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UBC Acceptance Rate: What Official Data Shows
UBC does not publish one university-wide acceptance rate. It does publish an official “Admit Rate” — offers of admission divided by completed applications — broken out by campus and citizenship, in its own Annual Enrolment Report. Every number below comes directly from that UBC report or from another official UBC page; nothing here is estimated.
Reviewed August 25, 2026 · Figures are UBC’s own published numbers — confirm the latest edition on UBC’s Planning and Institutional Research site before citing them elsewhere
UBC’s official admit rate, by campus and citizenship
UBC defines the admit rate as the ratio of students offered admission to their preferred program choice to the number of completed applications received that year. UBC reports six separate figures every year — never one blended, university-wide number.
| Cycle | Vancouver domestic | Vancouver international | Vancouver total | Okanagan domestic | Okanagan international | Okanagan total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 51% | 45% | 48% | 71% | 73% | 72% |
| 2022/23 | 47% | 51% | 49% | 73% | 72% | 73% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 56% | 52% | 77% | 73% | 76% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 68% | 61% | 81% | 80% | 81% |
| 2025/26 | 55% | 71% | 60% | 75% | 82% | 76% |
Source: UBC Annual Enrolment Report 2025/26, Planning and Institutional Research (PAIR). UBC also publishes a companion “yield rate” (registered students ÷ students offered admission) in the same report; see the full PDF linked in Official sources below for that table.
Applications, admits, and registrants for 2025/26
These are the underlying counts behind the admit rate above — new-to-UBC undergraduate applicants for their first-choice program, for the 2025/26 cycle.
| Campus / citizenship | Submitted | Completed | Admitted | Registered (choice 1 / choice 2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver — domestic | 31,378 | 28,478 | 15,677 | 9,256 / 1,063 |
| Vancouver — international | 14,683 | 13,267 | 9,455 | 2,842 / 471 |
| Okanagan — domestic | 4,808 | 4,228 | 3,168 | 1,836 / 920 |
| Okanagan — international | 1,099 | 923 | 758 | 190 / 187 |
“Submitted” is every application UBC received; “completed” is the subset UBC finished evaluating (the denominator UBC uses for its admit rate); “registered (choice 2)” counts students admitted to a different program than their first choice who registered anyway. Source: UBC Annual Enrolment Report 2025/26 (PAIR).
What actually determines UBC admission
UBC does not publish one university-wide admission average or guaranteed cut-off. UBC states that admission is competitive and comparative: every application is evaluated against the other applications received that year for the same degree, using required courses, grades, and — for most secondary-school applicants — a personal profile. The published floor for Vancouver secondary-school applicants is a 70% overall average, but UBC is explicit that a higher result is often needed in practice because of demand.
| Program | What UBC publishes |
|---|---|
| All Vancouver undergraduate programs | UBC publishes a 70% minimum overall average as a floor for consideration, not a competitive or guaranteed figure. |
| Applied Science (Engineering) | No numeric competitive average is published. UBC's calendar says applicants are selected on standing in required Grade 12 math, chemistry, physics, and English courses, and that "standing above the minimum prescribed requirements is necessary." |
| Sauder School of Business (Commerce) | No admission-average figure is published on the UBC-wide program page reachable for this guide; Sauder's own program-admission pages returned an access error when checked. |
| School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) | SALA's official admissions guide does not publish an admission average, applicant count, admitted count, class size, or acceptance rate for any SALA program. |
| Arts and Science | No numeric competitive average is published; UBC's calendar describes qualitative review factors (course breadth, rigor, personal profile) instead of a cut-off. |
For current Fall 2027 deadlines, degree-specific requirements, and the personal profile, see our UBC admission requirements guide.
Is there a “University of Vancouver”?
No. The research university in Vancouver, British Columbia is the University of British Columbia — UBC. UBC’s own pages refer to the school as “UBC” or “UBC Vancouver,” never “University of Vancouver.” The admit-rate and application data above is the official UBC data for that campus.
Official UBC sources
Every figure on this page links back to the official UBC page or report it came from.
- UBC Annual Enrolment Report 2025/26
UBC's own "Admit Rate" and "Yield Rate" tables, and new-to-UBC applicant, admit, and registrant counts, by campus and citizenship, 2021/22–2025/26.
- How UBC evaluates applications
UBC's statement that admission is competitive and comparative, evaluated against other applicants to the same degree in the same year, not against a fixed rate.
- UBC Vancouver admission requirements (secondary-school applicants)
The published 70% minimum overall average and the statement that a higher average is often required because of demand.
- Bachelor of Applied Science admission (UBC Academic Calendar)
Engineering's course-standing selection criteria, with no published numeric competitive average.
- SALA admissions guide
Confirms SALA does not publish an admission average or acceptance-rate figure for architecture or landscape architecture programs.
- UBC Vancouver campus
UBC's own naming: "UBC," "UBC Vancouver," or the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus — not "University of Vancouver."
Frequently asked questions
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