University of Aberdeen

• Must have at least a 73% cumulative average
  • However, students with a GPA between 70-73% will be considered if they are able to provide a written recommendation from a professor
• Exchange students can take coursework in most areas of study
• Aberdeen offers pre-law and pre-med courses to exchange students

Term dates

• UBC Term 1 (Aberdeen Semester 1): Early September to Mid December
• UBC Term 2 (Aberdeen Semester 2): Early January to Mid May

Areas of study available:

• Arts
• Engineering
• Health Sciences
• Land and Food Systems
• Management (UBCO)
• Science

Course availability and restrictions

• Exchange students can undertake independent research in History, Chemistry, and Physics
• Although students need to provide course preferences in their application, final course selection will be made after arrival in Aberdeen 
• Admission to Level 3 courses normally requires that you have already completed 4 semester courses in that field, while admission to a Level 4 course may require considerably more than this
• Students who are either interested in law or planning to attend law school after undergrad, are welcome to choose from a select grouping of courses through the School of Law at Aberdeen
• Students interested in medicine after undergrad may choose from Aberdeen’s suite of pre-med courses. All undergraduate medical science syllabi can be found here
• The English Department does not allow exchange and visiting students to enroll in level 4 courses (Level 3 has very limited availability)
• Creative Writing courses are not available to exchange students at this partner
• Science students who must take courses across two levels in the same semester (e.g. 2nd and 3rd year), or must take upper level science courses across disciplines, or must take both arts and science courses, should note this on their application

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Course equivalency Formula

• Aberdeen credits divided by 4 = UBC credits

Course load Information

• Usual workload is 60 credits per term/ 120 credits per year (15 UBC credits / 30 UBC credits, respectively)

Transfer credit

The transfer credit process takes approximately 16 weeks following each submission deadline. You should allow sufficient time to meet important deadlines that may affect you (e.g. application for graduation, registration in courses that require prerequisites that you took on exchange, entry to a major/honours program, etc.)

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