University of British Columbia Okanagan

The University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus is a campus of the University of British Columbia, located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Home to approximately 8,410 undergraduate and graduate students, the 209 hectares Kelowna campus is located in the interior of the province, in British Columbia's scenic Okanagan Valley.Faculties and SchoolsSchool of NursingThe Irving K. Barber School of Arts and SciencesFaculty of Creative and Critical StudiesFaculty of EducationSchool of Engineering (under the UBC Faculty of Applied Science)Faculty of Health and Social DevelopmentSchool of Health and Exercise SciencesFaculty of Medicine, MD Undergraduate Program (Southern Medical Program)The Faculty of ManagementCollege of Graduate StudiesHistoryOkanagan University CollegeThe current campus for UBC Okanagan was originally used by Okanagan University College. The university college was founded in 1989 as a part of a plan by the government to improve access to post-secondary education in the Southern Interior British Columbia. Originally degrees were awarded in partnership with other universities, but by 1995, the university college began granting degrees in its own name. Starting in the late 1990s, Okanagan University College began lobbying efforts to gain full university status.University of British ColumbiaIn December 2002 the British Columbia Progress Board submitted a report to the provincial government, recognising the need to expand post-secondary education in the Okanagan. The board, chaired by then University of British Columbia president Martha Piper, recommended that the province extend “the mandate of an existing provincial University to Kelowna…”.