Future Global Leaders on-campus

UBC Future Global Leaders is an opportunity to try academic courses and mini schools taught by UBC professors and affiliated instructors. Choose from popular subjects including Business and Economics, Engineering and Technology, Health and Life Sciences, Media and Fine Arts, History, Law, and Politics, and People, Culture and Society. All courses are taught at a first-year level – without the exams.  

Take a look at our summer 2025 lineup. More courses may be added in December and January. Registration opens February 4.

2025 Courses and Mini Schools

*Academic courses include classroom activities from 9am-12noon and university preparation workshops and study periods from 1:30-3pm. Mini schools include classroom activities from 9am-12noon and 1:30-3pm. Social activities are from 3-5pm for all students and on evenings and weekends for students living in residence.

1. Make sure you meet the eligibility requirements. Please read carefully our refund and cancellation policies. 
2. Add a Future Global Leaders course or mini school to your cart and select domestic or international student and residence or commuter option. Select to pay a $500 CAD deposit, or pay in full. (Full payment is due on or before May 1, 2025 or upon registration if registering after May 1, 2025).
3. After you add the course to your cart and go to check out, you’re asked to create a new Family Account or log in if you already have a Family Account. A parent or guardian needs to set up the Family Account with their primary email address. After the account is created, the parent/guardian adds the learner as a family member to their Family Account using the learner’s primary email address (the learner’s email address cannot be the same as the parent/guardian email address). 
4. In the cart, add the learner to the course session and complete the checkout process. The parent/guardian will receive a confirmation email with the receipt. The learner will receive emails to set up their student account and UBC Campus-wide Login (CWL). 
5. After completing the checkout process, and while logged into your Family Account, select Applications to access the FGL information package. 
   To complete the information package and finalize your registration, you’ll need:
   • A recent digital or digitized photo of the learner, from the shoulders up
   • Consent forms signed by a parent or guardian

Your registration is not final until the information package has been completed and submitted. You may partially complete the information package and return to it at any time within your Family Account.

After you submit your information package

Once you complete and submit the information package, we will send the parent/guardian a confirmation of registration that includes:

• Your course selection
• Accommodation details (if you choose the residence option)
• Information you need to book travel and plan your summer

If you are applying for a visa, the confirmation of registration can be used to support your application. 

Student account and Campus-wide Login

Finally, make sure the learner sets up their student account and UBC Campus-wide Login (CWL) as instructed in the earlier email. They will need the CWL to access important materials prior to and during the program.