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Congratulations and have a great summer

This message was sent to faculty, staff and students in Vancouver and the Okanagan.

July 4, 2024

A message from Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor

As we welcome the beautiful summer months, I wanted to take a moment to share some good news and highlight some of the remarkable UBC accomplishments over the past year. Congratulations to everyone in our community for these shared successes!

Largest spring graduating class in UBC history
In Vancouver and the Okanagan, we recently celebrated the largest spring graduating class in UBC history, with 12,510 students graduating across all programs – 10,526 in Vancouver and 1,984 in the Okanagan. This remarkable achievement reflects not only the hard work and dedication of our students but also unwavering support from our faculty, staff, and the entire UBC community. We are immensely proud of each and every graduate and excited to see the positive impact they will make in the world. Congratulations to all our graduates!

Research funding at historical high in 2023/24
I am thrilled to announce that UBC researchers attracted $893 million in research funding from government, industry and non-profit partners in 2023/24. This is over $100 million more than UBC’s previous high of $774 million in 2021/22. This unprecedented level of research funding will enable UBC researchers to continue to seek new insights and discoveries that will improve lives globally.

In addition, we also recently announced a transformative federal investment of $140 million to support projects for Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub, led by UBC. This investment will ensure Canada is ready to respond to future pandemics, and will also generate the talent and industry collaborations needed to foster and sustain a world-class life sciences sector here in BC.

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