The University of British Columbia (UBC) is one of the world’s leading public universities, consistently rated in the top 40 in international rankings and second among Canadian universities. UBC has 2 main campuses and is home to award winning faculty and more than 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Its major campus is situated on 402 hectares in Vancouver, on Canada’s West Coast, while the second campus, UBC Okanagan, is located 20 minutes north of downtown Kelowna in the beautiful Okanagan region of BC’s Interior.