University of Northern British Columbia
School info
3.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.3
Food
2.3
Clubs
3.1
Facilities
3.6
Internet
3.2
Location
3
Opportunities
3.1
Safety
4.2
Social
3
Happiness
3.4
Basic Information
Location
- Prince George, BC
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public university
- Established: 1990; 34 years ago (1990)
- Founder: Interior University Society, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 1
- 128 courses
Key Area
- Environment and natural resources
- community development
- northern
- rural and environmental health
- First Nations and Indigenous Peoples
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 3,310
- Undergraduates: 2,660
- Postgraduates: 650
Notable Alumni
- James Moore
- Currie Dixon
- Rheanna Robinson
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Good reviews
Overall 5
Amazing school to do a undergrad at, I had a wonderful experience with the entire science department. The school itself has wonderful architecture.
Overall 5
Great school
Overall 4.7
The university itself is beautiful, located on top of the hill surrounded by forest. On clear sunny days you can even see the rocky mountains on the horizon. The professors are great, and since the classes are smaller than the standard university setting, it allows for a more detailed and personal education environment.
Overall 4.6
Amazing school in a great, and picturesque, location. The cafeteria is the worst though.
Overall 4.5
Love this university! I wish there were more (and better) food options on campus, but other than that, everything is amazing. A lot of my professors already know me by name, and the staff are really friendly too.
Overall 4.5
Love the sense of community, the people are great. I come from Vancouver where everyone is fake and trying to fit a certain stereotype, here everyone is fee to be themselves. I love off campus and the bus schedules are not great but I still live. I can honestly say I never want to leave. I find the schools facilities spectacular. It's beautiful.
Overall 4.3
I like it. Good school in northern BC.
Overall 4.2
I personally felt very safe while attending UNBC
I personally never really went clubbing around town
Lastly the food is okay
Some days it’s quite good but other days it’s very plain and bland
Kinda like hospital food in my opinion
Overall UNBC is a great place
Overall 4.2
UNBC is a unique university. The small class sizes and great professors make classes worthwhile. You will like the location if you like outdoor activities like hiking, skiing, or biking. The university needs more fun social activities like concerts and parties. It can be very political sometimes but what university isn't? I like the place.
Overall 4.2
The school is amazing and would definitely recommend
Bad reviews
Overall 0.9
I am simply just telling the truth. worst school ever.
Overall 1
If you come to unbc come and study then leave. Prime George has a small town simple crass mentality as well as severe inferiority complex. The university is nothing special and has many problems. Where else can you do an MBA without even having some a degree ?!
Overall 1
Yes it is a small school so you get better opportunities to talk with professors, but it feels like high school. There is nothing to do in the area or the campus. Very little seating all around the school, including the library, and the food SUCKS! I left after the first semester to get a real education at a real university.
Overall 1.4
Horrible standards for professors, zero opportunities, the school will block you if you try to start anything good. Prince George is a terrible city for the most part. But at least nobody has been murdered on campus. I saw a deer give birth in the garden once. That was cool. Clubs are bad because they're too hard to maintain active here.
Overall 1.5
UNBC needs to work on its inclusiveness and diversity - there is a strong element of discrimination in one of their faculties ( an offshoot of UBC ).
Overall 1.5
This school is run like a complete business. The residence people are on a forced 600$ meal plan for a month or unless they love out of residence or have over 60 credits. This university costed me about 20,000 dollars a year.
Overall 1.6
Wish I didn’t choose this town and school for nursing. so unorganized and schedules are given last minute. Most the teachers are nothing special and you are left to teach yourself for the most part. The program is filled with fluff and “busy work” that is nothing but time wasters and will contribute little to being a great acute care nurse.
Overall 1.6
If you have read any of the other reviews, you already know the gripes people have with this University. Known pretty much only for its forestry/environmental engineering grads, UNBC has poor administration, appalling food, and terrible overall functioning as a social space. The people who graduate in forestry graduate from UBC, not UNBC.
Overall 1.8
Shocked this nursing program is running. Very disorganized. Low-level instructors. Will send you all over Northern BC at your expense for practicums (short term housing in Northern BC is expensive, difficult to find, sub par, and unsafe). Do not choose Rural Nursing as a focus. Rural practicum will not reflect the objectives of the course. 0/10.
Overall 1.9
Theres nothing overly special about UNBC and student support such as finding work is limited. Its a little too small and profs are usually unhappy which means more strikes. Most of the students are people born and raised in PG, so its not very diverse. It doesnt have an upbeat vibe, and profs are mediocre. Students usually transfer out of UNBC.