University of British Columbia | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 05/05/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia


00:02:05 1 History
00:02:13 1.1 Foundation and early years
00:06:03 1.2 Move to Point Grey
00:11:15 1.3 Postwar years
00:13:27 1.4 Recent history
00:14:42 2 Campuses
00:14:51 2.1 Vancouver
00:19:16 2.2 Okanagan
00:20:49 2.3 Libraries, archives and galleries
00:24:10 3 Governance and academics
00:25:26 3.1 Faculties and schools
00:27:21 3.1.1 Dual undergraduate degree with Sciences Po
00:28:27 3.2 Enrollment
00:29:16 3.3 Reputation
00:31:14 3.4 Research
00:34:37 3.5 Sustainability
00:40:12 3.5.1 Water Action Plan
00:41:23 3.5.2 Water conservation initiatives
00:43:10 3.5.3 Community efforts
00:43:57 3.6 Indigenous
00:45:07 4 Finances
00:45:58 4.1 Tuition
00:46:43 4.1.1 Undergraduate tuition
00:49:59 4.1.2 Graduate tuition
00:50:38 5 Student life
00:50:47 5.1 Student representation
00:52:31 5.2 Student facilities
00:55:26 5.3 Greek organizations
00:59:48 5.4 Residences
01:08:05 5.5 Athletics
01:10:41 5.5.1 Marching band
01:11:14 5.5.2 Fight song
01:11:45 5.6 Campus events
01:15:17 5.6.1 Rape chant controversy
01:16:09 5.6.2 Model United Nations
01:17:07 6 Notable people
01:22:04 7 See also



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The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, UBC is British Columbia's oldest university. The university is ranked among the top 20 public universities worldwide and among the top three in Canada. With an annual research budget of $600 million, UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year.The Vancouver campus is situated about 10 km (6 mi) west of Downtown Vancouver. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, which houses the world's largest cyclotron. In addition to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, UBC and the Max Planck Society collectively established the first Max Planck Institute in North America, specializing in quantum materials. One of the largest research libraries in Canada, the UBC Library system has over 9.9 million volumes among its 21 branches. The Okanagan campus, acquired in 2005, is located in Kelowna, British Columbia.
As of 2017, eight Nobel laureates, 71 Rhodes scholars, 65 Olympians, ten fellows in both American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the Royal Society, and 208 fellows to the Royal Society of Canada have been affiliated with UBC. Three Canadian prime ministers, including Canada's first female prime minister Kim Campbell and current prime minister Justin Trudeau have been educated at UBC.