University of British Columbia
UBC
University of British Columbia in the four world rankings
Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.
- QS World University Rankings #45
- Times Higher Education #45
- ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) #53
- U.S. News Best Global Universities #41
The publishers disagree by 12 places. Check which publisher matters most where you plan to apply.
Key facts
Figures as published by the institution or the ranking publishers.
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
- Founded
- 1908
- Total students
- ≈ 66,000
- International students
- ≈ 30%
- Group
- U15
- Official site
- www.ubc.ca
ARWU indicator breakdown
The six indicators ShanghaiRanking uses to build its overall score, each out of 100.
Alumni 13.5
Award 16.9
HiCi 30.9
N&S 29.1
PUB 61.9
PCP 22.8
Subject rankings
QS subject positions, best first.
- Sports-related Subjects #4
- Engineering - Mineral & Mining #7
- Library & Information Management #8
- Linguistics #12
- Geography #12
- Earth & Marine Sciences #13
- Agriculture & Forestry #14
- Environmental Sciences #15
- Geology #15
- Geophysics #15
- English Language & Literature #17
- Anatomy & Physiology #17
- Social Sciences & Management #18
- Engineering - Civil & Structural #20
- Psychology #21
- Nursing #22
- Natural Sciences #22
- Economics & Econometrics #22
- Education #22
- Sociology #22
- Arts & Humanities #23
- Life Sciences & Medicine #25
- Law #26
- Computer Science & Information Systems #27
- Pharmacy & Pharmacology #27
- Modern Languages #29
- Engineering & Technology #29
- Biological Sciences #29
- Anthropology #29
- Accounting & Finance #32
- History #33
- Politics & International Studies #33
- Data Science & Artificial Intelligence #34
- Development Studies #34
- Chemistry #35
- Engineering - Electrical & Electronic #37
- Medicine #39
- Materials Science #39
- Statistics & Operational Research #39
- Mathematics #40
- Business & Management Studies #42
- Communication & Media Studies #42
- Engineering - Chemical #45
- Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing #50
- Physics & Astronomy #50
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