University Facts

The University of Victoria offers a course in the science of Batman.

In what country will you find the most Universities? India.

The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).

Harvard's endowment is so massive that its annual investment returns alone exceed the total tuition revenue from all undergraduate students.

A motorcyclist slid underneath a burning BMW near Utah State University. The first bystanders tried to lift the 4,000-pound vehicle but couldn't budge it. Then more strangers joined - construction workers in hard hats, students with backpacks, a man in a suit - until a dozen people lifted the burning car off the ground while one man dragged the unconscious 21-year-old to safety.

UBC student Tim Chen realises it is cheaper to fly to class than pay rent. So he lives with his parents in Calgary and flies to Vancouver for class. Flights: $1,200 CAD/month. Vancouver one-bed: $2,700 CAD. He pockets the $1,500 difference. "It's a one-hour flight - same as taking a bus."