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UBC Vantage College is an academic department at the University of British Columbia, founded at the Point Grey, Vancouver campus in 2013. Vantage College was created in consideration of international students who wish to study at a Canadian university and have strong academic standing, but who would benefit from academic English instruction (English for Academic Purposes).

Vantage College presently offers a first-year undergraduate program with four streams of study including Applied Science, Arts, Management and Science. The program incorporates mentorship and utilizes a teaching methodology know as Content and Language Integrated Learning. Some program streams in the Vantage One program lead to studies based on the UBC Vancouver campus, while others are based on the UBC Okanagan campus.

In the fall of 2016 Vantage College will move to a new building development known as Orchard Commons, which will incorporate student housing, classrooms and study spaces. The second cohort of international students in the Vantage One program began their studies in August 2015, with 266 students enrolled.