The Academic Excellence Fund was launched by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, to provide significant new resources to advance academic excellence.
Since 2016, we have devoted a portion of our annual revenue toward initiatives that help us attract the best faculty and students, support world-changing research, and deliver an exceptional learning experience.
The fund—projected to grow to in excess of $30 million per year by 2018/19—supports initiatives that position UBC as a top-tier global institution, allowing us to be nimble in the rapidly changing landscape of higher education, and to enhance our support of research-informed transformation of teaching and learning at UBC.
These targeted investments draw the world’s top scholars and researchers, as well as a diverse class of exceptional graduate and undergraduate students who are intellectually curious, academically gifted and socially engaged.
For more information about the fund on the Vancouver campus and its governance, see the terms of reference.