Explore UBC History
Explore archival resources and curated content documenting UBC’s history, people, campus, academic life, athletics, and community engagement.
- A Brief History of UBC
- Campus Buildings
- “Cheeze Factory” – Engineering Undergraduate Society
- Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre
- Acadia (Faculty) Row Housing
- Acadia Camp
- Acadia Community Centre
- Acadia Family Housing – Phase II
- Acadia Family Housing – Phase III
- Acadia Park Highrise
- Acadia Park Pre-school
- Acadia Park Residence
- Adult Education Research Centre
- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratories (AMPEL)
- Agriculture Research Station and Buildings
- Allard Hall
- Ambulance Station
- AMS Dog Barn
- Animal Care Centre
- Animal Science – Small Ruminant Research Unit
- Anthropology and Sociology — Isabel MacInnes Building
- Anthropology and Sociology Building – Anne Wesbrook Hall
- Apiary
- Aquaculture Teaching and Research Centre
- Aquatic Centre
- Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
- Armoury
- Army Huts
- Arts and Sciences Building II – Okanagan Campus
- Arts Building – Fairview Campus
- Arts One
- Asian Centre
- Assembly Hall – Fairview Campus
- Astrophysical Trailer
- Audiology and Speech Sciences Trailer
- Auditorium and the Roy Barnett Recital Hall
- B.C. Research Corporation Building
- Barn Coffee Shop
- Beef Barn
- Beef Cattle Research Building
- Berwick Memorial Centre
- Biodiversity Research Centre and Beaty Biodiversity Museum
- Biological Sciences Building
- Biomedical Research Centre
- Bookstore
- Botanical Garden – Garden Centre
- Botanical Garden – Gift Shop
- Botanical Garden – Workshop Trailer
- Botany Annex
- Brock Hall
- Buchanan Building
- Buchanan Tower
- C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research
- Campus Planning and Development II
- Campus Planning and Development Offices I
- Carey Hall – Baptist College
- Carr Hall – Centre for Continuing Studies
- Cascades and Upper Cascades – Okanagan Campus
- Cassiar Residence – Okanagan Campus
- Cecil Green Park House
- Centre for Continuing Studies
- Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
- Centre for Research in Women’s Studies and Gender Relations
- Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
- Charles E. Fipke Centre for Innovative Research – Okanagan Campus
- Chemical and Biological Engineering Building
- Chemistry Building
- Chemistry Building – Fairview Campus
- Child Care Services Building
- Child Study Centre
- Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building (CEME)
- Civil and Mechanical Engineering Structures Laboratories
- Coal and Mineral Processing Laboratory
- Counselling Psychology Building
- D.H. Copp Building
- Dairy Barn
- Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Unit (Animal Science)
- David Lam Management Research Centre
- David Strangway Building
- Detwiller Pavilion
- Donald Rix Building
- Dorothy Somerset Studios(formerly Mechanical Engineering Lab – Hut M-18)
- Dorothy Somerset Studios(formerly Mechanical Engineering Lab – Hut M-18) (2)
- Douglas Kenny Building
- Duke Building
- Earthquake Engineering Research Facility
- Empire Pool
- Engine Building – Fairview Campus
- Engineering High Headroom Laboratory
- Engineering, Management, and Education Building – Okanagan Campus
- Environmental Services Facilities
- Environmental Services Facilities (2)
- Faculty Club
- Faculty Club – Old
- Fairview Crescent Student Housing
- Field House
- First Nation Long House
- Fish and Game Branch Workshops
- Fisheries Centre Hut B8
- Food Science Building
- Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada Building (F.E.R.I.C.)
