Application deadline for Canadian direct-entry secondary school students wishing to be considered for a First Round Offer of Admission.
Application deadline for the UBC Centennial Scholars Entrance Award.
Application deadline for the Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program.
Students wishing to be considered for a Presidential Scholars Award must submit their online application for admission to UBC by December 1. This includes paying the admission fee and submitting in-progress or final Grade 11 and Grade 12 marks as or if requested in the online application. The information that Canadian applicants submit in their Personal Profile when applying to UBC will be used for admissions and for Presidential Scholars Award consideration.
Disability Resource Centre (DRC): Last day for submission of exam accommodation requests for December examinations.
Last day of classes for most faculties.
Term 1 (December) examinations begin for most faculties, day and evening classes (December 9 to 20 inclusive). Saturdays and Sundays are included in the exam schedule.
Go Global: Application deadline for Term 1, Term 2, full-year, and split year exchange in the 2025/26 academic year Exchange, and select 2025 Summer Abroad programs. Please see the Go Global website for a complete listing of experiences.
Meeting of the Senate.
The Winter Term 2 Only UBC Bursary application will be available to students from December 13, 2024 until January 15, 2025. For more information, see the UBC Bursary Program.
Last day of Term 1 (December) examinations for most faculties.
Student Housing & Community Services: Residences close at 12 pm for the holiday break and all residents are required to vacate prior to this time. Residences will reopen on Sunday, January 5, 2025.
Last day of Winter Session Residence Contract for Term 1–only residents.
Christmas Day. University closed.
Boxing Day. University closed.
Reduced services in most departments until January 3, 2025.
Graduate Studies: Last day for Graduate Students employed as Teaching and Research Assistants to apply for deferral of Winter Session Term 2 (January to April) tuition fees.
Last day for graduation applications to be submitted to Enrolment Services by all graduate students expecting to have their degree conferred in February.