Douglas College Douglas College English: “Do what you love” Rank: 85th Canada Douglas College is the largest public degree-granting college institution in British Columbia, Canada. Close to 17,000 credit students, 8,500 continuing education students and 4,210 international students are enrolled here. Founded in 1970, the college is named after the former Governor of British Columbia, Sir James Douglas. In 1981, Kwantlen College split off from Douglas College. The college has two major campuses in Metro Vancouver – one in New Westminster (Royal Avenue and Anvil Tower) and one in Coquitlam. The college also has a smaller Training Centre campus in Surrey. Each year, more than 4,000 international students from 92 countries take for-credit courses at Douglas College, accounting for roughly 18 percent of the student population. Douglas College offers bachelor's degrees and general university Arts and Science courses, as well as career programs in Health Care, Human Services, Business, and the Creative Arts. It offers 13 bachelor’s degrees , Business Administration in Accounting, Business Administration in Financial Services, Business Administration in Management, Business Administration in Marketing, Child and Youth Care, Criminology Applied, Nursing, Physical Education and Coaching, Performing Arts, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology (In partnership with Thompson Rivers University), Applied Psychology, Social Work and Therapeutic Recreation. Notable alumni are, Frank Giustra, businessman and philanthropist, Terry Glavin, author and journalist, Sky Lee, author, Farhan Lalji, sports reporter, Daniel Igali, Olympic gold medalist wrestler, Adrian Holmes, actor, Lance Ryan, opera vocalist and N. Robin Crossby, game designer. Douglas athletic team is called Douglas College Royals. Being Royal means, you’ll write and define your own story all with support. They believe in helping its student-athletes become well-rounded people in addition to being great at their sport, which helps prepare them for life after athletics. As a Royal you’ll be involved in student-leadership and community-volunteer opportunities, where they learn what it means to be a leader and contributor. And, with 9 men’s and women’s teams competing in seven sports – baseball, basketball, curling, soccer, softball, and volleyball, Douglas offers more opportunities for students to participate in athletics than any other college in British Columbia.