Consider your finances for exchange

All UBC awards and scholarships pay directly towards students’ tuition and fees. But if you owe less than the amount of your award or scholarship, you will receive a cheque or direct deposit to your bank account for the remaining amount. Similarly, if you pay your tuition and fees in advance, you will get a cheque or direct deposit for the full amount of your scholarship.

Since you may not be able to pick up your cheque in person, you must do one of the following:

If you are currently in receipt of a UBC scholarship and want to ensure you will be considered for scholarships when you return to full-time studies the year following your exchange, you will need to submit some additional information to Go Global.

For Trek Excellence Scholarships or scholarship renewals, submit your sealed transcripts to Enrolment Services and indicate that you would like to be considered for these awards.

To be considered for awards recommended by faculties, please speak with an academic advisor in your faculty before you leave for Exchange to determine your faculty’s requirements. Additionally, you must also follow the applicable regulations for University awards.

Before applying for your loans

Contact Enrolment Services before you apply for your loan to confirm your host university's academic start and end dates. If you do not use the correct dates, UBC will not be able to to approve your loan funding. Find more information on BC student loans. 

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for funding, your study period must be at least 12 weeks long and you must be enrolled in at least 60% (40% for PD students) of a full-time course load in each term. Visit the Course Load Guide for the credit load requirement of your program.

How to apply to your loans

If you are applying to Student Aid BC, Student Aid BC contacts UBC directly if you enter dates that are different from UBC’s term dates. Within one week, UBC will automatically complete an online Appendix 3 for you. You can continue your application after the online Appendix 3 is complete.

Paying your fees

If you will be paying fees to UBC, select UBC as your learning institution (not your partner university).

If you are nominated for a Study Abroad program, you pay your tuition and fees directly to the partner school. If you are planning on applying for student loans, you must use the partner school as the institution in your application. The partner school will need to confirm your enrollment with your loan provider (not UBC). The partner school must also be designated by your loan provider.

If you have questions, contact Enrolment Services.

Contact Enrolment Services to confirm if you need to submit one or two loan applications. If there is a break in your study such as a spring or semester break,  for more than 10 business days, you must apply for two loans during your exchange year. You will submit one application for your first semester and one application for your second semester.

If your semester break falls in late December (similar to UBC’s winter break) then you are allowed a 15 business day break. You can submit a single application for both semesters. 

Before applying for your student loans

Contact Enrolment Services before you apply to confirm your host university’s academic start and end dates. If you do not use the correct dates, UBC will not be able to approve your loan funding. Apply for your loan through your home province website to start your application.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for funding, your study period must be at least 12 weeks long and you must be enrolled in at least 60% (40% for PD students or 80% for Newfoundland loans) of a full-time course load in each term. Visit the Course Load Guide for the credit load requirement of your program.

How to apply to your loans

Paying your fees

If you will be paying fees to UBC, select UBC as your learning institution (not your partner university).  

If you have been nominated for a Study Abroad program, you pay your tuition and fees directly to the partner school. If you are planning on applying for student loans you must use the partner school as the institution in your application. The partner school will need to confirm your enrollment with your loan provider (not UBC). The partner school must also be designated by your loan provider.

Where to apply

If you are a student from British Columbia (BC), visit the Student Aid BC website to start your application. For more information on your loan, see loans for students from BC. 

If you are from another province, apply for your loan through your home province.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for funding, you must be registered as a full-time graduate student and your study period must be at least 12 weeks long.

How to apply

Paying your fees

If you will be paying fees to UBC, select UBC as your learning institution (not your partner university).

If you have been nominated for a Study Abroad program, you pay your tuition and fees directly to the partner school. If you are planning on applying for student loans you must use the partner school as the institution in your application. The partner school will need to confirm your enrollment with your loan provider (not UBC). The partner school must also be designated by your loan provider.

If you have any questions, contact Enrolment Services.