Companies list. Letter U
University of Alberta
| Opened in 1908 as a board-governed, public institution, the University of Alberta has grown to be one of Canada's foremost research-intensive universities, with external funding in 2001/02 of more the $300 million. The University is located in Edmonton, the vibrant cosmopolitan capital of the province of Alberta. In a metropolitan area with close to one million people, Edmonton's economic growth ranked first among Canadian cities in 2001 and remains strong. In partnership with industry and government, the University of Alberta plays a pivotal role in advancing the economic prosperity of Edmonton and Alberta. The University of Alberta serves more than 32,000 students in more than 200 undergraduate programs and 170 graduate programs. Students enjoy an exceptional quality of life on a friendly campus in the midst of a city that values research and technology as well as its beautiful river-valley parkland.
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University of British Columbia (UBC)
| The University of British Columbia at Vancouver, BC is the third largest university in Canada. Incorporated by the provincial government in 1908, UBC is a research-intensive university and a global centre of research and learning with state-of-the-art facilities in its campuses at Point Grey and Robson Square. UBC has consistently ranked among the top ten universities in North America in creating spin-off companies and has been the top university in Canada in filing patents. In fiscal 2000, UBC ranked first in Canada, and ahead of such institutions as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, in US patents filed and start-ups formed per US$100 millions of research funding.
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University of Calgary
| The University of Calgary is a comprehensive research university that, in its short 36-year history, has grown to take its place among the finest institutions in Canada. Combining the best of long-established university traditions with the City of Calgary's vibrant energy and diversity, the university aims to provide a research and scholarly foundation for students eager to acquire the knowledge and skills essential for a successful personal and professional life. Our 213-hectare campus is a beautiful and dynamic setting for scholars in 16 faculties, 53 departments and more than 30 research institutes and centres. Our 1,917 full-time equivalent teaching and research faculty are actively engaged in research and scholarship. With over 2,500 full-time equivalent support staff, the university is Calgary's fourth largest employer.
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University of California- Berkeley
| "The roots of the University of California go back to the gold rush days of 1849, when the drafters of the State Constitution, a group of vigorous and farsighted people, required the legislature to ""encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral and agricultural improvement"" of the people of California. California had few families in 1849 and few children to educate, but these early planners dreamed of a university which eventually, ""if properly organized and conducted, would contribute even more than California's gold to the glory and happiness of advancing generations."" Today, Berkeley's academic departments consistently rank among the top five in the country. The faculty, renowned for both teaching and scholarship, includes eight Nobel Laureates and 19 MacArthur Fellows."
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University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA)
| We are astronauts, healers, creators, scientists and statesmen. Olympians, Oscar winners and Nobel Laureates. Risk takers. We live in a village of 60,000. In a region of 8 million. On the rim of the most vibrant cultures and businesses on the planet. Our work enriches millions of lives every year. We are the family of UCLA. We broke baseball's color line in 1947. In 1959, invented the technology that made possible the CAT scan. Launched the Internet in 1969. Produced a groundbreaking study of television violence in 1995. We learn not what to think, but how to think. We come from every point on the globe. Not just to be somebody, but to do something. And time after time, the something we do is change the world. We are UCLA, the university of big ideas.
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