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Your Future Starts Here
UBC Future Global Leaders is opportunity for you to try out not-for-credit academic and emerging technology courses at a top university. All courses are taught at a first-year level by UBC professors and affiliated instructors – without the exams. Each 2-week program includes classes, workshops and fun social activities. Commute daily, or live at the UBC Vancouver campus.
Registration Tips
Before registering, check your eligibility.
To register for Future Global Leaders, choose one course in your preferred session. Choose a course in another session(s) to create a 4 or 6-week program.
Register early for best date and course selection!
UBC Future Global Leaders Courses 2023
We have secured a limited number of additional rooms in residence and space does occasionally become available in courses listed as full on the website. Please contact us if you would like to check on room and course availability.
Session 1: July 3–14, 2023
| UBC Vancouver Campus – Academic Courses 9am–12pm, Monday to Friday |
Course Status | |
|---|---|---|
| Business and Economics | ||
| Introduction to Business Foundations | Registration Closed | |
| Health and Life Sciences | ||
| Cell and Molecular Biology in Medicine | Registration Closed | |
| Forensic Anthropology: Identifying the Dead | Registration Closed | |
| Introduction to Psychology | Registration Closed | |
| History, Law and Politics | ||
| Introduction to the Global Political Economy | Registration Closed | |
| Media and Fine Arts | ||
| Global Journalism and Media Literacy | Registration Closed | |
| People, Culture and Society | ||
| Ancient Greece: A Key to the Modern World | Registration Closed | |
| Crime and Society: Contemporary Topics | Registration Closed | |
Session 2: July 17–28, 2023
| UBC Vancouver Campus – Academic Courses 9am–12pm, Monday to Friday |
Course Status | |
|---|---|---|
| Business and Economics | ||
| Business and Social Impact | Registration Closed | |
| Introduction to Development Economics | Registration Closed | |
| Engineering and Technology | ||
| Introduction to Engineering | Registration Closed | |
| Foundations and Frontiers of Biological Science | Registration Closed | |
| Health and Life Sciences | ||
| Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Topics | Registration Closed | |
| History, Law and Politics | ||
| Global Democracies: Past, Present and Future | Registration Closed | |
| People, Culture and Society | ||
| Relationship Science: Understanding Close Relationships | Registration Closed | |
| The Social Science of Creativity | Registration Closed | |
Session 3: July 31 – August 11, 2023
| UBC Vancouver Campus – Emerging Technology Courses 9am–12pm, Monday to Friday |
Course Status |
|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Impact of Machine Learning Systems | REGISTRATION CLOSED |
| Digital Media Entrepreneurship | REGISTRATION CLOSED |
| Introduction to Engineering | REGISTRATION CLOSED |
| Cell and Molecular Biology in Medicine | REGISTRATION CLOSED |
| Centre for Digital Media – Emerging Technology Bootcamps * 9am–3pm, Monday to Friday |
Course Status |
| Centre for Digital Media Game Design Bootcamp | REGISTRATION CLOSED |
| Centre for Digital Media 3D Asset Creation Bootcamp | REGISTRATION CLOSED |
If you choose the residence option, please note you should arrange to arrive the day before the start of your program, and leave the day after your program ends.
* Centre for Digital Media (CDM) bootcamps take place at the CDM campus in Vancouver. If you're staying in a UBC residence, you'll take a bus each morning to CDM. On your first day of class, a student monitor will make sure all CDM students get to and from UBC Vancouver safely and easily.
Registration Dates & Deadlines
Registration Opens
February 1, 2023
Residence Option Registration Deadline
Session 1: Closed
Session 2: Closed
Session 3: July 26, 2023
Commuter Option Registration Deadline
Session 1: Closed
Session 2: Closed
Session 3: July 26, 2023
Bursaries for British Columbia Grade 11 Students
The UBC President Bursary program was set up to support grade 11 British Columbia high school students who can demonstrate financial need and who meet UBC Future Global Leaders eligibility requirements.
