Welcome to UBC!

Save the Date: GradStart Orientation Welcome

Join us for GradStart, a warm and inspiring orientation welcome on August 29, 2019. Please visit our Events page for details, and to see upcoming info sessions and workshops for new UBC grad students. We are looking forward to meeting you!

Winter Orientation Welcome

The January 2019 Orientation Program is available as a PDF and a mobile-friendly epub. This guide includes event schedules for the GSS pancake breakfast, G+PS Welcome, and  International Student Welcome Orientation, a list of upcoming events hosted by the GSS and G+PS, and other great resources!

If you attended any of our January 2019 Welcome events, please be sure to fill out an evaluation form. We appreciate your feedback which helps us improve our graduate student orientation services.

Connect with Fellow Graduate Students

Be sure to visit the Graduate Student Community (community.grad.ubc.ca) to connect with fellow graduate students.

Graduate Student Orientation Welcome Events take place each year in January and in August/September and are brought to you by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Graduate Student Society and International Student Development.