Queen's University vs University of British Columbia

Overview Comparison
Queen's UniversityThe University of British Columbia
Collegedunia Score5 Out of 106.7 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 209 QS World University 2024
# 251 Times Higher Education 2024
# 246 QS World University 2023
# 34 QS World University 2024
# 41 Times Higher Education 2024
# 35 US News 2023
Subject Strength# 301 for Engineering by Times Higher Education 2024
# 196 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 126 for Law by Times Higher Education 2024
# 49 for Engineering by Times Higher Education 2024
# 22 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 37 for Law by Times Higher Education 2024
ProgramsUG Programs -45
PG Programs -69
Doctorate Programs -10
UG Programs -75
PG Programs -104
Doctorate Programs -3
Acceptance Rate0.0 %69.0 %
Exam ScoreGMAT - 600
GRE updated - 315
IELTS - 6.5
PTE - 60
TOEFL - 88
GMAT - 550
IELTS - 6.5
PTE - 65
TOEFL - 90
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   18225
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  9695
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 10920 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   46295
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  9500
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 29650 Per Year
placement (average package)

Graduate Employability Ranking 2020: 101 – 110; Average annual salary is 49,000 USD. Highest paying degree and their per annum salaries are:

MBA: 96,000 CAD; BA: 79,000 CAD; BS: 75,000 CAD


Top recruiters at UBC were Deloitte, P&G, Labatt, Netsle, Telus, GE Healthcare, etc. Base salaries offered were around $160,000 for Executive MBA,$91,000 for Master in Finance, $80,000 for MBA,$68,000 for Other Degrees,$67,000 for Master Of Science,$68,000 for Master Of Arts


application requirements

Minimum 75% in bachelors for MBA and 60% for Masters in Engineering; Portfolio; Essays; Resume.

Core subject requirements like Maths, Science, Language. 
Other subjects may be requried at the basic level depending upon the choice of program

Campuses and B-SchoolsStephen J.R. Smith School of Business
Sauder School of Business
The University of British Columbia, Okanagan
CollegeDunia Reviews7.7/10 Read 21 reviews7.2/10 Read 94 reviews
General Facts Comparison
General FactsQueen's UniversityThe University of British Columbia
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1841
1908
Male:Female0% Male, 0% Female46% Male, 54% Female
Location Facts

Located in the heart of Kingston; Campus is divided into three major parts: Main, West and Isabel Campus located within 1.5 km of radius


Two campuses: Vancouver and Okanagan; Vancouver is the main campus located at the western tip of Point Grey Peninsula.


Library

Six campus libraries in five buildings; Over 3,000,000 images; 300,000 architectural drawings; 3,000,000 physical volumes; 80,000 e-journals


More than 7 million printed books, over 2.1 million ebooks, 5.3 million microforms, and 923000 other multimedia materials.


Campus Life

Over 400 student clubs such as Amnesty International, Oxfam, Urban Snowboarding, Musical Theatres, etc; Three dinning halls and 22 retail food outlets on campus


The campus has Astronomy Club, Beads and Craft Club, Chinese Students and Scholars Association (Great Wall Club), Food Society, Photographic Society, Red Cross International, Ski and Board Club and Vancouver Student Entrepreneurship Association.


Hostel#Room - $7488
#Shared Room - $4855
#Connected Single Room - $5712
#Single Room - $6133
#One Bedroom Apartment - $6452
Famous Alumni

Arthur B. McDonald (Nobel Prize in Physics); Fraser Stoddart (Nobel Prize in Chemistry); Shirley Tilghman (President of Princeton University); Robert Borden (Prime Minister of Canada); Derek Burney (former Chairman and CEO of Bell Canada); Elon Musk (founder of SpaceX and Tesla)


Justin Trudeau (PM of Canada), Rick Hansen (Paralympic athlete), Kim Campbell (Former PM of Canada), Evangeline Lilly (Actress), William Gibson (Fiction writer), and Albert Bandura (Psychologist).


City Life

Kingston is located in eastern Ontario; Listed among top 5 university towns of the world by BBC; Ranked as 6th best place to retire by moneysense.ca; Unemployment rate in December 2019 was 4.7%; Popularly known as “Limestone city” as many historical buildings situated here are constructed using limestone


Vancouver itself serves 7.5% of Canada’s economy. Due to its prosperity, the freshers get good opportunities across Vancouver. The GDP is around 137 billion CAD. Some of the highly popular industries located in Vancouver are tourism, technology, housing and construction.


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