Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (by and large abbreviated to KPU) is an open degree-surrendering student polytechnic school in British Columbia with grounds arranged in Surrey, Richmond, Cloverdale, and Langley. KPU is one of the greatest foundations by enrolment in British Columbia with a total of 20,000 understudies and 1,600 representatives over its four regions including the Metro Vancouver disctrict. KPU fills in as the fundamental polytechnic school in Canada and gives student guideline including four year accreditations, accomplice degrees, affirmations, validations and references in more than 200 distinct activities. 

Before being permitted power as a University school, Kwantlen Polytechnic University was built up as Kwantlen College. In 2008, the basic government reported its mean to change the University Act to name Kwantlen University College a polytechnic school. The institution renaming the University College to University got magnificent assent on May 29, 2008 and KPU began operation as Kwantlen Polytechnic University on September 1, 2008. 

KPU transformed into a person from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) on October 24, 2008. Moreover in organization together with KPU include: the International Association of Universities (IAU), the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), and the Canadian University Press (CUP). 

The Globe and Mail Canadian University Report situated KPU among the top post-discretionary establishment as for selection transversely over Canada, winning different assessments in the "A to B Range" in orders, for instance, nature of educating and learning, calling arranging, understudy satisfaction and information development. Appropriated in Maclean's magazine, the National Survey of Student Engagement similarly recorded KPU among the top Canadian associations in admiration to understudy support, enlightening practices, and nature of preparing. 

History 

Beginnings 

Kwantlen College was surrounded in 1981, by parcel from Douglas College. There were more than 200 recommendations in a test to name the new South Fraser territory school. The triumphant section "Kwantlen" was assembled by Stan McKinnon. "Kwantlen" begins from the name of the Kwantlen First Nation in whose customary area the school is found. Supervisor Joe Gabriel of the Kwantlen First Nation gave approval for the school to use the Kwantlen name. 

Taking after a typical government action proposed to extend access to degree programs in British Columbia, began in 1988, five junior universities were yielded energy to offer baccalaureate degrees. These five foundations—Cariboo, Fraser Valley, Kwantlen, Malaspina, and Okanagan—were renamed school colleges. At to begin with, they offered degrees under the aegis of one or a more prominent measure of the three basic universities. In 1995 they were rewarded the ability to offer degrees in their own specific right. Similarly in 1995, the domain of British Columbia requested order changing the foundation's name to Kwantlen University College. 

Improvement and advancement 

Move to school 

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey Campus, Main working (outside) 

In 2005, Kwantlen University College began a campaign to induce picked powers at the metropolitan and typical levels, and diverse key gathering pioneers, to support its tries to twist up a school. Emptying "school" from its official name would require support from the organization of British Columbia. For its circumstance for the school status, Kwantlen's officials ensured the change to Kwantlen University would: 

Overhaul Kwantlen's ability to offer British Columbia some help with turning into the best taught, most capable region in North America; and 

Pass on various points of interest to the fastest creating region in BC and offer BC some help with accomplishing whole deal advancement and flourishing. 

In 2007, Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education and Minister accountable for Research and Technology was joined by one of a kind direction Geoff Plant, to release the Campus 2020 report that recommends Kwantlen University College get the opportunity to be Kwantlen University. 

On April 22, 2008, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell reported that Kwantlen would get the opportunity to be Kwantlen Polytechnic University. On April 22, 2008, the basic government reported its mean to adjust the University Act to make Kwantlen a polytechnic school, in affirmation of its "adaptability in giving educational, trades and plant setting up." The institution renaming the University College to University got lofty assent on May 29, 2008. 

AUCC interest 

On October 24, 2008, KPU transformed into a person from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). 

In spite of the way that the AUCC is not an official government accreditation body, its systematized enlistment benchmarks and necessities for people serves to encourage an understudy's ability to trade from student to graduate tasks across over Canada and the world. 

Grounds 

KPU grounds are in Surrey, Richmond, Cloverdale, and Langley. All arranged in British Columbia. 

Note: A Gallery of KPU's grounds are arranged in Wikimedia Commons - Commons:Kwantlen Polytechnic University. 

KPU Tech (Cloverdale) 

KPU Tech, in the past known as KPU Cloverdale is the most up and coming of the four KPU grounds, opening in April 2007. The building is affirmed as a LEED Gold building and houses KPU's Trades and Technology programs, which consolidate machine modifying, auto updating, carpentry, farriery, block work, parts and warehousing, welding, plumbing, open security exchanges and CADD developments. 

KPU Langley 

The Langley grounds is home to the's School of Horticulture - which joins a field lab, nurseries, and greenery walled in areas. The Langley grounds is in like manner home to KPU's music programs and consolidates execution spaces and a get together room. KPU Langley moreover offers science programs, and has science, science, material science, and geology labs with industry-standard equipment. 

KPU Richmond 

KPU Richmond was KPU's first official grounds, developed in 1981 when the establishment split from Douglas College. It is at this moment encountering critical rebuilds with the development of the Chip and Shannon Wilson School of Design. The grounds is at present home to KPU's Fashion and Design programs, and moreover various craftsmanship and business courses, among others. 

KPU Surrey 

KPU Surrey, frequently called the guideline grounds, is the greatest of the four grounds and offers an extent of courses over various assets. It is the key range for the's School of Business and Office of the President. All KPU Athletics work out of Surrey, where the school's activity room and wellbeing center, close by various recreational workplaces, are found. 

Scholastics 

KPU has more than 120 interesting ventures across more than seven specific assets—Academic and Career Advancement, Arts, Business, Design, Health, Science and Horticulture, and Trades and Technology—where understudies can look for after a degree, affirmation, confirmation, reference, or work towards completing an apprenticeship. 

Libraries 

KPU has a library on each of its four grounds. The major library is on the Surrey grounds. Smaller collections are open in Richmond, Langley, and Cloverdale. Books are energetically passed on between grounds. The aggregations of the KPU libraries total around 190,000 print monographs, very nearly 1000 print journal participations, and access to more than 100 unmistakable on-line databases. 

Understudy enrolment 

For the 2011/2012 academic year, KPU had an enrolment of more than 19,500 understudies. KPU's territory (Richmond, Delta, Surrey, White Rock and Langley) has a people of more than 800,000. 

Staff and laborers 

As of Fall 2011, Faculty and staff laborers number more than 1,600 (129 Administrators, 515 Staff, and 1,026 Faculty). While some workforce are in like manner incorporated into investigation, their crucial part is student guideline. In 2011, for the fifth time successively, Kwantlen Polytechnic University was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as circulated in Maclean's magazine. Besides, was named a BC Top 50 business for the seventh persistent year in 2013. 

Accommodating direction 

KPU offers accommodating direction in a couple degree programs including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Technology furthermore acknowledgment programs. Such activities fuse gave work-course of action semesters that match their field of concentrate, despite predictable studies. 

Program transferability 

KPU offers various transferable courses to other informative establishments, which as often as possible provoke direct moves into second-year or third-year learns at other post discretionary associations. To help in this, KPU is a part of the BC Transfer Guide Website, an online resource for organizing and understanding move in the BC post-assistant preparing structure. 

New program change 

Additional major and minor ventures and focused courses are without further ado being taken a shot at. KPU will in like manner be the primary open, post-discretionary foundation in British Columbia to offer studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine. KPU's Faculty of Arts has similarly starting late dispatched two new program offerings; a minor in tongue and society, and a vital in associated topography. 

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