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List of presidents of the University of British Columbia

The President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia (UBC) serves as the administrative head of the institution. There have been fifteen people have served as president in the history of the institution, including those that held the position on an interim basis, with Martha C. Piper serving twice as president.

They include:

1. Frank Wesbrook (1913–1918) ^[1]
2. Leonard Klinck (1919–1944) ^[1]
3. Norman MacKenzie (1944–1962) ^[1]
4. John B. Macdonald (1962–1967) ^[1]
5. Fredrick Kenneth Hare (1968–1969) ^[1]
6. Walter Harry Gage (1969–1975) ^[1]
7. Douglas T. Kenny (1975–1983) ^[1]
8. George Pedersen (1983–1985) ^[1]
9. Robert H. T. Smith (1985, pro tem) ^[1]
10. David W. Strangway (1985–1997) ^[1]
11. Martha C. Piper (1997–2006) ^[1]
12. Stephen J. Toope (2006–2014) ^[1]
13. Arvind Gupta (2014–2015) ^[2]
14. Martha C. Piper (2015–2016) ^[2]
15. David H. Farrar (2016) ^[3]
16. Santa J. Ono (2016–2022) ^{[Note 1] [3]}
17. Benoit-Antoine Bacon (2023–present)^[4]

• List of chancellors of the University of British Columbia
• List of University of British Columbia people