Application deadline for UBC (Centennial Scholars) Entrance Awards.
Application deadline for Canadian direct-entry secondary school students wishing to be considered for a first round offer of admission.
Graduate Studies: Application deadline for students wishing to apply for Affiliated Fellowships (Master’s level) and CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s “CGS M”.
Students wishing to be considered for a Presidential Scholars Award must submit their online application for admission to UBC by December 1. This includes paying the admission fee and submitting in-progress or final Grade 11 and Grade 12 marks as or if requested in the online application. The information that Canadian applicants submit in their Personal Profile when applying to UBC will be used for admissions and for Presidential Scholars Award consideration.
Full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Analytics (MBAN), Master of Management (MM) and Master of Dual Degree (MMDD) Programs: Period 2, Period 7 and Winter Period 2 Exams (December 2 to December 7 inclusive).
Go Global: Application deadline for Global Seminar Programs. Please see the Go Global website for a complete listing of experiences.
Last day of classes for most faculties.
Graduate Studies: Last day for supervisors to submit an Appointment of External Examiner form to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for April 30 program end date.
Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) Program: First day of mandatory Professional Residency III (December 7 to December 14 inclusive).
Master of Business Analytics (MBAN) Program: First day of 1-week intensive course (December 9 to December 13 inclusive).
Term 1 (December) examinations begin for most faculties, day and evening classes (December 10 to December 21 inclusive). Saturdays and Sundays are included in the exam schedule.
Go Global: Application deadline for Term 1, Term 2, full-year, and split year exchange in the 2025/26 academic year Exchange, and select 2025 Summer Abroad programs. Please see the Go Global website for a complete listing of experiences.
Meeting of the Senate.
Graduate Studies: Last day for final doctoral oral examinations in time for December 31 program end date.
Teacher Education Program: Last day of classes for Term 1 (all options).
Winter Term 2 Only Bursary application available to students online through Workday between December 13 and January 15, closes at midnight. Students must have confirmed full-time enrolment for Term 2, must be receiving their Term 2 only student loans, and must have assessed unmet financial need to be considered for general bursaries.
Last day of Term 1 (December) examinations for most faculties.
Student Housing: Last day of Winter Session Residence Contract for Winter Session Term 1-only residents.
Student Housing: Totem Park, Place Vanier, and Orchard Commons Residences close at 12 pm for the holiday break and all residents required to vacate by that time. These residences will reopen at 12 pm, Sunday, January 5, 2025.
Christmas Day. University closed.
Boxing Day. University closed.
Reduced services in most departments until Friday, January 3, 2025.
Graduate Studies: Last day for graduate students employed as Teaching and Research Assistants to apply for deferral of Winter Session Term 2 (January to April) tuition fees.