Academic Progress includes the awarding of degrees to students who have successfully completed their studies. Convocation at UBC occurs twice a year - May and November - with May being the much larger session lasting several days.

We currently have data from 1990 onwards, with data last retrieved on Mar-01-2012.

1990 - 2011 Degrees Awarded Review (ZIP File - Excel format - 898 KB)

For the 1990 - 2011 period the number of conferred degrees rose from 1,127 for the 1990 convocation year to 2,577 for the 2011 convocation year which translates to a 129% increase in 22 years of conferring graduate level degrees at UBC. Although 81% of the degrees conferred are at the master's level, the numbers of both master's and doctoral conferred degrees have risen over the years, with 1,167 more master's degrees conferred in 2011 than in 1990 (a 125% increase) and 283 more doctoral degrees conferred during the same period (a 144% increase).