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15th President & Vice-Chancellor
Company NameThe University of British Columbia
Dates EmployedJul 2016 – Present
Employment Duration2 yrs 8 mos
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 20 best public universities in the world, with a scientific output in the top 10 in North America. UBC's budget is $2.6B per annum with an annual research budget valued at ~$724MM USD. The economic impact of UBC exceeds $13.5B per annum. Faculty and researchers have been associated with 8 Nobel Prizes, 11 current memberships in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and 220 fellowships to the Royal Society of London, National Academies of the USA and Royal Society of Canada. The UBC Library has 9.9 million volumes and is one of the largest academic libraries in the world. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's National Particle Physics Laboratory and world's largest cyclotron. Students have won 71 Rhodes Scholarships and 67 Olympic medals. UBC has also educated three Canadian prime ministers, most recently Justin Trudeau, the incumbent. UBC has 65,000 students and 15,900 faculty and professional staff. See less |