Graduate Student Financial Support
The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences guarantees funding
for all full-time graduate students in thesis programs.
Funding is guaranteed for 2 years for Master's students and 4 years for PhD students.
Subject to satisfactory progress, a student in their program longer than the
above dates may receive financial support until the completion of their degree.
Tuition Fees increased 2% effective May 1, 2007. Financial support amounts
for September 2007 - August 2008 for Master's students will be available in
July 2007.
Effective January 1, 2008, incoming PhD students will no longer receive the
PhD Tuition Award. Financial support for these students will be decided at
a later date.
| PhD ** |
September 2005 - 2006 |
September 2006 - August 2007 |
| |
Minimum Funding
Guarantee |
Tuition Fees |
TOTAL Less
Tuition Fees |
Minimum Funding
Guarantee |
Tuition Fees |
TOTAL Less
Tuition Fees |
Canadian PhD
(year 1-4) |
$16,500 |
$0 |
$16,500 |
$16,800 |
$0 |
$16,800 |
International PhD
(year 1-4) |
$16,500 |
$0 |
$16,500 |
$16,800 |
$0 |
$16,800 |
Canadian PhD
(year 5+)* |
$18,300 |
$1,729 |
$16,571 |
$18,000 |
$1,764 |
$16,236 |
International PhD
(year 5+)* |
$17,786 |
$3,786 |
$14,000 |
$18,000 |
$3,862 |
$14,138 |
|
| MASc / MSc |
September 2005 - 2006 |
September 2006 - August 2007 |
| (thesis programs only) |
Minimum Funding
Guarantee |
Tuition
Fees |
TOTAL Less
Tuition Fees |
Minimum Funding
Guarantee |
Tuition
Fees |
TOTAL Less
Tuition Fees |
Canadian Master's
(year 1-2) |
$18,420 |
$3,786 |
$14,634 |
$18,600 |
$3,862 |
$14,738 |
International Master's
(year 1-2) |
$18,420 |
$3,786 |
$14,634 |
$18,600 |
$3,862 |
$14,738 |
All Master's
(year 3+)* |
$18,420 |
$3,786 |
$14,634 |
$18,600 |
$3,862 |
$14,738 |
Canadian = students who are Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents.
* Not guaranteed, see above.
**Master's students who transfer to the PhD program without completing
their Master's degree have 4 full years of free tuition effective the date they
transfer. |
The above funding is provided in the form of teaching assistantships, and/or
research assistantships paid from supervisor's research funds. We may adjust our
level of support if students receive scholarships or other financial support from
the UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies or from outside this university.
Student fees of approximately $950 per year are levied to all graduate
students. Included in the student fees are a U-Pass (bus pass) at $88 per term
and the AMS/GSS Extended Health and Dental Plan
at $200 per year. International students are charged an additional $120 for basic
medical insurance for their first 3 months in Canada.
Tuition fees for international students are normally $7,200 per year. Since the
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences takes part in the International Partial
Tuition Scholarship program, fees are reduced to equal the tuition fees of Canadian students.
All amounts are quoted in Canadian dollars.