- Forest Harvesting and Wood Science Trailer
- Forest Sciences Centre
- Forest Sciences Trailer
- Forestry Annex 6
- Forestry Annex A
- Forestry/Commercial Building – Fairview Campus
- FORINTEK Western Research Facility
- Fort Point Grey
- Frank A. Forward Building
- Fraser Hall Residence
- Fraser River Parkade
- Fred Kaiser Building
- Frederic Wood Theatre
- Frederick Lasserre Building
- Friedman Building
- Gas Gun Facility
- General Services Administration Building
- Geography Building
- Geological Science Centre
- Geology Building – Fairview Campus
- Geophysics and Astronomy Building
- George Cunningham Building
- George F. Curtis Building
- Gerald McGavin Building
- Graham’s Gate
- Green College / Graham House
- H.R. MacMillan Building
- Harry Purdy Extended Care Hospital (Purdy Pavilion)
- Header House
- Health Sciences Parkade
- Hebb Building
- Hennings Building
- Henry Angus Building
- Hillel House- Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life
- Home Economics Building
- Horticulture Building
- Incubators Building
- Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS)
- Instructional Resource Centre
- International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Justice Policy
- International House
- Iona Building
- Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
- J.B. MacDonald Building
- Jack Bell Building (School of Social Work)
- James M. Mather Building
- John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse
- John Owen Pavilion and Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre and Annex
- Kalamalka and Valhalla Residence – Okanagan Campus
- Koerner Pavilion (Acute Care Unit)
- Korea University – UBC House (a.k.a. Vanier Korea House)
- Ladner Clock Tower
- Landscape Architecture Annex(formerly Bioresource Engineering Annex)
- Landscape Architecture Studios
- Leonard S. Klinck Building
- Library Processing Centre
- Life Sciences Centre
- Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues
- Machine Shop – Fairview Campus
- MacLeod Building
- Main Library
- Main Substation
- Marine Drive Residences
- Mary Bollert Hall
- Mathematics and Statistics Resource Centre
- Mathematics Annex
- Mathematics Building
- MBA House
- Mechanical Engineering Annex A – Hut M-17
- Medical Sciences Block C
- Michael Smith Laboratories
- Mining Building – Fairview Campus
- Mining, Metalurgy and Hydraulic Building
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
- Museum of Anthropology
- Music Building
- Naramata Court – Farm Cottages Acadia
- National Research Council Institute for Machinery Research
- Natural Resources Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation
- Networks of Centre of Excellence (NCE)
- Neville Scarfe Building
- Neville Scarfe Building – Library
- Nicola Residence – Okanagan Campus
- Norman MacKenzie House (President’s Residence)
- North Parkade
- Ocean Engineering Centre
- Old Administration Building
- Old Barn Community Centre
- Old Dairy Barn
- Old Fire Hall
- Pan-Hellenic Building
- PAPRICAN Building
- Parking and Security Services Building
- Physics Building – Fairview Campus
- Piggery
- Place Vanier Residence
- Plant Operations Exterior Storage Shed
- Plant Operations Nursery – Gardeners Residence & Laboratory
- Plant Science Annex B
- Plant Science Field Building
- Plant Science Greenhouse
- Plant Sciences Field Station and Garage
- Point Grey Apartments
- Ponderosa Centre
- Ponderosa Office Annexes A, B & C
- Ponderosa Office Annexes D, E & F
- Ponderosa Office Annexes G & H
- Poultry Houses
- Poultry Products Building
- Power House
- Public Safety Building
- Pulp and Paper Centre
- Purcell Residence – Okanagan Campus
- Ritsumeikan House
- Robert F. Osborne Centre/Gym
- Rose Garden Parkade
- Rugby Pavilion (Arthur Lord Field Dressing Rooms)
- Saint Andrew’s Hall
- Saint Andrew’s Hall – Residences
- Saint Mark’s College
- Scenery Shop
- School of Family and Nutritional Sciences Building
- Sedgewick Library
- Sheep Barn
- Sherwood Building — Physiology Research
- Sing Tao Building (School of Journalism)
- Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment Building
- South Campus Warehouses
- South Staff Office Block (Education)
- St. John’s College
- Stadium – Old
- Student Recreation Centre
- Students’ Cafeteria – Fairview Campus
- Task Force Building
- Tec de Monterrey University – UBC House
- The Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre
- Thea Koerner House (Graduate Student Centre)
- Thunderbird Residences
- Thunderbird Stadium
- Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre / Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
- Totem Field Studios
- Totem Park Residence
- Totem Pole Park
- Totem Pole Shed
- TRIUMF
- Turkey Research Wing
- UBC IBM Law & Computers Center (Legal Aid Clinic)
- UBC at Robson Square
- UBC Life Building(formerly Student Union Building (SUB))
- UBC Life Building(formerly Student Union Building (SUB)) (2)
- UBC Tennis Centre
- University Centre Building – Okanagan Campus
- University Services Centre Building
- Vancouver School of Theology – Chancellor Building
- Vancouver School of Theology – Somerville House
- Vivarium
- Walter C. Koerner Library
- Walter H. Gage Residence
- War Memorial Gymnasium
- Wayne & William White Engineering Design Centre
- Wesbrook Building
- West Mall Swing Space Building
- West Parkade
- Women’s Gymnasium
- Wood Products Laboratory
- Woodward Library
- Workshop – Fairview Campus
- Campus History Sources
- UBC People
- Thunderbirds Athletics History
- Faculty Interviews
- Honorary Degrees