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University of Northern British Columbia - Definition and Overview

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The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is a small, primarily undergraduate university whose main campus is in Prince George, British Columbia. UNBC also has regional campuses in the northern British Columbia cities of Dawson Creek, Terrace, Quesnel, and Fort St. John. Nearly 3700 students were enrolled at UNBC in the 2003 academic year.


UNBC Coat of Arms
Motto: 'En Cha HunĂ¡
Founded 1990
School type Public
President Charles Jago
Location Prince George, British Columbia
Enrollment 3675
Sports teams Timberwolves

The British Columbia legislature established the university on 21 June 1990 with the UNBC Act, and in 1994 the Prince George campus was opened after two years of construction. It sits on the southern end of Cranbrook Hill, overlooking the city from the west. It is architecturally interesting for having apparently separate buildings linked by a hub that is partly beneath ground level, the Agora building.

Because of its northern latitude, UNBC is a member of the University of the Arctic.

UNBC's students' union is the Northern Undergraduate Student Society.

Interior of UNBC's Geoffrey R. Weller Library

Student media

  • Over The Edge, a bi-weekly student newspaper. Established in 1994.
  • CFUR, the campus radio station.
  • Watt, a music and entertainment magazine produced by CFUR.

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