When to Arrive

Orientation Sessions

Communicating With Your New Supervisor

Registration

Paying Tuition and Student Fees

When to Arrive

You should plan to arrive in the Faculty in the week before the first day of classes (September 8, 2009) unless otherwise agreed upon with your supervisor. Our Graduate Orientation Session for new students will be held in the week before classes and we will notify new students of the date for the session during the summer.

Please visit the Graduate Office in the Cunningham Building Room 174 within the first few days of your arrival. We would like to meet you soon after your begin your program.

Plan to attend the Faculty Orientation in early September, where you will be provided with very important information about the Graduate Program and UBC.

Orientation Sessions

The UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies (FOGS) Core Orientation Day for New Graduate Students will be held in August before classes begin (date to be announced). Visit the FOGS website to register for this event.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Orientation takes place on:

Monday, September 14, 2009
9:00 AM - to 3:00 PM
Medical Sciences Block C 117

The Faculty's Graduate Student Orientation is mandatory for all new graduate students beginning their program in September 2009. It is designed to provide new and current students with valuable information that will help them excel in the Faculty's graduate program.

Communicating With Your New Supervisor

You should communicate with your supervisor during the summer before you arrive in Vancouver. Your supervisor can assist you in understanding the elements that are important to a successful integration into your academic program during your first year of study. Make an effort to correspond with or even visit your supervisor at least a few weeks before your first term of enrolment at UBC.

You can begin developing ideas for your thesis/dissertation even before you come to campus. Your research supervisor may be able to suggest important publications you should read to become more familiar with your area of scholarly interest.

If you have been awarded an appointment as a teaching or research assistant for your first term on campus, you should also inquire about any initial requirements. Contact the course supervisor (if you are a teaching assistant) or your research supervisor (if you are a research assistant) to find out when they would like to set up an initial meeting with you.

Registration

UBC has two academic sessions:

A minimum of 30 course credits are required for the M.Sc. degree. All new students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) are required to take PHAR 590 for credit. All students will also be required to take PHAR 591 (Scholarly Integrity and Ethics), which will become available after January 2008.

Register in your thesis course (PHAR 549 or PHAR 649) for both the Winter and Summer sessions.

For the Winter Session:

For the Summer Session:

ALL graduate students are required to complete the Instructional Skills Workshop offered by the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth before completion of their program.

Course offerings and outlines can be found online at UBC Student Services. You can also register online. For any problems with course registration, contact the Faculty's Graduate Office.

Things to Consider When Registering for Courses

You MUST register in the thesis course (PHAR 549B/004 for M.Sc. and PHAR 649/001 for Ph.D. students) during the Winter session (Terms 1 and 2) and the Summer session (PHAR 549B/942 and PHAR 649/941). If you do not continue to register in the thesis course, UBC will assume you have ended your program and will stop paying you.

Paying Tuition and Student Fees

Tuition Fees

All M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences are considered full-time students and are assessed fees according to Schedule A.

The fees section of the current UBC Calendar provides details on tuition fee payment instalments.

Domestic student Fees
International student Fees

Note: The University reserves the right to change fees without notice.

Tuition Fee Award (not available for new students starting after September, 2007)
Tuition Fees Payroll Deduction (72 kb, pdf)
Tuition Fee Refund Schedule Policy

Student Fees

Graduate students are required to pay student fees regardless of program (M.Sc. or Ph.D.), credit load, or their place of residence.

The annual student fees for graduate students include the following:

Some of these fees are paid in instalments, some are assessed in Winter Session Term 1, or, for new students, in their first registered term, along with tuition fees.