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    Research Statistics

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    Undergraduate Enrolments

    Undergraduate Headcount

    Discipline 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Architecture + Landscape Architecture 62 62 104 136 185
    Engineering 6,230 6,799 7,450 7,631 7,158
    Nursing 239 232 236 248 276
    Total 6,531 7,093 7,790 8,015 7,619

    Note - The new Bachelor of Design program was launched in fall 2020. Enrolment in 2020 and 2021 reflect the concurrent BENDs and BDES enrolment numbers. At present, all programs, with the exception of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, are four-year programs. Enrolment for the architecture programs in 2017, 2018 and 2019 represents enrolment for a two-year program.

    Baccalaureate Gender Proportion

    Discipline Gender 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Architecture + Landscape Architecture Man 36% 37% 26% 28% 28.6%
    Woman 64% 63% 74% 72% 69.7%
    Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose 1.6%
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) Man 73% 72% 73% 72% 70%
    Woman 27% 28% 29% 28% 29%
    Non-binary 0.1%
    Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose 0.6%
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) Man 83% 83% 84% 84% 82%
    Woman 17% 17% 16% 16% 17%
    Non-binary 0.2%
    Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose 0.6%
    Nursing Man 17% 21% 21% 17% 14%
    Woman 83% 79% 78% 82% 85%
    Non-binary 0.4%
    Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%

    Certificate Gender Proportion

    Discipline Gender 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) Man 64% 53%
    Woman 36% 47%

    Undergraduate Enrolments in Engineering by Specialty

    Vancouver campus 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Common 1st-year 1,275 1,443 1,689 1,688 1,522
    Biomedical 61 153 268 368 417
    Chemical / Chemical+Biological 467 453 451 464 417
    Civil 533 525 529 523 502
    Computer 440 436 438 455 470
    Electrical 656 668 669 653 632
    Engineering Physics 270 259 286 289 271
    Environmental (UNBC-UBC Joint) 82 72 91 73 44
    Environmental -  -  37 85 112
    Geological 157 156 141 121 107
    Integrated 211 228 241 234 230
    Manufacturing -  22 67 104 129
    Materials 227 214 189 188 167
    Mechanical 535 522 530 528 500
    Mining 168 132 110 98 73
    Total 5,082 5,283 5,736 5,871 5,593
    Okanagan campus 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Common 1st-year 413 392 498 477 443
    Civil 281 324 342 348 275
    Electrical 26 324 347 339 284
    Manufacturing - 12 21 39 40
    Mechanical 428 466 506 557 523
    Total 1,148 1,518 1,714 1,760 1,565

    Graduate Enrolments

    Master-level Enrolments

    Discipline 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Architecture + Landscape Architecture 260 280 265 296 286
    Community + Regional Planning 86 89 84 86 111
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) 867 939 985 1,085 1,112
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) 165 177 189 234 298
    Nursing 173 198 209 246 259
    Total 1,551 1,683 1,732 1,947 2,066

    Master-level Gender Proportion

    Discipline Gender 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Community + Regional Planning Man 36% 35% 29% 37% 36%
    Woman 64% 65% 71% 63% 64%
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) Man 57% 58% 57% 55% 57%
    Woman 43% 42% 43% 45% 43%
    Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose 0.1% 0.1%
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) Man 75% 79% 71% 73% 76%
    Woman 25% 21% 29% 27% 24%
    Nursing Man 15% 17% 11% 10% 13%
    Woman 85% 83% 89% 90% 87%

    PhD-level Enrolments

    Discipline 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Community + Regional Planning 22 21 19 18 18
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) 505 513 534 583 568
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) 138 163 184 188 186
    Nursing 30 35 38 40 43
    Total 695 732 775 829 815

    PhD-level Gender Proportion

    Discipline Gender 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Community + Regional Planning Man 29% 33% 35% 27% 24%
    Woman 71% 67% 65% 73% 76%
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) Man 74% 74% 72% 71% 70%
    Woman 26% 26% 28% 29% 30%
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) Man 79% 77% 76% 70% 69%
    Woman 21% 23% 24% 30% 31%
    Nursing Man 22% 22% 17% 28% 28%
    Woman 78% 78% 83% 72% 72%

    Degrees Awarded

    Undergraduate Degrees Awarded

    Discipline Degree 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Architecture + Landscape Architecture BEND* 25 31 26 27 6
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) BASc 863 919 935 903 853
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) BASc 215 220 249 302 312
    Nursing BSN 117 117 111 112 113
    Total Undergraduate Degrees 1,220 1,287 1,321 1,344 1,284

    Source: PAIR Data, live data current as of May 2022.

    *BEND concludes; BDES launched, there are no BDES graduates at the time of the report.

    Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Specialization in Engineering

    Vancouver campus 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Biomedical  -   -   -  9 47
    Chemical / Chemical+Biological 97 106 118 103 99
    Civil 127 145 138 137 123
    Computer 104 93 111 92 97
    Electrical 140 135 137 137 130
    Engineering Physics 60 70 34 53 73
    Environmental (UNBC-UBC Joint) 28 32 35 19 31
    Environmental  -   -   -   -   - 
    Geological 27 35 44 37 24
    Integrated 42 38 41 52 42
    Manufacturing  -   -   -   -  4
    Materials 37 58 65 48 37
    Mechanical 123 127 129 125 124
    Mining 36 51 39 39 22
    Total 821 890 891 851 853
    Okanagan campus 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Civil 76 65 75 85 104
    Electrical 42 49 64 87 76
    Manufacturing - - - - 6
    Mechanical 97 106 110 130 126
    Total 215 220 249 302 312

    Graduate Degrees Awarded

    Discipline Degree 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
    Architecture + Landscape Architecture MArch 43 59 52 50 57
    MLA 21 25 15 25 22
    MUD 14 12 17 15 -
    MASA - 3 - 2 6
    Community + Regional Planning MCRP 28 31 41 41 41
    MAP/MScP 20 1 - 3 1
    PhD - - 4 2 4
    Engineering (Vancouver campus) MASc 131 123 99 127 112
    MSc - 1 1 - 2
    MEng 130 173 172 168 202
    MEL 35 47 42 47 52
    PhD 90 91 67 95 57
    Engineering (Okanagan campus) MASc 21 31 43 36 54
    MEng 12 20 21 29 24
    PhD 19 11 12 21 35
    Nursing MSN 27 36 28 26 17
    MN-NP 14 16 14 30 30
    MHLP 15 10 14 20 23
    PhD 3 7 2 4 5
    Total 623 697 644 741 744

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