The University of British Columbia offers Biotechnology: Bachelor of Science Degree (BSc) - UBCV, a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology programme in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 5 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 6,100 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Biotechnology
Duration: 5 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 6,100 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology is offered in cooperation between BCIT and UBCV. You'll learn how to harness scientific understanding of biology and chemistry to create products, processes, or services relevant to areas such as health, energy, agriculture, and the environment. The program spans a range of scientific disciplines including microbiology, immunology, virology, cell biology, plant biology, bioinformatics, chemistry, and statistics. The program also provides a solid foundation in business communications, accounting, and marketing, and you'll partake in a Co-op program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: IB applicants need a completed IB Diploma with three Higher Level subjects, IB Math Analysis and Approaches SL or HL (or IB Math Applications and Interpretation HL), one of IB Biology, IB Chemistry or IB Physics, and Grade 11 (or equivalent) Chemistry and Physics; the Physics requirement is waived for candidates with grades of 5 in both IB Chemistry and IB Mathematics. Domestic Canadian secondary-school applicants follow the Faculty of Science's equivalent path: English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 plus Pre-Calculus 12, judged on UBC's overall Grade 11/12 profile with no published entry average, so each program competes against its own applicant pool that year. International applicants may instead present GCE A/AS Levels, the Baccalaureat, the Singapore-Cambridge GCE, or another approved twelve-year credential covering equivalent prerequisites. All applicants must meet UBC's English Language Admission Standard, whose routes include IELTS Academic overall 6.5.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic and international undergraduate applicants both apply through EducationPlannerBC for Winter Session 2027/28 (September 2027 entry) and Summer 2027: applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration deadline is 15 January 2027, 11:59 p.m. PST, the same date for both groups; a few programs keep reviewing late applications on a space-available basis afterwards. Earlier dates apply only to entrance-award consideration -- 15 November 2026 for the International Scholars Program and 1 December 2026 for Presidential/Centennial/Beyond Tomorrow scholars. Several limited-entry programmes -- Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing (advanced entry), Occupational/Physical Therapy, Social Work and Teacher Education -- set their own earlier deadlines from October 2026 through February 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
