University of Northern British Columbia

The UNBC Exchange Program offers current UNBC students a chance to travel and study at a foreign university for the cost of a semester’s tuition and fees. UNBC has partnership agreements with 34 institutions in 18 different countries and we add new schools and countries every year.

Basic admission requires successful completion of an approved grade 12 program leading to graduation with an acceptable BC/Yukon high school average calculated on the basis of the five best grade 12 courses, including English 12 / First Peoples 12 and three approved academic grade 12 courses. Depending on the degree group of choice, there may be other required math and/or science courses included within these five.

Approved AP and IB (all standard level and higher level) courses can be used in place of any approved Grade 12 Canadian high school course for admission; IB Diploma graduates may be awarded up to 30 credit hours of transfer credit upon receipt of the official transcript from the IB headquarters. Students awarded the diploma must have an overall standing of four, with no course below a three. Diploma students are required to present three Higher level subjects and three Subsidiary level subjects in order to be eligible for transfer credits. Students who are awarded the International Baccalaureate Certificate must have a grade of four in each Higher level subject to be eligible for individual course transfer credit. Subsidiary level subjects are not eligible for transfer credit on a certificate program.

Full English Language Proficiency Requirements.

Students who have completed five consecutive years of instruction and examination entirely in the English language immediately before admission (within two years of application) are exempted from English Language requirements.

The Canadian student application deadline for admission is March 1st for September entry, but students are encouraged to apply earlier. Applications received after March 1st will be considered on the basis of space availability and eligibility. Grade 12 students at BC high schools planning to attend UNBC in the September immediately following graduation are advised to apply for Early Admission, before January 15.

The application fee is $35.70 for domestic students and $125.00 (Cdn) for international applicants.

Apply online through EducationPlanner BC.

Campus housing is home to 540 students, offering fully-furnished apartment-style living located less than a five-minute walk from the heart of campus. Suites feature private bedrooms with bed and a desk, a full kitchen, a large furnished living room, and a shared bathroom. Each building offers WiFi, full laundry facilities on each floor, and a large common area.

The cost per semester is $2602 for a room in a 4-bedroom suite, plus a meal plan.

Meal plan options are a 7-day all-you-care-to-eat plan for $2,755 per semester or a 5-day all-you-care-to-eat plan for $2,458 per semester.

The Housing Application Deadline is May 31.

Apply online directly from the website.

UNBC offer s a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, taught by award-winning faculty and with the smallest class sizes of any research-intensive university in western Canada.

Applicants whose first language is not English, regardless of citizenship or country of origin, must submit evidence of English language proficiency prior to admission. French-speaking Canadians and Canadian First Nations language speakers are exempted from this requirement. Acceptable evidence of English language proficiency may be provided in a number of different ways. Details are on the admissions website.