维多利亚大学位于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的首府维多利亚市,是该省历史第二悠久的公立大学。维多利亚大学在1963年正式成立,吸收建于1903年的维多利亚学院。维多利亚大学属于中型综合大学。
加拿大Maclean's杂志连续五年将维多利亚大学排在了"综合性大学排行榜"的前三名。在过去的11年中,维多利亚大学法学院有8年被排在了 "法学院排行榜" 的首位。在最新的Canadian Lawyer Magazine的排行中维多利亚大学法学院位居全国第四。维多利亚大学是继不列颠哥伦比亚大学后BC省第二大的科研中心,也是加拿大大学20强的其中一员。根据Science Watch的调查 在2000-2004年间,维大的地球科学课程名列全国第一,空间科学和教育课程位居第二而工程学和数学课程位列第三。
The University of Victoria has established a reputation across Canada and around the world as a centre of interdisciplinary research and innovation that is making major contributions to the advancement of knowledge and its application to societal issues. In fact, UVic leads all other comprehensive universities in Western Canada in terms of research effort, according to the most recent ranking of the country's top research universities by Research Infosource. With a choice of 150 degree programs and 44 academic departments, you'll learn from internationally-recognized researchers and have the resources to actively pursue your own ideas and position yourself for a future of great promise.
The University of Victoria was recently ranked by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR) as one of the top 200 universities in the world.
In Canada we rank 6th and are the number one university without a medical school.
According to THE WRU we rank 130th worldwide and are among only nine Canadian universities to make the list.