The University of British Columbia offers Creative Writing: Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) - UBCO, a bachelor's degree in Creative Writing programme in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 4 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:Creative Writing
Duration: 4 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 Arts in Creative Writing is designed to build your range and confidence to the professional level, while familiarizing with practical aspects of the writing life. You’ll be actively involved in writing projects, chapbook production, magazine editing, new media work, student anthology production, and community learning projects. You’ll also have the chance to build a varied body of work for your own portfolio.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: UBC's own admission page for Creative Writing states no specific courses are required beyond the general requirements for entry to UBC Okanagan's Bachelor of Arts programs. For BC secondary-school applicants, UBC's institution-wide standard requires graduation from a recognised secondary school with English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 among the required Grade 12 courses; UBC publishes no institution-wide minimum entry average, since each program is assessed against its own applicant pool. International applicants are admitted on a recognised university-preparation credential: a completed IB Diploma with at least three Higher Level courses, GCE A Levels/AS Levels covering six academic areas including English, the Baccalaureat General or Baccalaureat Francais International, the Singapore-Cambridge GCE, a Chinese senior-secondary diploma with Gaokao results, or an equivalent twelve-year-system credential, plus a final grade of at least 70% in Grade 11 or 12 English where prior instruction was in English. All applicants must meet UBC's English Language Admission Standard: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT overall 90, PTE Academic overall 65, or Duolingo English Test overall 125.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
