In the meantime, appeals were made to the government to revive the earlier legislation for a provincial institution, leading to the University Endowment Act in 1907, and the University Act in 1908. In 1910 the Point Grey site was chosen, and the government appointed Dr. Frank Fairchild Wesbrook as President in 1913, and Leonard Klinck as Dean of Agriculture in 1914. A declining economy and the outbreak of war in August 1914 compelled the University to postpone plans for building at Point Grey, and instead the former McGill University College site at Fairview became home to the University until 1925. On the first day of lectures was September 30, 1915, the new independent university absorbed McGill University College. The University of British Columbia awarded its first degrees in 1916, and Klinck became the second President in 1919, serving until 1940.
ໃນເວລານີ້, ການອຸທອນໄດ້ຖືກເຮັດໃຫ້ລັດຖະບານໃນການຟື້ນຟູກົດຫມາຍກ່ອນຫນ້ານີ້ສໍາລັບສະຖາບັນແຂວງ, ອັນເຮັດໃຫ້ມີກົດຫມາຍວ່າດ້ວຍວິທະຍາໄລສໍາເລັດທັນ profile ໃນ 1907, ແລະກົດຫມາຍວ່າດ້ວຍວິທະຍາໄລໃນ 1908. ໃນ 1910 ເວັບໄຊຈຸດສີເທົາໄດ້ຮັບຄັດເລືອກ, ແລະລັດຖະບານໄດ້ຮັບການແຕ່ງຕັ້ງທ່ານດຣ. Frank Fairchild Wesbrook ເປັນປະທານໃນ 1913, ແລະ Leonard Klinck ເປັນຄົນບໍດີຂອງກະສິກໍາໃນ 1914. A ຫຼຸດລົງເສດຖະກິດແລະການລະບາດຂອງສົງຄາມໃນເດືອນສິງຫາ 1914 ບັງຄັບວິທະຍາໄລທີ່ຈະເລື່ອນແຜນການສໍາລັບການກໍ່ສ້າງຢູ່ຈຸດສີເທົາ, ແລະແທນທີ່ຈະເປັນເວັບໄຊ University McGill ວິທະຍາໄລອະດີດຢູ່ໃນ Fairview ໄດ້ກາຍເປັນເຮືອນກັບວິທະຍາໄລຈົນກ່ວາ 1925. ໃນມື້ທໍາອິດຂອງການບັນຍາຍນີ້ແມ່ນເດືອນກັນຍາ 30, 1915, ວິທະຍາໄລເອກະລາດໃຫມ່ເອົາໃຈໃສ່ McGill University College. The University of British Columbia ຮັບອົງສາທໍາອິດຂອງຕົນໃນ 1916, ແລະ Klinck ກາຍເປັນປະເທດທີສອງປະທານໃນ 1919, ໃຫ້ບໍລິການຈົນກ່ວາ 1940.