Across UBC, our faculty members are teaching and studying sustainability through hundreds of courses, programs and research projects. We are committed to fostering the knowledge, skills and experience of students in order for them to serve as agents of change, community leaders, and responsible global citizens.
Courses
Use our course finder tool to explore more than 812 sustainability related courses at the undergraduate and graduate level that address environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability.
Climate Change Courses
RES 520 Climate Change: Science, Technology and Sustainable Development
Climate change drivers, impacts, and solutions; science, economics, policy, and ethics.
CONS 210 Visualizing Climate Change
Introduction to climate change through the lens of local landscapes and future scenarios.
Degree programs
UBC offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs that allow you to specialize in a sustainability-related subject or area of interest.
At UBC, undergraduate sustainability programs include majors or minors offered by the Faculties of...
See what graduate programs you can take to expand your skills and knowledge in a specific area of...
Research-based graduate programs are thesis-based and can include an M.Sc., M.A., or PhD. Follow...
For Faculty
Sustainability Education Fellowships are awarded to UBC Vancouver faculty members who are leading...
The Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants program, which offers up to $6,000 to UBC faculty...
The Climate Teaching Connector is pausing new requests as we navigate changes to our programming...
UBC Sustainability Scholars Program
The UBC Sustainability Scholars Program is an innovative paid internship program. We match UBC graduate students with on- and off-campus sustainability partners to work on applied research projects that advance sustainability in the region.
SEEDS Sustainability Program
The Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Program creates partnerships between students, faculty, staff and community partners to learn together through research projects that are tested on campus, and applied in real-world settings.
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This project advances Vancouver's Circular Economy of Food (CEF) by answering two questions: Which...
This project supports Goal 2 (Green Buildings) of the Greenest City Strategy and focusses on...