UNBC Ranked #1 for Research
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 06:00 PM
Prince George, B.C.- It is becoming the "little University that could" as the University of Northern B.C. has been given top honours in Canada for its research.
For the first time in its history, UNBC has been ranked #1 in a national survey of Canada’s research Universities. The ranking is in the category of “Primarily Undergraduate Universities.”
The annual compilation of “Canada’s University Innovation Leaders” is produced by Research InfoSource and measures both research funding and the success of faculty in having their research results appear in leading academic journals. The survey will be published in the National Post tomorrow, and in the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday.
Some highlights:
Some highlights:
- The survey reports UNBC received $17.7 million in total research income in the 2008-09 fiscal year, good for 35th place nationwide.
- Measured on a per-faculty basis, UNBC’s research income is virtually identical to Simon Fraser University and more similar to universities in the top 20.
- In analysis that factors the number of faculty and their achievement both in earning research income and publishing research, UNBC’s score is fourth-highest in Canada and tops outside of Ontario.
“This result is tremendous for a young and relatively small university. It points to the excellent faculty we have and their ability to work in the region to identify and conduct valuable research,” says UNBC President, George Iwama. “Congratulations to our researchers and thank you to those who both enable and fund their work.”
UNBC is one of BC’s four research-intensive universities with nine Canada Research Chairs, a BC Leadership Chair, two research forests, the I.K. Barber Enhanced Forestry Laboratory, and a wide range of research centres and institutes.
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Posted by: supertech on November 4 2010 11:24 PM