Foundation in UBC Vantage College Program - Science Stream - UBCV is a foundation in Natural Sciences & Mathematics programme taught at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 11 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 68,000 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Foundation
Field:Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Duration: 11 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 68,000 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Science program at UBC Vantage College is for first-year international students who require additional academic English instruction as they begin their UBC degree. This program establishes a foundation of knowledge through a core set of science courses that range from chemistry to calculus to programming. You will have the option of selecting computational and physical science electives. Upon successful completion of the Vantage One Science program, you will progress into second year and finish your Bachelor of Science at UBC Vancouver.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: UBC Vantage College's own admission-requirements page describes Vantage One: Science as an 11-month bridging program for first-year international students needing additional academic English before starting UBC Science, and the you.ubc.ca program page confirms it is open only to international students (not Canadian citizens or permanent residents). Course prerequisites are senior-level Math (Pre-Calculus) with a minimum grade of C+ (or the nearest equivalent on other grading scales), and Chemistry and Physics to the junior/Grade 11 level; the Physics requirement may be waived for IB Diploma applicants who score 5 or higher in both IB Chemistry and IB Mathematics. The English-language requirement (lower than UBC's direct-entry standard) is met by any one of: TOEFL iBT overall 70 with no section below 16; IELTS Academic overall 5.5 with speaking and listening at least 5.0 and reading and writing at least 5.5; CAEL overall 50 with speaking at least 40; a Duolingo English Test overall of 105-124 with speaking/listening at least 95 and reading/writing at least 105; completion of Level 400 of UBC's English Language Institute Academic Purposes program; or IB English B (HL or SL) with a minimum grade of 4.
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.
