Support UBC students

UBC alumni are scientists and athletes, artists and executives: people who fill the ranks of every industry and profession, making significant contributions to the communities they live in. Student awards made many of their accomplishments possible.

Awards in the form of scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, prizes and student awards allow UBC to recognize achievement and offer financial assistance where needed.

Scholarships

• Recognize academic achievement and assist recipients with the cost of continuing their education
• Merit-based
• Available to undergraduate and graduate students
• Recipients must be in the top 10% of their class or have an average of 75% or higher

In order for a scholarship to be most meaningful, we suggest that it provide for a significant portion of tuition, student fees and textbook costs, which range from $5,600 to $9,000 a year for undergraduate programs and research-based graduate programs. Tuition for post-baccalaureate professional programs such as Education, Law, Medicine, Dentistry and Business Administration ranges from $10,000 to $36,000 per year.

Bursaries

• Assist students with academic expenses
• Financial need is the primary consideration
• Suggested minimum: $1000 per year

Fellowships

• Recognize academic excellence and/ or research productivity
• Available to graduate students
• Suggested minimum: $20,000 per year

Prizes

• Recognize academic excellence or achievement in a particular subject area
• Minimum value is $1000
• May be granted to students only upon graduation

Service Awards

• Recognize excellence in a range of academic or non-academic fields, such as community service, student leadership, volunteerism, and athletic or artistic performance
• Available to undergraduate and graduate students
• Typical value is $1000 or more

Existing UBC awards are available at Awards Search.