Visiting Students

Visiting students have full status as graduate students but are not pursuing a degree at the University of British Columbia. Visiting students may hold this status for a maximum of twelve months. Applicants must submit an application form, transcript, and letter of permission from their home institution. They must have the support of the Department(s) in which they intend to study. Credits completed while a visiting student may not subsequently be credited toward completion of a degree at the University of British Columbia.

Exchange Agreements

Graduate students in good standing at UBC or any of the following universities can take courses at each other's university without having to pay extra tuition fees at the host university under the terms of the Western Graduate Deans' Agreement and the UBC/McGill/Montreal/Toronto Exchange Agreement.

Western Graduate Deans' Agreement

• Athabasca University
• Simon Fraser University
• University of Northern British Columbia
• University of Alberta
• University of Brandon
• University of British Columbia
• University of Calgary
• University of Lethbridge
• University of Manitoba
• University of Regina
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Victoria

UBC/McGill/Montreal/Toronto Exchange Agreement

• McGill University
• Université de Montréal
• University of Toronto

For further information on the Agreement, please see the Faculty of Graduate Studies website at: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/policy/index.asp?menu=007,000,000,000

Authorization forms are available on request from the Dean's Office, Faculty of Graduate Studies.