UBC application deadlines for Fall 2027

UBC calls September 2027 to April 2028 its Winter Session. That label can look odd if you're planning a fall start. It doesn't mean classes begin in January. The main deadline is January 15, 2027. The cutoff is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. This covers Vancouver and Okanagan. Use UBC's Pacific clock for the cutoff. Don't use midnight in Ontario as the cutoff. Don't use your phone's local time abroad either. Leave yourself time to review the form and pay before the deadline.

The central timeline gives early October 2026 for opening. It doesn't print an exact general opening day. International Scholars has a separate award-form opening of October 5. We don't use that as an opening date for every UBC application. If you're comparing services, use when Canadian applications open. Ontario students apply to UBC through its own route, not by adding UBC to OUAC. The UBC university hub explains the two campuses. Choose the degree before you start the form.

Most high school applicants complete a Personal Profile. It's part of the online UBC application. The exceptions on the current list are Design, Dental Hygiene and Music. Those degrees can have other extra tasks instead. Transfers need a profile for Okanagan Nursing. They also need one for Vancouver Commerce or Vancouver International Economics. Don't assume a transfer never writes a profile. Check the exact degree and campus. The Personal Profile guide covers the school's process and its authorship rules without providing answers.

Sauder's BCom 2027W page confirms January 15 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Its Personal Profile includes a video interview in the application. It isn't a separate task you can leave until February. Direct requests to the Sauder page were blocked, but a separate web source read succeeded on October 13. That transport limit is in the source record. We didn't test the application form. UBC has a firm agent rule. An agent can't write or assist in writing your profile or any application part. An adviser can explain dates; you must complete your own work.

UBC Music's 2027W guide gives January 15 for the BMus extra form and fee. References are due January 20. The recorded audition deadline is January 27. Those are three different tasks, with different people responsible for part of the work. Ask your referees early enough for their January 20 submission. Late references can be accepted. They aren't guaranteed consideration. That isn't permission to plan for a late reference. The UBC Music guide explains the degree and audition route.

Live auditions are dated by instrument. January 30 covers cello, harp, string bass, guitar and winds. January 31 covers violin, viola, cello, brass and percussion. Voice and piano use February 6. February 7 includes voice and general-studies piano. Cello appears on both January dates, so use your assigned slot rather than picking one. The Composition portfolio has an early-January 2027 window but no exact day at this check. It doesn't inherit the January 27 recorded-audition date. Recheck the Music page November 1 for that missing day.

SALA gives January 31 for the Design video interview and resume. Its extra application is due then too. The main form is due January 15. SALA asks for supporting documents by that application deadline too. Those sentences don't print a Fall 2027 year. We show them as latest available. They also differ from the later general document timetable for some applicants. Ask SALA which document rule applies to your route. Don't wait until March without checking. The general UBC page may show a later row for your school system. SALA has its own rule.

Film Production says Fall 2027 applications open in October. That's on its department page. Its extra materials are due February 1. That deadline sentence has no year. It writes 11:59 p.m. PDT for high school and external transfers. For current Vancouver Arts students, it writes PST. We keep those different zone labels. Ask the department to confirm your new-cycle cutoff. The department says it won't accept late applications. The Film Production guide covers the required materials. Keep your own work and credit any group contribution as the department requires.

Applying for International Scholars? Submit admission and award applications by November 15, 2026. The cutoff is 11:59 p.m. PST. The award form opens October 5. You need a nominator and teacher referee. Their forms must be done before you can complete your submission. UBC asks them to finish a few days before November 15. That's a work sequence, not a separate exact nomination day printed in the source. Talk to both people now. Don't wait until the final night. You may be unable to submit even if your own answers are ready.

This group has an earlier document date: January 31, 2027. You must meet the English requirement by then too. UBC says to use that date rather than a later date in the general next-steps email. If a transcript or certificate isn't available, its award instructions say to send it as soon as available. Contact admissions about that missing item. Don't silently replace January 31 with the general February 15 English date. Some degrees are excluded from the award. Check the program list before assuming your choice is eligible, especially for Nursing or a joint degree.

