University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands, a suburb directly adjoining Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. It also has two smaller campuses in Vancouver: its campus at Vancouver General Hospital for the medical sciences and its UBC Robson Square campus in the downtown area of Vancouver for part-time credit and non-credit programs.

Tuition

In 2001-02, UBC had one of the lowest undergraduate tuition rates in Canada, at an average of $2,181 CAD per year for a full-time program. This was due to a tuition freeze instituted by the New Democratic Party (NDP) government.

Related Topics:
Tuition - New Democratic Party

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In 2001, however, the Liberal government came into power and lifted the tuition freeze. In 2002-03 undergraduate and graduate tuition rose by an average of 30%, and by up to 40% in some faculties. This has led to increased enrolment and better facilities, but also to student unrest and union strikes.

Related Topics:
Liberal - Student unrest - Union strikes

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UBC again increased tuition by 30% in the 2003-04 season, again by approximately 15% in the 2004-05 season, and 2% in the 2005-06 season. Increases were lower than expected because, in the 2005 Throne Speech, the Liberal government capped tuition increases to be on par with inflation.

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