University of British Columbia Canada

The University of British Columbia (commonly referred to as UBC) is a public research university located in Vancouver, Canada. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley. UBC operates smaller speciality and satellite campuses located at Great Northern Way Campus and Robson Street, both in Vancouver proper. The 4.02-square-kilometre (993-acre) main campus is located within the the University Endowment Lands, an unincorporated community on Point Grey, 10 km (6.2 mi) from downtown Vancouver. The 2.09-square-kilometre (516-acre) Okanagan campus is situated about 20 minutes from downtown Kelowna.

Official Site:  British Columbia

A body politic and corporation by the name of The University of British Columbia was first incorporated April 26, 1890. Subsequent enactments culminating on March 7, 1908 with another University Act gave the University its current form. The first day of lectures was September 30, 1915. On September 22, 1925, lectures began on the new Point Grey campus. The enabling legislation are the University Act and the University Amendment Act, 2004. The university is the oldest in British Columbia and has the largest enrolment with over 54,000 students at its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses combined. The university library, which comprises 5.9 million books and journals, is the second-largest research library in Canada.

Governance and academics

The administration of UBC, as mandated by the University Act, is composed of a chancellor, convocation, board, senate, and faculties of the university. The Board of Governors is responsible for the management of property and revenue, while the Senate is vested with managing the academic operation of the university. Both are composed of faculty and students who are elected to the position. Degrees and diplomas are conferred by the convocation, which is composed of alumni, administrators, and faculty, with a quorum of twenty members. UBC also has a President, who is a chief executive officer of the university and a member of the Senate, Board of Governors, Convocation, and also serves as Vice Chancellor. The President of the University is responsible for managing the academic operation of the university, including recommending appointments, calling meetings of faculties, and establishing committees.

Faculties and schools

UBC's academic activity is organized into "faculties" and "schools". Currently, UBC has twelve faculties and eleven schools on its Vancouver campus and eight faculties. UBC Vancouver has two academic colleges: Interdisciplinary Studies and Health Disciplines, while UBC Okanagan has a College of Graduate Studies. At the Vancouver campus, the Faculty of Arts, which dates back to the 1915 Fairview Campus, is the largest faculty with twenty departments and schools. With the split of the Faculty of Arts and Science in 1964, the Faculty of Science is the second largest faculty with nine departments. The Sauder School of Business is UBC's Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. The School of Architecture offers a program in architecture accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board at both the bachelor level (B.Arch.) and the master's level (M.Arch.). 

Enrolment

In 2010, UBC had 3,694 full-time Faculty, and 9,727 non-faculty employees. It had over fifty thousand students (44,496 undergraduate students and 9,629 graduate students), and more than 250,000 alumni in 120 countries). The university is one of only two Canadian universities to have membership in Universitas 21, an international association of research-led institutions (McGill University is the other). and the only Canadian member of the prestigious Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a consortium of 42 leading research universities in the Pacific Rim.

University of Manitoba Canada

The University of Manitoba has the largest student enrollment in Manitoba.

There are five universities in Manitoba, which are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Literacy. Four of these universities—the University of Manitoba, the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, the Canadian Mennonite University and theUniversity of Winnipeg—are in Winnipeg, the capital and largest city in the province. The Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, established in 1818, is the oldest university in the province and is a French language university, and Brandon University, formed in 1899 and located in Brandon, Mb., is the newest. University enrollment in Manitoba ranges from the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface with 984 students to the University of Manitoba with 26,800 students.

Official Site:  University of Manitoba

Institution	Location	L	E	U	P	T	Notes
Brandon University	Brandon	E	1899	3,140	120	3,260
Canadian Mennonite University	Winnipeg	E	1944	1,600	0	1,600
University of Manitoba	Winnipeg	B	1877	23,640	3,160	26,800
Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface	Winnipeg	F	1818	930	54	984
University of Winnipeg	Winnipeg	E	1871	9,010	0	9,010

University of Alberta Canada

The University of Alberta has the 2nd largest provincial student enrollment.

There are five universities in Alberta, thirteen public colleges (one of which grants degrees), and seven private colleges (all of which grant degrees). Most private colleges refer to themselves as "university colleges", but are not legally universities, although they grant equivalent degrees. Post-secondary education in Alberta is regulated by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology. There are two universities in Calgary: University of Calgary and Mount Royal University (although the University of Lethbridge has a campus downtown as well). Edmonton, the province's capital city, is home to the University of Alberta, the province's oldest and largest university.

Official Site:  University of Alberta 

In 2009, a bill was passed by the Alberta legislature that allowed the two public colleges that offered degrees (MacEwan College in Edmonton and Mount Royal College in Calgary) to rename themselves universities. Mount Royal College was renamed Mount Royal University on September 3, 2009  and Grant MacEwan College became Grant MacEwan University on September 24, 2009.

Institution	Location(s)	Language	Established	Undergrad	Post grad	Total	Notes
University of Alberta	Edmonton,Camrose	B	1906	29,250	6,930	36,180
Athabasca University	Athabasca	E	1970	36,240	3,460	39,700
University of Calgary	Calgary	E	1966	23,320	6,540	29,860
University of Lethbridge	Lethbridge,Edmonton,Calgary	E	1967	7,930	300	8,230
Mount Royal University	Calgary	E	1910	10,670	0	10,670
Grant MacEwan University	Edmonton	E	1971	11,721	0	11,721

New Brunswick Canada

The University of New Brunswick has the largest student enrollment in the province.

There are seven chartered universities in New Brunswick; four public universities, governed by the Ministry of Post Secondary Education, Training and Labour, and three private institutions with religious affiliation. New Brunswick holds the distinctions of having the first English-language university in Canada and the first public university in North America, (the University of New Brunswick); and also the first university in the British Empire to have award a bachelor's degree to a woman, (Mount Allison University) in 1875. St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick have campuses in the province's capital of Fredericton and UNB also maintains a campus in Saint John. St. Thomas University is the only public university in the province that does not offer graduate-level programs. Established in 1785, the University of New Brunswick is the oldest public in the province, and the Université de Moncton is the newest, formed in 1963. Public university enrollment ranges from Mount Allison University with 2,486 students to the University of New Brunswick with 10,587 students. Of the three private universities, Crandall University is the largest with enrolment expected to reach 1,200.


Official Site:  New Brunswick

Institution	Location(s)	L	E	U	P	T	Notes
Kingswood University	Sussex	E	1945	300	0	300
Crandall University	Moncton	E	1949	685	0	685
Université de Moncton	Moncton, Shippagan, Edmundston	F	1963	5,184	738	5,922
Mount Allison University	Sackville	E	1839	2,648	12	2,660
University of New Brunswick	Fredericton & Saint John	E	1785	9,253	1,444	10,697
St. Stephen's University	St. Stephen	E	1975	100	0	100
St. Thomas University	Fredericton	E	1910	2,655	0	2,655