At The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Forest Management and Conservation Graduate Certificate - UBCV is offered as a postgraduate certificate in Forestry & Natural Resources programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Forestry & Natural Resources
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This online graduate certificate gives working professionals interdisciplinary grounding in forest management and policy, conservation and forest sciences, and emerging forestry technologies. It totals 15 credits, made up of one required core course, FOPE_V 500, plus four three-credit electives covering forest operations, policy and conservation, and it must be completed within a maximum of two years. Teaching is delivered online with both asynchronous and synchronous components, so students can study alongside employment. Applicants are expected to hold a four-year bachelor's degree in a forest, natural or environmental science field with strong standing in upper-level coursework, and grading follows the graduate school's master's-level standards.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need an academic background in a relevant forest, natural or environmental science field. Beyond that, admission follows the baseline set by UBC's Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: for Canadian or US credentials, a four-year bachelor's degree with a minimum B+ average in third- and fourth-year (300-499 level) coursework; requirements for other credentials vary by country and are set out in the Faculty's own country-by-country standards. The certificate's own page states only that non-Canadian applicants whose prior instruction was not in English must meet the Faculty's minimum English-proficiency standard, without restating the figures; the Faculty's published baseline elsewhere on grad.ubc.ca for graduate applicants is IELTS Academic 6.5 overall, TOEFL iBT 90 overall, or Duolingo English Test 125 overall. Students have a maximum of two years to complete the certificate's 15-credit requirement.
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.
