Canadian Universities - British Columbia

British Columbia

See also: Higher education in British Columbia and List of colleges in British Columbia UNBC Thompson Rivers Vancouver Island Royal Roads UVic Canada West Quest UFV TWU Capilano Emily Carr UBC Kwantlen Simon Fraser

There are eleven public universities and four private universities in British Columbia. Six of these universities – Capilano University, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University, and the University of British Columbia – are in the Metro Vancouver region, the most populated region of British Columbia, and four of them – Vancouver Island University, Royal Roads University, the University of Victoria, and the University Canada West – are on Vancouver Island. Two public universities, Capilano University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and one private university, Quest University, are primarily undergraduate institutions.

The oldest university in the province is the University of British Columbia, established in 1908, followed by the University of Victoria, also established in 1908. Five institutions in British Columbia were officially designated as universities on September 1, 2008: Capilano University, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the University of the Fraser Valley, and Vancouver Island University. University enrolment in British Columbia ranges from Quest University with 350 students to the University of British Columbia with 45,484 students.

The biggest provider of online and distance education in BC is Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning (TRU-OL). With over 400 individual courses and more than 57 programs available for completion by distance and online learning, students can take a variety of programs such as: adult secondary school completion; certificates and diplomas, including advanced and post-baccalaureate; associate degrees; and bachelor's degrees. Considering distance students, Thompson Rivers University's enrolment is 22,036 (8964 of which is distance).

Institution	Location(s)	L	E	U	P	T	Notes
Capilano University	North Vancouver	E	1968	70037500000000000007,500	50000000000000000000	70037500000000000007,500
Emily Carr University of Art and Design	Vancouver	E	1925	70031870000000000001,870	700128000000000000028	70031898000000000001,898
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Vancouver	E	2007	700178000000000000078	50000000000000000000	700178000000000000078
Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Richmond, Surrey, Langley, and Cloverdale	E	1981	700416811000000000016,811	50000000000000000000	700416811000000000016,811
Quest University	Squamish	E	2002	7002300000000000000300	50000000000000000000	7002300000000000000300
Royal Roads University	Victoria	E	1995 (June 21)	7002887000000000000887	70033385000000000003,385	70034272000000000004,272
Simon Fraser University	Burnaby, Surrey, & Vancouver	E	1965	700429697000000000029,697	70035507000000000005,507	700435204000000000035,204
Thompson Rivers University	Kamloops	E	1970	700413072000000000013,072	7002100000000000000100	700413172000000000013,172
Trinity Western University	Langley	E	1962	70032130000000000002,130	7002730000000000000730	70032860000000000002,860
British Columbia, University of !University of British Columbia	Vancouver & Kelowna	E	1908 (March 7)	700441700000000000041,700	70038630000000000008,630	700450330000000000050,330
Victoria, University of !University of Victoria	Victoria	E	1903	700418863000000000018,863	70033542000000000003,542	700422405000000000022,405
University Canada West	Victoria	E	2005	7002350000000000000350	50000000000000000000	7002350000000000000350
Fraser Valley, University of !University of the Fraser Valley	Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Mission	E	1974	70038124000000000008,124	700140000000000000040	70038164000000000008,164
Northern British Columbia, University of !University of Northern British Columbia	Prince George	E	1990 (June 21)	70033068000000000003,068	7002490000000000000490	70033558000000000003,558
Vancouver Island University	Nanaimo, Duncan, Parksville, & Powell River	E	1969	70036116000000000006,116	7002163000000000000163	70036279000000000006,279