GRE or Other Required Tests
Other Resources
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Language Requirements
GRE and GMAT
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
The Graduate Record Examination has two components: a General Test measuring verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning skills, and a Subject Test measuring achievement in particular fields of study. The table GRE Requirements by Program lists which graduate program at UBC requires a GRE test.
The UBC institution code is 0965.
Graduate Management Test (GMAT)
Applicants to the MBA and MScB programs in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration are required to submit GMAT results (applicants to the MScB in Transportation may submit the GRE or the GMAT). Applicants to the PhD program in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration must submit either GMAT or GRE results.
GRE Requirements by Program
Specialization  |
Program Name | GRE required? |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Master of Architecture (MARCH) | Optional |
| Architecture | Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture (MASA) | Optional |
| Atmospheric Science | Master of Science in Atmospheric Science (MSc) | Optional |
| Atmospheric Science | Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Science (PhD) | Optional |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSc) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Business Administration | Master of Science in Business Administration (MSCB) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Business Administration | Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Chemistry | Master of Science in Chemistry (MSc) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Chemistry | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Counselling Psychology | Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MA) | Required by all applicants |
| Counselling Psychology | Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD) | Required by all applicants |
| Craniofacial Science | Master of Science in Craniofacial Science (MSc) | Required by all applicants |
| Craniofacial Science | Doctor of Philosophy in Craniofacial Science (PhD) | Required by all applicants |
| Economics | Master of Arts in Economics (MA) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Economics | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Health Administration | Master of Health Administration (MHA) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Library, Archival and Information Studies | Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD) | Required by all applicants |
| Linguistics | Master of Arts in Linguistics (MA) | Optional |
| Linguistics | Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD) | Optional |
| Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology | Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Mechanical Engineering | Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering (MASc) | Optional |
| Mechanical Engineering | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Optional |
| Medical Genetics | Master of Science in Medical Genetics (MSc) | Optional |
| Medical Genetics | Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD) | Optional |
| Medicine | Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy (MDPhD) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Microbiology and Immunology | Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology (MSc) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Microbiology and Immunology | Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Neuroscience | Master of Science in Neuroscience (MSc) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Neuroscience | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Nursing | Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | Optional |
| Nursing | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) | Required by all applicants |
| Occupational and Environmental Hygiene | Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (MSc) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Occupational and Environmental Hygiene | Doctor of Philosophy in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (PhD) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Occupational Therapy | Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Oceanography | Master of Science in Oceanography (MSc) | Optional |
| Oceanography | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD) | Optional |
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Master of Science in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (MSc) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Planning | Master of Arts in Planning (MAP) | Optional |
| Planning | Master of Science in Planning (MSCP) | Optional |
| Planning | Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD) | Optional |
| Political Science | Master of Arts in Political Science (MA) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Political Science | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Population and Public Health | Master of Public Health (MPH) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Population and Public Health | Master of Science in Population and Public Health (MSc) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Population and Public Health | Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD) | GRE or comparable test (check program website) |
| Psychology | Master of Arts in Psychology (MA) | Required by all applicants |
| Psychology | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) | Required by all applicants |
| Rehabilitation Sciences | Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences (MSc) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| Rehabilitation Sciences | Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
| School Psychology | Master of Arts in School Psychology (MA) | Required by all applicants |
| School Psychology | Master of Education in School Psychology (MED) | Required by all applicants |
| School Psychology | Doctor of Philosophy in School Psychology (PhD) | Required by all applicants |
| Special Education | Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education (PhD) | Required by some applicants (check program website) |
