Mobility, Society, and Governance in North America

Vancouver, Canada

Transportation and Travel

The program fees include a round-trip air ticket from a major airport near the student's home town to Vancouver. An airport shuttle service is provided from the 3rd week in August to the first week of September. Click here for further details.

UBC has a huge array of transportation options during your semester abroad. For more information click here.

Housing and Meals

Students will be placed in on-campus dormitories. The housing office makes an effort to ensure that international students are distributed evenly throughout the campus so that they have a chance to meet local students as well. Depending on the residence hall you may have a self-contained unit with a small kitchen or you may have a cafeteria in your dormitory with a meal plan. Students will prepare their own meals, or buy them in the campus cafeteria or nearby restaurants. The University of Notre Dame will provide a stipend for this purpose.

For more information on housing please visit the following site: http://www.students.ubc.ca/global/incoming/housing.cfm

Cultural and Recreational Opportunities

Click here to browse the multitude of cultural and recreational opportunities available at UBC.

Health Care

All exchange students must have medical insurance that covers them for the entire time that they are in Canada. One term only students are automatically covered under iMED (Mandatory Medical Insruance). The cost of iMED for one term only students is $170. Students can pay for iMED on-line, on the Student Service Centre. For more details on iMED coverage, please visit www.david-cummings.com/imed (Insurance Company website).