There are earlier award dates for Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Seeking Presidential Scholars, Centennial Scholars or Beyond Tomorrow consideration? Apply by December 1, 2026. The cutoff is 11:59 p.m. PST. January 15 is too late for that earlier award-linked step. The Presidential page says to complete the whole application. That includes payment. It also asks high school applicants to opt into award consideration. Starting the profile or saving a draft isn't the same as meeting that rule. Check eligibility and value in the UBC financial-aid guide.

The central 2027 timeline puts several award announcements in March and April. The Presidential page separately says most recipients hear by April 27, but that sentence has no year. We keep it as latest available rather than a promised 2027 notification day. Admission and scholarship decisions are different messages. You can receive one while waiting for the other. The Presidential Scholars guide explains the award process. A missing award notice doesn't by itself tell you the result of your degree application.

General English Language Admission Standard evidence is due February 15, 2027. International Scholars uses January 31 instead. At a Canadian high school outside B.C. and Ontario? Upload spring grades between March 1 and March 15. B.C. and Ontario have their own document routes, so follow the checklist. The central timeline doesn't assign them the same interim upload window. Already graduated from a Canadian high school before applying? Your final grades are due March 15. That is a different group from a student still completing Grade 12 in June.

High school applicants outside Canada have March 15 for required documents. U.S. post-secondary applicants share that date. Other overseas post-secondary applicants have May 31. At a Canadian post-secondary school? Send an official interim transcript by February 15. Send the final transcript by May 15. Your interim record should show completed fall courses. It should list your current winter courses too. The Canadian deadline comparison gives the wider view, but it can't replace your UBC checklist. Keep each transcript labelled with the school and whether it's interim or final.

After an offer, final school records confirm conditions. Canadian high school courses must be finished by June 30, 2027. U.S. final transcripts are also due June 30. Out-of-province or most overseas high school final records are due July 25. That's in the central timeline. Overseas U.S. and A-Level routes are exceptions to that July row. A-Level final results are due August 20. Your letter can have conditions for your school system. Read it alongside the dates. A final transcript day doesn't extend the earlier documents needed to assess your application.

The confirmed first-year housing application date is May 1, 2027. Considering both campuses? Complete a separate residence application for each, as UBC requires. The central timeline gives early June for guaranteed first-year housing offers. Most admission offers have May 1 or June 1 acceptance. The admission deposit is due with that step. Your letter assigns the actual response day. That admission payment isn't the residence deposit. Keep the two offers separate. Keep each payment receipt, even if the offers arrive close together.

Residence payments use the expiry date in the housing offer. Vancouver says you must meet its deposit or first-instalment cutoff. Miss it and you forfeit the offer. Okanagan also ties acceptance and deposit to the email expiry. Neither source gives one shared Fall 2027 residence deposit day. The full campus calendars still show 2026/27 or summer 2026 dates. Vancouver's detailed guarantee criteria also still cover a 2026 start. We don't shift its age or graduation terms forward a year. Its acceptance rule needs a new check too. Recheck the new criteria when published. Read the UBC residence guide by campus.

UBC's high school decisions run November 2026 to June 2027. Its 2027 timeline calls this continuous review. Canadian post-secondary decisions run January to July. Those are review windows, not a date promised to you. Sauder encourages early application because you may hear sooner. December 1 is an earlier award-linked application date. It doesn't guarantee early admission. A friend may have a November offer. That doesn't mean your file has been refused. Check whether you still need a document or whether the school is waiting for updated grades.

Missed January 15? Contact UBC about the exact degree. Don't assume it will accept a late form. The checked central page doesn't promise a general extension. Film expressly refuses late applications. Missed December 1? The Presidential complete-by rule still controls award consideration. If you miss a residence payment expiry, you can lose that housing offer. These are different consequences. The first useful question is which task you missed. Submitting an application doesn't reopen an expired scholarship or housing offer.

Start with the earliest date attached to your actual choice. International Scholars has a November 15 deadline, so you need the nominator and referee sequence ready now. Canadian award applicants should plan December 1. Keep the January 15 degree application as a separate final date.