The University of British Columbia is a global center for education and research, regularly ranked among the top 50 public universities in the world.
UBC Global Ranking
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is ranked 37th in the 2022 Times Higher Education Global University Rankings. UBC ranked second in Canada and 13th globally in the 2022 Times Higher Education impact rankings, which assess how well universities align with 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) supporting environmental, social, and economic well-being worldwide.
● SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure is tied for 1st place.
● SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities ranks 6th.
Student Enrollment
■ 58,768 students in Vancouver
■ 11,989 students in Okanagan
■ 15,726 degrees awarded in 2021
■ Total of 70,757 UBC students (as of 2020/21)
Among Graduates, Faculty, and Staff
● 8 Nobel laureates
● 3 Canadian prime ministers
● 65 Olympic medalists, including 19 gold medalists
UBC Campuses
UBC has two main campuses, one in Vancouver and the other in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley.
The Vancouver Campus
The University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus is located at the western tip of the Point Grey Peninsula in the city of Vancouver, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Spanning over 400 hectares, this magnificent campus is surrounded by forests on three sides and the ocean on the fourth, just a 30-minute bus ride from downtown Vancouver.
The Vancouver campus is home to numerous facilities, including but not limited to:
● TRIUMF — one of the world's leading laboratories in subatomic physics
● UBC Library - one of Canada's premier academic libraries, with 21 branches and divisions on this campus
● Chan Centre for the Performing Arts - one of the world's largest concert halls
● Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
● UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
● UBC Farm — the only working farm within the city of Vancouver
● Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
● Nitobe Memorial Garden - considered one of the top five Japanese gardens outside Japan
The Vancouver campus provides students with numerous opportunities to pursue their interests or specialize in new areas through a wide range of recreational, social, and cultural activities.
From athletics to arts and culture, the vibrant campus life is designed to contribute to students' mental, physical, and spiritual development. For more detailed information about departments and application requirements, you can schedule an appointment with our expert advisory team.
Museums and Art Galleries
Museum of Anthropology (MOA)
MOA facilitates access to collections of Canadian Indigenous communities. The building is temporarily closed for renovations until June 2024, but during this temporary closure, it continues to offer special events and digital school programs for the public to benefit from.
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The only natural history museum in Vancouver, housing over two million specimens dating back to the early 1900s, boasts a vast treasure trove including fish, fossils, birds, and insects.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Alongside contemporary art exhibitions, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre permanently houses the Chung Collection, which highlights early migration from China to British Columbia. Throughout the Centre, you can find carvings and weavings of Indigenous civilizations, and in the Ridington Reading Room, portraits of UBC presidents and chancellors.
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
A nationally acclaimed contemporary art gallery known for its bold exhibitions challenging perception and creativity. With free admission and over 4,500 artworks, the Belkin Art Gallery stands as a focal point of the visual arts scene at the University of British Columbia and hosts one of British Columbia’s largest public art collections.
AHVA Gallery
This contemporary art gallery, located within the Audain Art Centre, hosts free exhibitions, lectures, and performances by students (AHVA), faculty members, and guest artists from the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia.
Pacific Museum of Earth
The precious stone and mineral gallery, along with the dinosaur bone gallery, are popular exhibitions that make the University of British Columbia's Pacific Museum of Earth unique among Vancouver's museums.
Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Between the late 1800s and 1996, approximately 150,000 Indigenous children in Canada were forcibly sent to residential schools operated in collaboration with church organizations by the Canadian Government. These children were torn from their families and deprived of their languages, lands, and cultures. The Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia is a space where survivors of residential schools and their communities inform, gather, listen, learn, and bear witness to this history.
To obtain more detailed information about departments and application requirements, you can schedule an appointment with our expert advisory team.
Okanagan Campus
The Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia combines the resources and reputation of one of the world's top universities with a young and dynamic campus.
