不列颠哥伦比亚大学成立于1908年，位于哥伦比亚温哥华市。现任校长为Stephen Toope。学校现有全日制学生32344名，非全日制学生14130名。男女生比44：56。平均每学期学费标准为4825加币。（人民币兑换加币约6.5 ：1）2007年不列颠哥伦比亚大学在加拿大大学中总排名第四。

　　不列颠哥伦比亚大学最受欢迎的专业方向是：生物学、商学、工学、人类动力学、心理学。

　　不列颠哥伦比亚大学根据不同专业的学生，有针对性提供大量实习岗位，其中文科带薪实习项目: Anthropology, Archival Studies, Art, Art History, Asian Studies, Canadian Studies, Chinese, Classical Studies, Cognitive Studies, Creative Writing, Economics, English, Family Studies, Film, First Nations Studies, French, Geography, German, History, Integrated B. A., International Relations, Italian Studies, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Library and Information Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Medieval Studies, Modern European Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Speech Languages, Theatre, Women’s Studies.

　　商科实习项目：Accounting, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Real Estate, Transportation and Logistics
　　工科实习项目： Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Geological, Integrated, Materials, Mechanical, Mining, Software Systems
　　森林学：Natural Resources Conservation, Operations, Resource Management, Science, Wood Products Processing.
　　土地与粮食：Systems：Agro ecology, Animal Studies, Horticulture, Environment, Food and Nutritional Sciences, Food Market Analysis, Global Resource Systems, Resource Economics. Science: Atmospheric Science, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Physics and Astronomy, Statistics.
　　非带薪实习项目包括：Accounting，Audio logy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Community and Regional Planning, Dentistry, Dietetics, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Education, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Finance, Forest Science, Health Services and Policy Research, Human Kinetics, Human Resources, Information Technology and Management Information Systems, Journalism, Library and Archival Sciences, Marketing, Medicine, Natural Resources Science, Nursing, Organic Agriculture, Performing Arts, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychology, Rehabilitation Sciences, Social Work, Software Systems, Speech Pathology, Strategic Management, Supply Chain Management, Transportation and Logistics.