Academic Excellence
Fifteen per cent of first-year UBC students receive scholarships and the average scholarship is $2,471. In 1999/2000, the
university awarded $26 million in scholarships, fellowships
and bursaries -- up $1 million from the prior year.
Four out of six of B.C.'s Gold Medal of Excellence winners in the 2000 Grade 12 provincial examinations chose to study at UBC. The award honours students who receive a perfect score in each of their three best scholarship subjects.
Two out of three students who were awarded Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in 2000 were from UBC. The award program
recognizes outstanding university graduates in B.C. for their
academic distinction and potential to make a substantial
contribution in their chosen field of study.
UBC ranks second in Canadian universities for Steacie Fellowships -- Canada's top award for outstanding scientists and engineers. UBC received 2.7 awards for every 100 full-time faculty.
UBC ranks first in Canada for the number of faculty who received Canada-U.S. Fulbright Canadian Fellows from 1991 to 1999.
UBC has six Canadian Fellows out of a total of 46 in Canada.
UBC ranks second in the country for number of Fellows in the Royal Society of Canada. It is home to 142 Fellows out of 1290
in Canada.
Award Descriptions
Steacie Fellowships are awarded to enhance the career development
of outstanding and highly promising scientists and engineers who are
faculty members of Canadian
universities. Up to four Fellowships
are awarded annually, each for a
two-year period, so that the successful Fellows can devote all of their time and energy to research.
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright
program helps to enhance the study
of Canada in the United States and
the study of the United States in Canada. Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards are given to candidates with a prominent record of scholarly accomplishment.
The Royal Society of Canada is a national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars that promotes learning and research in
the natural and social sciences and in the humanities. The Society consists
of approximately 1600 Fellows: men and women from across the country who are selected by their peers for
outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences.
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