The Okanagan campus holds a unique privilege due to its partnership with the Syilx Okanagan Nation. UBC Okanagan and the Okanagan Nation have been working in partnership since 2005 to enhance education and support Okanagan Indigenous culture, history, language, philosophy, and knowledge.
University of British Columbia Undergraduate Departments
Business and Economics
Department | Campus | Duration of Study |
Bachelor's + Master of Business Administration Dual Degree | Okanagan
| 4,5 years |
Bachelor's + Master of Management Dual Degree | Vancouver | 4,5 years |
Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology
| Vancouver
| 4 years |
Business and Computer Sciences | Vancouver | 4 years |
Combined Major in Statistics ● Statistics/Economics ● Statistics/Mathematics ● Statistics/Computer Science
| Vancouver
| 4 years |
Finance/Economics/Management | Vancouver | 4 years |
International Economics | Vancouver | 4 years |
Business Administration | Okanagan | 4 years |
Environment and Sustainability
Archaeology | Vancouver | 4 years |
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urbanism | Vancouver | 4 years |
Atmospheric Science | Vancouver | 4 years |
Environmental Protection | Vancouver | 4 years |
Environmental Chemistry | Okanagan | 4 years |
Environmental Engineering | Vancouver | 4 years |
Environmental Sciences | Vancouver | 4 years |
Food and Resource Economics | Vancouver | 4 years |
Forest Management | Vancouver | 4 years |
Forest Operations | Vancouver | 4 years |
Forest Sciences | Vancouver | 4 years |
Freshwater Science | Okanagan | 4 years |
Geography | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 years |
Geology | Vancouver | 4 years |
Geophysics | Vancouver | 4 years |
Global Resource Systems | Vancouver | 4 years |
To get more detailed information about departments and application requirements, you can schedule an appointment with our expert consulting team.
Engineering
Architecture | Vancouver | 3 Years |
Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Biomedical Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Chemical Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Chemical and Biological Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Civil Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Cognitive Systems | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Computer Engineering | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Data Science | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Electrical Engineering | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Environmental Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Geological Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Manufacturing Engineering | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Mechanical Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Mining Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Health and Life Sciences
Applied Animal Biology | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Biochemistry | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Biology | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Biomedical Engineering | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Biophysics | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Biotechnology | Vancouver | 5 Years |
Dentistry | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Dietetics | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Food and Nutritional Sciences | Vancouver | 5 Years |
Health and Exercise Sciences | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Medical Laboratory Science | Vancouver | 2 Years |
Medicine | Okanagan,Vancouver | 4 Years |
Microbiology | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Microbiology and Immunology | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Nursing | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Nutritional Sciences | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Pharmaceutical Sciences | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Pharmacology | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Pharmacy | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Psychology | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Zoology | Okanagan | 4 Years |
History, Law, and Politics
History | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
International Relations | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Latin American Studies | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Law | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Medieval Studies | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Modern European Studies | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
United States Studies | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Media and Fine Arts
Art History and Visual Culture | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Cinema Studies | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Creative Writing | Okanagan, Vancouver | 4 Years |
Journalism | Vancouver | 20 Months |
Press Studies | Okanagan | 4 Years |
Press Studies | Vancouver | 4 Years |
Music | Vancouver | 4 Years |
British Columbia University Application Requirements and Dates
Acceptance conditions vary depending on where you attended high school, which UBC campus you hope to attend, and which degree you are applying for.
English Language Requirement
The language of instruction at the University of British Columbia is English. Therefore, it is mandatory for all prospective students to demonstrate proficiency in the English language before acceptance.
You can prove your language proficiency with a document showing a maximum score or above from one of the exams listed below.
Unless otherwise specified, the score is the minimum score in each section of the exam. You must complete these minimum score requirements in a single test session (scores from multiple instances of a test cannot be combined to meet minimum component requirements).
For more detailed information about sections and application conditions, you can schedule an appointment with our expert advisory team.
