There are eleven public universities and four private universities in the Canadian province of British Columbia. New degree programs for all British Columbia secondary education institutions must be approved by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development; the Ministry must also give consent to private institutions to grant degrees in British Columbia and use the word "university" for educational purposes.^[1] Five of these universities ? Capilano University, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 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 three of them ? 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, do not have graduate level programs.

The oldest university in the province is the University of British Columbia, established in 1908. Five institutions in British Columbia were designated as universities in 2008: Capilano University, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the University of the Fraser Valley, and Vancouver Island University. University enrollment in British Columbia ranges from Quest University with 80 students to the University of British Columbia with 45,484 students.

Universities

E ? Established; U ? Undergraduates; P ? Postgraduates; T ? Total

Public universities

University of British Columbia

Royal Roads University

Private universities

Trinity Western University

See also

• List of institutes and colleges in British Columbia

References

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