World Trade University

World Trade University is a failed private university in British Columbia, Canada. Launched in 2001,^[1] the university withdrew its application for degree-granting status in 2008^[2] and "has yet to open".^[3]

The university was created via a private member's bill of the British Columbia government—an act that the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. (CUFABC) is requesting to be rescinded.^[4][5]

The British Columbia government "erroneously" described the university as a "United Nations mechanism", and the university web site removed logos of the World Bank and the United Nations after those institutions denied that they had partnerships with the university.^[4] The university is located in a former military base, CFB Chilliwack, renovated at a cost of $1 million paid by the city.^[5]

An August 2008 article in the National Post concluded that the story of this institution "reflected badly on the B.C. government."^[6]