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If you're thinking about a job at UBC, there's a world of opportunity ahead of you.
One of the largest employers in B.C., UBC offers one of the widest selection of jobs in the area – from administrators to animal care technicians, systems analysts to steamfitters, librarians to labourers, and so on.
The following link refers to staff positions across all of UBC:
The University of British Columbia, the province's third largest employer with more than 20,000 faculty and staff, has been named one of B.C.'s Top Employers by Mediacorp, the publisher of an annual national listing of top employers in Canada. [Read more...].
In Vancouver, we enjoy one of the highest qualities of life worldwide. British Columbia is known as "Beautiful British Columbia" for its spectacular natural scenery and a distinct lifestyle focussed on outdoor pursuits such as hiking, camping, skiing, sailing and golfing. Physically, British Columbia is Canada's third largest and westernmost province, located on the Pacific Coast. Increasingly, BC is gaining recognition for its cultural activities including a variety of year-round festivals.
Vancouver is Canada's third largest city, with Greater Vancouver's population being close to two million. It is a modern Pacific Rim city with the best in international music, theatre and dance, set against the backdrop of a spectacular natural environment that includes snow-capped mountains, dense rain forests, the Fraser River, and the Strait of Georgia. It is one of few urban centres where residents can sail, golf and ski year-round—and sometimes all within the same week!
Locals take pride in Vancouver's cultural activities, with the city playing host to events such as the International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, and the Vancouver International Film and Writers Festivals. Vancouver also has a vibrant business and financial environment covering a wide range of economic sectors, including major resource industries and a rapidly expanding high tech industry.
However, Vancouver's popularity is based on more than "home-town" pride. Over the last few years, Vancouver has consistently ranked at or near top spot as one of the best cities in the world to live. Such rankings include those reported by The Economist, Maclean's Magazine, Atlantic Monthly and Conde Nast Traveler. The latter describes the city as "safe, clean, friendly, scenic, and international."
Vancouver tied for top spot of cities worldwide for quality of life in a January 2000 assessment of cities worldwide, carried out by human resources consultancy firm William M. Mercer. This assessment was based on quality of life factors such as political stability, personal safety, health care, crime levels, water quality, transportation, traffic congestion, education, and the availability of public services.
The University of British Columbia is one of the world's great public universities. It is among Canada's Best Diversity Employers and British Columbia's Best Employers and encourages a Respectful Environment for individuals to work, live and learn.
UBC is one of Canada's largest universities and the oldest in British Columbia. Incorporated in 1908, its first students were admitted in 1915. It currently consists of four campuses: the main Vancouver campus in Point Grey, UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, B.C., and smaller campuses at Robson Square and the Great Northern Way in central downtown and east Vancouver, respectively.
In addition to being a centre for academic and research excellence, the University of British Columbia boasts a picturesque physical setting. The spectacular UBC Vancouver campus lies less than 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver. It is located on the tip of the Point Grey peninsula, and is surrounded by 763 hectares of forested parkland providing a green belt between campus and the city , complete with trails for hiking and biking, as well as state-of-the-art recreational facilities. The University's arts and cultural facilities are equally impressive, with events and exhibits being held year-round in the Chan Centre for Performing Arts, the world-famous Museum of Anthropology, the Nitobe Memorial Garden and the Belkin Art Gallery.
The Faculty of Applied Science includes all engineering activities at both the UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan, as well as the Schools of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Nursing. The Faculty was one of UBC's three founding faculties, admitting some of the University's first students in engineering in 1915. UBC instituted the first degree program in Nursing in the British Empire in 1919, and Architecture was established within the Faculty of Applied Science in 1946.
The Faculty of Applied Science holds a prominent place within the UBC community; and, through its three professions, it has played an important role in shaping our society, both in British Columbia and beyond.
