Ranked as the 51st best university in the world in the QS World University Rankings® 2018, the University of British Columbia has an excellent reputation with academics and employers alike and a particularly international faculty. The University of British Columbia excels in a number of subjects, as indicated by the QS World University Rankings by Subject, including: 

• Geography 
• Mineral and mining engineering 
• Sports-related subjects 

With beautiful green campuses in Vancouver and Okanagan, the University of British Columbia is home to a concert hall, a working farm, an Olympic ice hockey venue, Canada’s largest blue whale skeleton, world-class science labs for subatomic physics, and a center for interactive research in sustainability.