ENTRANCE AWARDS
All entering students
are considered for a university
entrance fellowship; no separate application is required.
Incoming students should also apply for external awards for which they are
eligible. Recipients must decline a UBC entrance fellowship if they
receive a major external fellowship.
The Department offers
several one-year and multi-year fellowships of $17,500 (and higher), as
well as top-up awards for external fellowship holders. Applicants
are offered these fellowships based on nominations from prospective
research supervisors and an adjudication of students' academic records by
the Department's Admissions Committee. Funding for these fellowships
comes from various sources, including the University's Graduate
Support Initiative, the Department's Lacey Fellowship, and allocations
from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
The Department also offers several four-year
fellowships (4YF) to outstanding applicants to the doctoral
program. Students who are recipients of a 4YF are guaranteed a
minimum level of funding until the end of their fourth year of PhD
studies, subject to satisfactory progress in their academic program.
The minimum stipend for 4YF recipients is $16,000 per year, plus a tuition
award equal to their tuition assessment. The stipend and tuition
award are adjusted should students also receive external fellowship
support, but the minimum level of funding is guaranteed.
