The University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus - Kelowna, British Columbia

Eva Z.

I stayed here for one night in the summer — it was very disappointing.
Their slogan says: “We’re not a 5-star hotel, but we provide clean sheets and towels.”
But honestly, I didn’t see any cleanliness at all.
The linens were not fresh, and the room felt dirty overall.
They provided shampoo, soap, and toilet paper, but no hand or paper towels.
The bathroom is shared with the next room, which was empty — still, it was advertised as a “private bathroom.”
The water pressure was extremely low — even washing hands or taking a shower was a struggle.
There’s no fridge, TV, or anything in the rooms — just in the common lounge on each floor.
Wi-Fi is free, which was the only decent thing.
It cost me $230 for one night during a long weekend, which is not cheap.
At that price, there are better hotels, and this place is very far from downtown.
Reception staff were rude and unprofessional too.

Fuego

Only thing this place had going for it was the location and a few good staff members. As a post-secondary institution, this university sucks.

After reading other reviews I decided to expand on mine. I was a Comp Sci student and also noticed that the profs have very little commitment to actually teaching students. Like another person said "you should already know this by now" was a common excuse to skip over actually teaching subjects all the time.

How am I supposed to already know anything? Numerous times I would check textbooks and every resource we had available which had no mention of topics that we should have "already known". I think it's wise to leave students to do their own research. But it's a useless way to teach when I'm already in a lecture and had no outline on what to research.

And another thing... If you're going to allow a professor to lecture English based classes at a primarily English school... He should be easily UNDERSTOOD. Struggling to figure out what a professor is saying because his accent is so thick is a total joke. This whole establishment felt like a scam.

Joel P.

Absolutely horrify the way I was treated as a guest, especially it was a school I was considering entering, that has no put a horrible taste in my mouth, consider myself Fair when I rate places I was treated as a guest here because it was not an active member of the campus I was angrily told to leave the premises immediately by several security, and by one female that told me specifically to leave the premises all the way right now! How do they treat their students? I only rated because I had to rate something, it appeared to me that there is huge room for improvement here security and staff alike need a serious revamping and it's a very serious retraining on public relations I'm sorry for a little bit of the rugged review but if anybody else would have witnessed that they would have been shocked

Renata S.

I have a strong connection to UBCO, knowing several students who attend, having hired talented students from the university, and proudly being a graduate myself. The faculty is outstanding dedicated, knowledgeable, and truly invested in student success. UBCO offers an amazing learning environment that fosters innovation, critical thinking, and real world experience. The campus community is welcoming and supportive, making it an incredible place to study and grow. I highly recommend UBCO to anyone looking for a top-tier education in a vibrant setting!

Mark H.

The Computer Science department should be ashamed of themselves. Truly a disgrace how some of these professors have 0 pride or care in their work with students. I don't know how they feel fulfilled in life after having 0 pride or passion in their work.

It seems like after second year, all the professors for upper year classes don't care about teaching students anymore (for whatever reason i.e "you should know this already"). If I don't do my job at my workplace my manager has a talk with me, but some of these CS professors think this does not apply to them.

Truly a disgrace some of the professors here. No idea how they pridefully sleep at night or tell their buddies they are professors at a top education institution. There are a few gems and I greatly appreciate those professors that follow their job duties and description.

Edit to reply to response from owner: This is a lie. If you do speak to the professors or even anyone at the department, they take your concerns very nonchalantly and use every bureaucratic resource/policy available to them to assert their egos even more.

If you really take student feedback seriously, I highly recommend auditing all your professors with poor survey feedback and comparing them with the highly rated professors. There will be a clear difference and I hope you are qualified enough to make the real changes that actually help students.

Loveraj G.

What a great vibe! I was there for a meeting; I wish I could go back to university and study at UBC Okanagan:) beautiful location and awesome people.

Abd K.

Their application process lacks transparency, don’t waste your money here, there are better schools for CS in Canada.

Eric E.

Friendly people here and the architecture is amazing as well as the top notch parking and ease of directions within UBC. A beautiful place!