What is University of British Columbia?
{{infobox university | name = University of British Columbia | image = UBC Coat of Arms.png | image_upright = 0.7 | motto = {{lang-la|Tuum Est}} | established = 1908 | students = 65,012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ubc.ca/about/facts.html|title=Overview and Facts {{!}} The University of British Columbia|website=www.ubc.ca|language=en|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> | city = [[Vancouver]] and [[Kelowna]] | website = [https://www.ubc.ca/ ubc.ca] }} The '''University of British Columbia''' ('''UBC''') is a major [[public university]] located in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], with another location in [[Kelowna]]. It was started in 1908 and moved to its current location in Point Grey in 1925. It is one of the largest universities in Canada, with a student population of over 60,000. UBC has a 1,000-acre campus, a part of which has been set aside for an endowment fund which generates $1.6 billion for the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/0323-ubc-vision-1000-acres-1000-years|title=UBC turns land into a river of gold|date=29 March 2019|last=Ryan|first=Denise|website=[[Vancouver Sun]]|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref> The Vancouver location is in the University Endowment Lands, about {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Downtown Vancouver.<ref name=facts1>{{cite web |url=http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/services-for-media/ubc-facts-figures/ |title=UBC Facts & Figures (2009/2010) |publisher=University of British Columbia |access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref> UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national workplace for [[Particle physics|particle]] and [[nuclear physics]]. It has the world's largest [[cyclotron]]. UBC also has the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. UBC and the Max Planck Society founded the first Max Planck Institute in North America, which studies quantum materials.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.ubc.ca/2010/10/04/mr-10-139/ |title=UBC, Max Planck formalize partnership among world's top quantum physic