Welcome to UBC!

We are looking forward to meeting you! Our next graduate student orientation welcome is on January 3, 2019. Visit our Events page for details, and to see other upcoming workshops and seminars for new UBC grad students.

The Fall 2018 Orientation Program is available as a PDF and a mobile-friendly epub. The Program includes event schedules for the International Student Welcome Orientation, and the G+PS Welcome, a list of participants in the Campus Resource and Student Activity Fair,  maps, a list of upcoming events hosted by the GSS and G+PS, and other great resources! Stay tuned for a January 2019 update.

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

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

Orientation links and resources now posted

Looking for one of the links that we mentioned at the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Welcome on August 30, 2018? Here is the list of useful links, as well as the 7 keys for success in graduate school.