Pre-university for high school students

Sharpening your skills before you start university can improve your performance, reduce stress, and allow you to accomplish more with your time. The right academic skills can also help you handle the commitments and challenges of university life so you can feel successful - and enjoy life as a first-year student.

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This is a condensed version of a popular full-semester credit course offered at Queen's University. It was developed by Dr. Anne Duffy, MSc, MD, FRCPC, an academic psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Student Mental Health at Queen’s University as a resource to help high school students preparare for university life.

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Maximize your chances of getting into the Canadian university of your choice in this dynamic, interactive and personalized course. Over eight self-paced weeks, learn step-by-step how to write memorable and convincing university undergraduate applications for Canadian universities that catch the attention of admissions committees.

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This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Investigate a range of contemporary topics, including the relationship between public order and violent crime, innovations in drug enforcement and forensic psychiatry. Study restorative justice, wrongful conviction, geographic profiling in hunting serial criminals, structural violence, advocacy and the law.

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This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15-18. In this course we offer an overview of the history and theory of arguments, with many concrete examples of good and bad arguments.

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Get a broad introduction to business by studying and illustrating the importance of core business functions, including finance, accounting, marketing and human resources management. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18.

Other start dates: Jul 28, 2025

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15-18. Learn about the profession of engineering, and the disciplines of chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering. Prepare for success by practising and developing key skills in technical problem solving and engineering design, ethical decision-making, teamwork and communicating to diverse audiences.

Other start dates: Jul 28, 2025

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Learn about the profession of engineering, and the disciplines of chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering. Prepare for success by practising and developing key skills in technical problem solving and engineering design, ethical decision-making, teamwork and communicating to diverse audiences.

Other start dates: Jul 21, 2025; Aug 04, 2025

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Psychology has many sub-disciplines, including behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, health, sports, organizational, social and personality psychology. Not only is it one of the fastest-growing professions, it's also among the most popular undergraduate majors at UBC and other universities.

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This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18. Psychology has many sub-disciplines, including behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, health, sports, organizational, social and personality psychology. Not only is it one of the fastest-growing professions, it's also among the most popular undergraduate majors at UBC and other universities.

Other start dates: Jul 28, 2025

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Explore key themes of the global economy, including the role of multinational corporations, global trade, international finance and international development. Analyze the underlying issues and competing ideologies that shape the global political economy, and understand tensions that arise due to government efforts to enhance or resist market pressures.

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This mini school is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. Learn the fundamentals of filmmaking and level up your production skills.

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This mini school is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. In this two-week mini-school, you are introduced to professional journalism practices with a focus on mobile journalism (MOJO), an emerging method for gathering facts, information and images, editing and then sharing stories.

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This mini school is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. In this mini school, we work in teams to discover how experts use different strategies and tools to study marine ecosystems, observe marine life in their natural habitats, and report findings to shape important policies.

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This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. Learn how to interpret, contextualize, and critically evaluate popular media, its representations, claims, and narratives.

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