC 经济校友，于 2021 至 2022 年担任保加利亚总理。
• UBC enrolls one of Canada's largest communities of students from China and runs joint research with Chinese universities through the Association of Pacific Rim Universities.UBC 招收加拿大规模最大的中国学生群体之一，并通过环太平洋大学联盟与中国高校开展联合研究。
• Arthur Erickson (1924 to 2009), a UBC architecture alumnus, was a renowned Canadian architect who designed Vancouver's Robson Square and the Museum of Anthropology.亚瑟·埃里克森（1924 至 2009）是 UBC 建筑校友，是知名加拿大建筑师，设计了温哥华罗布森广场与人类学博物馆。
• William Gibson (born 1948), a UBC alumnus, is the science-fiction author who coined the term cyberspace in his novel Neuromancer.威廉·吉布森（1948 年生）是 UBC 校友，是科幻作家，在小说《神经漫游者》中创造了「赛博空间」一词。
• Bjarni Tryggvason, a Canadian astronaut who flew on the space shuttle in 1997, studied at UBC before joining the national space programme.加拿大宇航员比亚尼·特里格瓦松曾于 1997 年乘航天飞机飞行，他在加入国家航天计划前就读于 UBC。