Examination | Description | Maximum score |
CAEL or CAEL Online | Canadian Academic English Language assessment exam | Overall: 70 |
Cambridge English Proficiency | B2 First C1 Advanced C2 Proficiency | 180 |
CEL | UBC English Certificate | 600 |
IELTS | International English Language Testing System (Academic) | 6,5, (Cannot be less than 6.0) |
PTE or PTE Academic Online | Pearson English Test (Academic) | Overall: 65 Reading: 60 Listening: 60 Writing: 60 Speaking: 60 |
TOEFL or TOEFL iBt Home Edition | Test of English as a Foreign Language (Internet-based test) | Overall: 90 Reading: 22 Listening: 22 Writing: 21 Speaking: 21 |
General Admission Requirements
When applying to undergraduate programs at the University of British Columbia, you must submit your high school diploma. Your diploma and documents must be officially certified. Copies may be acceptable if certified by the school principal, headmaster, or counselor. The diploma must be enclosed in a sealed school envelope. Notarized copies will not be accepted.
In addition to these, depending on the program and degree you are applying for, you may need to meet different application requirements. To get more detailed information about departments and application conditions, you can schedule an appointment with our expert advisory team.
Last Application Dates
If you are preparing to apply to the University of British Columbia, here are the dates you need to pay attention to:
Early October 2024
Online applications open for the Winter Session (September 2025 - April 2026) and the Summer Session (May - August 2025).
November 15, 2024
Scholarships and Awards
If you are an international student and wish to participate in the University of British Columbia International Scholars Program, this is the deadline to apply for scholarships.
January 15, 2025 - Application Deadline
This is the deadline for applications for the Winter Session (September 2025 - April 2026) and the Summer Session (May-August 2025).
If you have applied to the University of British Columbia, here are the dates you need to pay attention to:
January 31, 2024
Deadline for applicants to the International Scholars Program.
February 15, 2024
Deadline to submit documents demonstrating compliance with English Language Admission Standards (ELAS).
End of January to April 2024 - Approval Period
Most high school applicants will receive decisions during this time. The University of British Columbia's admission process is not strictly first come, first served. Applications are evaluated based on academic grades, language proficiency scores, resume, and extracurricular experiences. Applications are continuously reviewed from January to April.
March 15, 2024
International Documents
Deadline for applicants from outside Canada to submit the required documents to the University of British Columbia.
April 15-30, 2024 - Scholarship Announcements
If you are awarded the Presidential Scholars Award or the International Scholars Program Award, you will be notified during these dates.
May 31, 2024 - International Documents
Deadline for post-secondary applicants from outside Canada (excluding US applicants) to submit all required documents.
Important Dates to Note if you are Accepted to the University of British Columbia
May 1, 2024 - Confirm Your Approval!
This is the deadline for most students to confirm their acceptance to the University of British Columbia and pay the acceptance deposit.
It is also the deadline for accommodation applications.
Early May 2024 - Last Day to Obtain Study Permit
It may take several months for international applicants to obtain a study permit, so it is recommended to apply for one as soon as your application is accepted.
Early June 2024 - Accomodation Offers
If you are eligible for the First Year Residence Guarantee, you will receive a housing offer.
Early July 2024 - Orientation Registration
Last day to register for Fast Start orientation on the Vancouver campus.
End of August 2024
Fast Start Orientation Date for all incoming first-year students at the University of British Columbia.
Early September 2024
Move-In Day for Vancouver Campus (Orientation participants move in at the end of August.)
Early September 2024
First Day of Classes
Early September 2024
Deadline to Pay the First Installment of Winter Term Tuition Fees.
Above, we've summarized the important dates to be mindful of when applying to the University of British Columbia. You can schedule an appointment with our education counselors to get more information about scholarships, accommodations, and campus facilities and to navigate the application process smoothly and comprehensively. Remember, with professional support, you can successfully navigate through this complex application process.
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