Graduate Student Portal

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.

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Mental Health + Wellbeing Information

Have a Harassment or Discrimination Complaint?

Handbooks and Reference Guides

  1. Forestry Gradbook: Policies & Procedures for Forestry Graduate Students
  2. The International Student Pre-Arrival Guide
  3. Guide for New UBC Graduate Students (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)
  4. Forestry Writing Guidebook
  5. UBC Academic Calendar
  6. Graduate Game Plan
  7. Handbook of Graduate Supervision
  8. Intellectual Property Guide
  9. Doctoral Exam Preparation Guide
  10. Forestry Master’s Defense Preparation Checklist
  11. Chair Guidelines for Master’s Defenses
  12. Virtual Master’s Defense Protocol
  13. Thesis Structure & Preparation (Formatting)
  14. Thesis Submission Guide (post-defense, for program completion)
  15. UBC Discrimination and Harassment Policy
  16. UBC Policy on Scholarly Integrity
  17. MF Major Essay Procedures and Grading Rubric
  18. MF and Major Essay Completion Deadlines
Forestry Graduate Student Services
Awards and Graduate Student Financial Support

Helpful Links

  1. Forestry Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources
  2. Indigenous Student Services / Portal
  3. Important G+PS Deadlines
  4. Prospective Supervisors for PhD & MASc/MSc Programs
  5. Forestry Graduate Student Association (FGSA)
  6. International Forestry Student Association (IFSA)
  7. Student Abroad Travel Registry
  8. Housing
  9. Map of UBC Vancouver Campus
  10. International Student Services / International House
  11. UBC Graduate Student Society (GSS)
  12. Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
  13. Graduate Pathways to Success Program (GPS)
  14. UBC Campus Security Services & Information
  15. UBC Prospective Graduate Student Gateway
  16. Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Student Policy & Procedures Manual
  17. Graduate Student Use of Degree Status Designations
  18. UBC TA Union (CUPE 2278)
  19. UBC Human Resources
  20. UBC Office of the Ombudsperson for Students
  21. Teaching & Academic Growth Programs for Graduate Students
  22. Health & Wellness
  23. Trans and Gender Diversity at UBC
  24. The UBC trans & non-binary student guide
  25. Diversity on Campus
  26. Students who are parents: childcare and school registration information

Forms

  1. Change of Registration Form (add/drop/audit)
  2. Directed Study Course Request Form
  3. PhD Student Supervisory Committee Meeting Form
  4. MSc/MASc Student Supervisory Committee Meeting
    Form
  5. Killam Teaching Prize Nomination Form 2021/22
  6. Forestry Travel Award Form (research-based students)
  7. Forestry Travel Award Form (course-based Master’s
    students)
  8. Misc Award Forms for Students (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)
  9. Doctoral Exam Forms
  10. Forms for Final Thesis Submission (post-defense)
  11. Annual Progress Report for Forestry Graduate Program
    Fellowships
  12. Master of Forestry (MF) Major Essay Advisor Confirmation
  13. MUFL Capstone Form
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