Financial Aid
How much does it cost?
- Total costs are approximately $5,000 (CAD) per year, $10,000 (CAD) for domestic students the Program.
- Domestic Full-Time Students: Tuition for one year is currently payable in three installments a year of $1,421.29 (CAD), in each September, January and May. In the second year, if students complete the program early (eg. by December), they will not have to pay the last January/May installments. A minimum of three installments must be paid in total.
- Domestic Part-Time Students: Tuition for one year is currently payable in three installments a year of $812.30 (CAD), in each September, January and May. A minimum of nine installments must be paid in total.
- International Graduate Student Fees will change from year to year and are set by the Unviersity. Please refer to: http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=14,271,813,935 2008 International Student Master's Graduate Student Fees for 2011 are $7,490.88 (CAD) per year.
- Mandatory UBC student fees are additional and estimated at approximately $600 (CAD) per year.
Financial Assistance
Funding may be available to individual students in the form of scholarships, bursaries, and student loans. Student who are paying full time fees are eligible to apply for student loans.
The Faculty of Graduate Studies is responsible for merit-based graduate awards at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. Visit the web site for detailed information.
Graduate students at UBC's Vancouver campus who have questions about need-based funding should visit the Student Financial Assistance and Awards website.
In addition, new funding opportunities which will be particularly relevant to MPH students include:
September Deadlines
University Affiliated Fellowship
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship
International Partial Tuition Scholarship
October
BC Network for Aging Research - Student Travel/Data Collection Awards and Seed Grants - October 1st, 2009 (see website for other awards and dates)
November
December
Social Policy Research Conference Travel Award (see bottom of the page on their website)
January
Network Environment for Aboriginal Research (NEAR) BC - Seed Grants and Master's Fellowships
February
March
International Research Internship for Nurse Researchers – U of Ottawa
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Graduate Entrance Scholarship (GSI) - determined by MPH Program
April
BC Child and Youth Health Student Internships
National Collaborating Cetnres for Public Health Knowlege Translation Awards
May
The Sheela Basrur Student Travel Bursary Award
Ongoing throughout the year...
Accelerate BC - (Application to be initiated by student and Practicum Director with an Agency Partner)
ICS/CIHR Institute Community Support
Vancouver Foundation Research Grants and Development Grants
Others..
Some teaching and research assistantships are available in the UBC MPH Program.
