Graduate Student Advising is an essential source of information and support. We have assembled key information to help you navigate your degree, and our team is available to answer any additional questions you may have.
Welcome to Workday Student
Check out our short and simple guide to the system you will use throughout your academic journey for events like course planning, registration, adding or dropping courses, applying to graduate, and more.
Mental Health + Wellbeing Information
Have a Harassment or Discrimination Complaint?
Handbooks and Reference Guides
- Forestry Gradbook: Policies & Procedures for Forestry Graduate Students
- The International Student Pre-Arrival Guide
- Guide for New UBC Graduate Students (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)
- Forestry Writing Guidebook
- UBC Academic Calendar
- Graduate Game Plan
- Handbook of Graduate Supervision
- Intellectual Property Guide
- Doctoral Exam Preparation Guide
- Forestry Master’s Defense Preparation Checklist
- Chair Guidelines for Master’s Defenses
- Virtual Master’s Defense Protocol
- Thesis Structure & Preparation (Formatting)
- Thesis Submission Guide (post-defense, for program completion)
- UBC Discrimination and Harassment Policy
- UBC Policy on Scholarly Integrity
- MF Major Essay Procedures and Grading Rubric
- MF and Major Essay Completion Deadlines
Helpful Links
- Forestry Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources
- Indigenous Student Services / Portal
- Important G+PS Deadlines
- Prospective Supervisors for PhD & MASc/MSc Programs
- Forestry Graduate Student Association (FGSA)
- International Forestry Student Association (IFSA)
- Student Abroad Travel Registry
- Housing
- Map of UBC Vancouver Campus
- International Student Services / International House
- UBC Graduate Student Society (GSS)
- Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
- Graduate Pathways to Success Program (GPS)
- UBC Campus Security Services & Information
- UBC Prospective Graduate Student Gateway
- Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Student Policy & Procedures Manual
- Graduate Student Use of Degree Status Designations
- UBC TA Union (CUPE 2278)
- UBC Human Resources
- UBC Office of the Ombudsperson for Students
- Teaching & Academic Growth Programs for Graduate Students
- Health & Wellness
- Trans and Gender Diversity at UBC
- The UBC trans & non-binary student guide
- Diversity on Campus
- Students who are parents: childcare and school registration information
Forms
- Change of Registration Form (add/drop/audit)
- Directed Study Course Request Form
- PhD Student Supervisory Committee Meeting Form
- MSc/MASc Student Supervisory Committee Meeting
Form - Killam Teaching Prize Nomination Form 2021/22
- Forestry Travel Award Form (research-based students)
- Forestry Travel Award Form (course-based Master’s
students) - Misc Award Forms for Students (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)
- Doctoral Exam Forms
- Forms for Final Thesis Submission (post-defense)
- Annual Progress Report for Forestry Graduate Program
Fellowships - Master of Forestry (MF) Major Essay Advisor Confirmation
- MUFL Capstone Form