Welcome to UBC’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. To help you get started, here’s a useful manual that we recommend you go through before you come to UBC and also once you arrive. This information is meant to help local, national and international students get settled into the UBC environment. The checklist provides students with tips for being new to Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, UBC and to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. The checklist was created by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Association (ECEGSA).
Have a place to live
Get registered
Get in touch with your supervisor
Open a bank account, more information about banking in Canada.
Apply to the Medical Services Plan
Get a local phone number
Public transit: Translink is metro Vancouver's public transit system.
Learn your way around
Get your student card and UPass
Get tuition paid
Meet your supervisor
Check-in at Kaiser 5500
Get your scholarship/RA finalized
Get an ECE account
Get access to ECE buildings
Get your IT account configured
Get subscribed to the email list
Get familiar with your surroundings
Get involved with the ECEGSA