Application deadline for UBC (Centennial Scholars) Entrance Awards.
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.
Centre for Accessibility: Deadline for students with approved accommodations to book accommodated exams with the Centre for the final exam period beginning December 11 is Friday, December 4 at 11:59 pm. Exams taking place before December 11 must still be booked 7 days in advance.
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 5 to December 12 inclusive).
Last day of Winter Session Term 1 classes for most faculties.
Full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Analytics (MBAN) and Master of Management (MM) Programs: Period 2 and Period 7 Exams (December 7 to December 12 inclusive).
Go Global: Application deadline for 2027 Exchange, Summer Abroad, and Global Seminars programs. Please see the Go Global website for a complete listing of experiences.
Winter Session Term 1 (December) examinations begin for most faculties, day and evening classes (December 11 to December 22 inclusive). Saturdays and Sundays are included in the exam schedule.
Master of Business Analytics (MBAN) Program: First day of 1-week intensive course (December 14 to December 18 inclusive).
Graduate Studies: Last day for final doctoral oral examinations in time for December 31 program end date.
Winter Term 2 Only Bursary application (for students with a Term 2-only student loan) available to students online through Workday between December 15 and January 15, closes at midnight PST. 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.
Meeting of the Senate.
Teacher Education Program: Last day of classes for Term 1 (all options).
End of Winter Session Term 1 for most faculties.
Last day of Winter Session Term 1 (December) examinations for most faculties.
Student Housing: Last day of Winter Session residence contracts 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, Monday, January 4, 2027.
Christmas Day. University closed.
Boxing Day (in lieu). University closed.
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.