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.

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 ...

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, ...

Building from the First Year Course Registration information online, learn how to choose and register for your first year Science courses. Join Science Academic Advisors for details on how to set ...

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 ...

UBC researchers have identified conservation “hot spots” around the world where the temptation to profit from overfishing outweighs the appetite for conservation. Combining economic outlook and ...

UBC researchers have identified the world’s largest marine virus--an unusually complex ‘mimi-like virus’ that infects an ecologically important and widespread planktonic predator. Cafeteria ...

Hawaii's main volcano chains--the Loa and Kea trends--have distinct sources of magma and unique plumbing systems connecting them to the Earth’s deep mantle, according to UBC research published this ...

UBC has partnered with US-based Coursera to offer genetics, computer science and climate literacy courses online--bringing the university’s expertise within reach of anyone with Internet access.