Graduate studies

Ranked among the world's top research universities, committed to diversity, and home to a broad range of industry training programs, UBC Science offers young investigators an unparalleled opportunity to advance their careers.

Interdisciplinary, and highly ranked

With program options spanning nine departments and six cross-cutting units, our graduate students have access to world-class faculty across the basic sciences, and exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary and applied research. UBC’s excellence in environmental science, physics, polymer research, the life sciences, geology and biology is consistently rated best in Canada by international and national ranking agencies.

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Outstanding graduate training options

Our graduate programs offer a wide range of internship, co-op and industry-facing options, and operate alongside prestigious NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience programs. From AI to ecological research and ecosystems services to plant cell wall biosynthesis, from quantum computing and blockchain research to leadership training in ocean conservation, the options for enriched graduate training in industry related fields are almost endless.

World-class research infrastructure

Our affiliated institutes and centres include UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, Biodiversity Research Centre, Life Sciences Institute, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, and TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.

Top research talent

UBC Science boasts two Canada Excellence Research Chairs, more than 40 Canada Research Chairs, 14 fellows of the Royal Society of London, and has been home to two Nobel Laureates. Our graduate students have won 15 prestigious Vanier Scholarships.

A diverse, supportive community of scholars

UBC Science is committed to excellence, collaboration and inclusion, and maintains a diverse graduate student population. Women account for 40% of graduate enrollments, and the percentage of international students has increased to 49% over the past decade.

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Supervisor search

Visit the UBC Graduate Studies website to search supervisors across nine departments and 350 research groups.

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Industry research and training programs at UBC Science

3D Printing Technology and MaterialsAdvanced Machine LearningBlockchain and Distributed LedgersPacific Rim Ocean Data MobilizationFuture Ocean LeadersQuantum Computing
 

 

 

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can advance Reconciliation and ensure traditional ways of knowing enrich our teaching and research.

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