A new campus-wide 100-level course, and separate degree option in computer science, are designed to help UBC students succeed ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter Ed Yong explores how animals perceive realities humans cannot sense, in this public ...

You must complete all departmental and faculty requirements listed below by the end of the current Winter Session for any specialization to which you apply. What’s the difference between the ...

Who is eligible to apply for a BSc specialization? BSc students in 2 nd or 3 rd-year class standing without a specialization are required to apply for a specialization through the coordinated process.

If a medical or personal issue is affecting your academic life, see us as soon as possible! Don't wait for exams. Our advisors can connect you with resources to help you cope with extenuating ...

Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...

Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world's coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers. In a study ...

UBC researchers have developed a DNA measurement platform that sets dramatic new performance standards in the sensitivity and accuracy of sample screening. The advance could improve a range of genetic ...

A team of UBC physicists and engineers have designed an experiment featuring a trough of flowing water to help bolster a 35-year-old theory proposed by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking. In 1974, ...

Anti-inflammatory agents developed by UBC microbiologist Robert Hancock, used in combination with anti-malarial drugs, have been shown to boost survival rates of severe malaria by as much as 50 per ...

A UBC researcher is part of an international team that has discovered a remarkable new behavior in graphene, an ultra-thin sheet of pure carbon heralded as a possible replacement for silicon-based ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a new way to block infection from the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the liver that could lead to new therapies for those affected by this and ...