Arts & Culture District
The UBC Arts and Culture District fosters community and wellbeing for students by encouraging free artistic expression in the many cultural spaces on campus. They bring creativity, art, and inspiration to light at UBC and house everything from theatre, film, contemporary and fine art to music, opera, live performances and a world renowned Museum of Anthropology.
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers (CSIC) provides all UBC students with access and connections to workplace learning, mentoring, volunteering, and leadership opportunities, and offers career and employment-related services.
Arts Co-op Program
The Arts Co-op Program offers students enriched educational experiences for personal and professional growth by working with diverse community partners and sectors to provide transformative workplace learning.
Office of Regional and International Community Engagement
Fostering meaningful engagement between students, faculty, and communities, ORICE allows students to bring their discipline to life through mutually beneficial connections with community partners. ORICE provides several opportunities for engagement through programming such as the International Service Learning (ISL) program, regionally-based community engagement, and academic courses at UBC that bring community partners and their current areas of focus into the classroom. ORICE is part of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
Humanities 101
Humanities 101, or Hum, is a 19-year-old community programme that offers university-level courses and public programmes to individuals situated in the Downtown Eastside and Downtown South. Individuals in the program participate in study groups and workshops that are designed to overcome financial, institutional, educational, governmental, health, and social obstacles.
Arts Vancouver Summer Program
The International Summer Arts Program was launched in 2013 to provide a cross-cultural learning experience for groups of students from several partner universities. The program provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to learn about Canadian culture firsthand through the study of the social sciences, social/cultural activities, and intercultural workshops.
Tec de Monterrey-UBC Joint Academic Program
The Tec-UBC Joint Academic Program recruits students from Mexico’s Tec de Monterrey to study at UBC. This program allows students to combine education, travel, cultural exchange, and life learning in a supportive environment. Most regular credit courses from the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and the Sauder School of Business are open to Tec students.
Sciences Po Dual Degree (BA)
The University of British Columbia has partnered with renowned French university Sciences Po (l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris) to launch its first international undergraduate dual-degree program. Students can now pursue a four-year dual Bachelor of Arts or dual Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce, while studying two years at each institution and earning degrees from both.
International Program at UBC Vantage College
UBC’s Vantage College offers a pathway program that is custom designed for international students, to support the transition from high school to university studies. This 11 month program combines undergraduate study with additional English language coursework, mentorship, and tutoring to facilitate a seamless transition into the second year of a UBC undergraduate degree.
Arts Studies in Research and Writing
Arts Studies in Research and Writing (ASRW) supports undergraduate students’ participation in the research culture of UBC. Drawing on cutting edge theories of writing and teaching, ASRW aims to show how scholars think about the world, and how that way of thinking shapes both the kind of research they do and the ways they write about their research.