IMPORTANT: These deadlines are specific to graduate students. There are additional deadlines in the UBC Academic Calendar that apply to all students.
Application deadlines can be found in the prospective student section as well as in each degree program profile.
Name |
Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vanier Scholarship | No future deadline; program discontinued | The Vanier CGS Program offers funding of $50,000 per year for up to three years to Canadian or international doctoral students. |
| UBC Public Scholars Award | Likely in March 2026 | This award is intended to build connections, community, and capacity for doctoral students who are interested in explicitly linking their doctoral work to an arena of public benefit and integrating broader and more career-relevant forms of scholarship into their doctoral education process. |
| Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant | Wednesday, 01 October 2025 | Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant, Clean Energy, Sustainability, Environmental research |
| Tri-Agency Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative | Likely 1 December 2025 | The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative will provide financial support to meritorious Indigenous students who have applied to the Canada Graduate Scholars—Master’s program (CGS M). |
| The Kathryn Huget Leadership Award | Monday, 30 June 2025 | The Kathryn Huget Leadership Award is available for students studying at the Master’s or PhD level, preferably in the areas of organizational behaviour, business administration, business and commerce, sociology, or psychology. Awarded to any individual, with preference given to female students currently in leadership roles, whose focus is to improve the business workplace for women. |
| SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships | No future deadline; program discontinued | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships provide financial support to outstanding students pursuing doctoral studies in the social sciences or humanities. |
| SERB-UBC Scholarship | On hold | This award, a collaboration between The Science and Engineering Research Board, India (SERB) and UBC, provides up to 5 scholarships per year to PHD candidates in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It includes a monthly living allowance of USD 2,000 plus funding by UBC covering the tuition costs. |
| Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists | Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | The prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for outstanding life science research for which he/she was awarded a doctoral degree in the previous two years. The topic of the entrant's thesis research must be in one of the following categories: Cell and Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Ecology and Environment, Translational Medicine. |
| Ross C. Purse Doctoral Fellowship | Likely in June 2025 | The Ross C. Purse Doctoral Fellowship encourages and supports theoretical and practical research and studies at the doctoral level in the field of vision loss in Canada. |
| Rhodes Scholarships (China Constituency) | Monday, 18 August 2025 | The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest (first awarded in 1902) and perhaps most prestigious international scholarship programme, enabling outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. |
| President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award | Ongoing | All eligible PhD students will automatically see this award applied against their student account. |
| NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships | No future deadline; program discontinued | The NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral (PGS D) program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in an eligible doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Spring 2025 Graduation) | Friday, 22 November 2024 | |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Spring 2024 Graduation) | Friday, 24 November 2023 | |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Spring 2023 Graduation) | Friday, 25 November 2022 | |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Fall 2025 Graduation) | Monday, 26 May 2025 |
First of four deadlines for Fall 2025 Graduation. Last day for Supervisors to submit Nominations for External Examiner form to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for Fall 2025 Graduation. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Fall 2024 Graduation) | Friday, 31 May 2024 |
First of four deadlines for Fall 2024 Graduation. Last day for Supervisors to submit Nominations for External Examiner form to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for Fall 2024 Graduation. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Fall 2023 Graduation) | Friday, 26 May 2023 |
First of four deadlines for Fall 2023 Graduation. Last day for Supervisors to submit Nominations for External Examiner form to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for Fall 2023 Graduation. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (December 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Tuesday, 19 August 2025 |
First of four deadlines for December 31, 2025 Program End Date. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (December 31, 2024 Program End Date) | Monday, 19 August 2024 |
First of four deadlines for December 31, 2024 Program End Date. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (December 31, 2023 Program End Date) | Friday, 18 August 2023 |
First of four deadlines for December 31, 2023 Program End Date. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (December 31, 2022 Program End Date) | Friday, 26 August 2022 |
First of four deadlines for December 31, 2022 Program End Date. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (August 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Friday, 11 April 2025 |
First of four deadlines for program completion by August 31, 2025. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (August 31, 2024 Program End Date) | Friday, 12 April 2024 |
First of four deadlines for program completion by August 31, 2024. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (August 31, 2023 Program End Date) | Friday, 14 April 2023 |
First of four deadlines for program completion by August 31, 2023. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (April 30, 2025 Program End Date) | Friday, 06 December 2024 |
First of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2025. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (April 30, 2024 Program End Date) | Friday, 08 December 2023 |
First of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2024. |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (April 30, 2023 Program End Date) | Friday, 09 December 2022 |
First of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2023. |
| Musqueam First Nation Scholarship | Likely in September 2025 | Recipients will have demonstrated academic and leadership achievements including, but not limited to, engagement in the arts, athletics, school, and/or their community. The award is valued up to $5,500 annually and renewable for up to 4 years. |
| Mitacs Globalink Research Award | Likely in January 2026 | The Mitacs Globalink Research Award supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner countries. The award is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all discipines. Funding varies by destination. |
| Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship | Tuesday, 07 June 2022 | Microsoft Research PhD Fellowships support students pursuing research aligned to the research topics carried out by Microsoft Research. |
| Margaret Meagher Fellowship | Friday, 02 July 2021 | The purpose of the Margaret Meagher Fellowship is to deepen the Government of Canada understanding of China, and to foster the development of a next generation of Canadian policy makers and specialists who will be at the forefront in government, business, education and civil society. This PhD or postdoctoral fellowship ($40,060 for 9 months) is ideally suited to an early-career post-doctoral fellow who wishes to pursue a career path bridging academia and policy making. |
| Li Tze Fong Memorial Fellowship | September 9, 2025 | Fellowships of $40,000 (subject to change) are awarded each year through the Affiliated Fellowships competitions, made available by the University of British Columbia and the Li family in memory of Mr. Li Tze Fong. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Spring 2025 Graduation) | Friday, 24 January 2025 | |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Spring 2024 Graduation) | Friday, 26 January 2024 | |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Spring 2023 Graduation) | Friday, 27 January 2023 | |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Fall 2025 Graduation) | Friday, 25 July 2025 |
Second of four deadlines for Fall 2025 graduation. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Fall 2024 Graduation) | Friday, 26 July 2024 |
Second of four deadlines for Fall 2024 graduation. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Fall 2023 Graduation) | Friday, 28 July 2023 |
Second of four deadlines for Fall 2023 graduation. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Fall 2022 Graduation) | Friday, 29 July 2022 |
Second of four deadlines for Fall 2022 graduation. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (December 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Wednesday, 15 October 2025 |
Second of four deadlines for December 31, 2025 Program End Date. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (December 31, 2024 Program End Date) | Tuesday, 15 October 2024 |
Second of four deadlines for December 31, 2024 Program End Date. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (December 31, 2023 Program End Date) | Friday, 13 October 2023 |
Second of four deadlines for December 31, 2023 Program End Date. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (December 31, 2022 Program End Date) | Friday, 14 October 2022 |
Second of four deadlines for December 31, 2022 Program End Date. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (August 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Friday, 06 June 2025 |
Second of four deadlines for program completion by August 31, 2025. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (August 31, 2024 Program End Date) | Friday, 14 June 2024 |
Second of four deadlines for program completion by August 31, 2024. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (August 31, 2023 Program End Date) | Friday, 09 June 2023 |
Second of four deadlines for program completion by August 31, 2023. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (April 30, 2025 Program End Date) | Friday, 07 February 2025 |
Second of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2025. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (April 30, 2024 Program End Date) | Friday, 09 February 2024 |
Second of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2024. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (April 30, 2023 Program End Date) | Friday, 03 February 2023 |
Second of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2023. |