Ubc undergraduate student handbook

Explore healthy living — discover resources to help you live well, feel good, and achieve success. Your future starts now — make informed choices and make the things you choose to do meaningful. Take care of business — Register for courses, know how and when to pay your tuition and fees, get your finances in order, and figure out housing and transportation. Staff who provide child care services on the Point Grey campus. Collective agreement. Contact B. See also: Salary scales Sun Life booklet.

Teaching assistants and English language instructors working on the Point Grey campus. Collective Agreement September 1, - August 31, Clerical, secretarial, clinical and library support staff working on the Vancouver campuses. Administrative support staff working in executive offices, human resources, and several work locations outside the Point Grey campus.

Students missing school due to a religious or cultural observation have certain rights and accommodations available. In certain cases, a student can make an academic standing appeal to ask a Faculty or the Senate to reconsider their academic standing. A disciplinary appeals asks the Senate to reconsider a disciplinary decision enacted by the President of UBC. Students have rights under the syllabus policy.

This includes having the right to be aware of changes in the syllabus. The Senate policy describes actions students can take if they have an exam hardship or an exam clash. Undergraduates whose programs are direct-entry from secondary school have rights to add or drop a course in a certain time period and have exams occur before a certain date.

Students have rights under the Use of Formal Exam Period policy for when to take their final exams. Exam disruptions include bomb threats, fire alarms, inclement weather, and building-specific power outages. The Senate policy outlines what to expect if an exam disruption occurs.

A student can apply for a review of academic standing if they believe the final mark received in a deliverable or course was incorrectly calculated. Graduate students can temporarily interrupt their course of study and remain registered in the program for reasons outlined in the Senate policy. UBC offers helpful resources to support you as you prepare your immigration documents.

Browse the complete list of tutorials for instructions on a range of topics, such as applying for or amending your study permit, BC Medical Services Plan, and more. View the list. Before applying, review your study permit extension, temporary resident visa, or post-graduation work permit application with an International Student Advisor.

Register online. Add your document expiry dates to the confidential UBC Reminder System and get notifications for when you need to extend your documents. Learn more. Throughout your degree, there are many in-person and online resources to support you.

Connect with an advisor. UBC staff are here for you throughout your studies.