UBC Exchange Student Guide 2017-18
UBC Incoming Exchange & Study Abroad Student Guide 2017-18 created by the Exchange Student Club at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC
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Trail #7<br />
Trail #6<br />
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L O W E R M A L L<br />
L O W E R M A L L<br />
S T A D I U M R O A D<br />
F<br />
E<br />
C<br />
W E<br />
B<br />
M A T H E M A T I C S R O A D<br />
T H U<br />
M A I N M A L L<br />
M A I N M A L L<br />
R O A D<br />
E N G I N E E R I N G R O A D<br />
L E A R N E R S W A L K<br />
E A S T M A L L E A S T M A L L<br />
R O S S D R I V E<br />
E A S T M A L L E A S T M A L L E A S T M A L L E A S T M A L L<br />
I V E<br />
C H A N C E L L O R M E W S<br />
H E A L T H S C I E N C E S M A L L<br />
S T<br />
B O U L E V A R D<br />
C H A N C E L O R<br />
R M E W S<br />
C H A N C E L L O<br />
W E S B R O O K M A L L<br />
1<br />
8<br />
2<br />
7<br />
6<br />
4<br />
5<br />
O<br />
A L L I S O N R O A D<br />
M C C R A E<br />
Y A L T A P L<br />
T E N N I S<br />
M E<br />
L<br />
FA<br />
WRECK<br />
BEACH<br />
PAC I F I C S P I R I T R E G I O N A L PA R K<br />
PAC I F I C S P I R I T R E G I O N A L PA R K<br />
R I N<br />
D R<br />
I V E<br />
M A<br />
N W<br />
N W<br />
M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
O L D M A R I N E D<br />
R I V E<br />
D R I V E<br />
Lookout<br />
Tower/Pagoda<br />
Korea University House<br />
Tec de Monterrey<br />
N W<br />
O L D M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
M A R<br />
I N E<br />
N W M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
M A<br />
R I N E<br />
Cariboo<br />
D R I V E<br />
Reception and<br />
Education Campbell<br />
Centre Building<br />
N W M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
Botanical<br />
Garden<br />
Mawdsley<br />
O L D M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
Trail #4<br />
U N I V E R S I T Y B O U L E V A R D<br />
SHHS<br />
Main Office<br />
MA R I N E<br />
Building<br />
2DR I V E<br />
Building 3 -<br />
Commonsblock<br />
Building<br />
6<br />
Tweedsmuir<br />
Gate House and<br />
Shop-in-the-garden<br />
Norman<br />
MacKenzie<br />
House<br />
Ross<br />
Okanagan<br />
PLACE<br />
Gordon Shrum -<br />
Commonsblock<br />
VA NIER<br />
Robson<br />
<strong>UBC</strong> BOTANICAL<br />
GARDEN AND CENTRE<br />
FOR PLANT RESEARCH<br />
Lower Mall<br />
Research Station<br />
Sherwood Lett<br />
ST JOHN'S<br />
COLLEGE<br />
S W M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
TOTEM<br />
PARK<br />
L O W E R M A L L<br />
Coquihalla -<br />
Commonsblock<br />
Haida/Salish<br />
MacKenzie<br />
Hamber<br />
Kootenay<br />
Simon K.Y. Lee<br />
HKU-<strong>UBC</strong> House<br />
Header Bioenergy Research<br />
House Facility<br />
Dene/Nootka<br />
Kiosk -<br />
Nitobe<br />
Garden<br />
Japanese<br />
Tea House<br />
Building<br />
5<br />
S W M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
L O W E R M A L L L O W E R M A L L<br />
R I N E D R I V E<br />
A G R O N O M Y R O A D<br />
Mortuary<br />
House<br />
Haida<br />
House<br />
Fraser<br />
River<br />
Parkade<br />
TOTEM<br />
PARK<br />
A V E N U E<br />
TOTEM FIELD<br />
Liu Institute<br />
Asian<br />
Centre<br />
Oak House<br />
and Cedar<br />
House<br />
Arbutus<br />
House and<br />
Maple House<br />
N W M A<br />
First<br />
Nations<br />
Longhouse<br />
West<br />
Parkade<br />
RITSUMEIKAN<br />
-<strong>UBC</strong> HOUSE<br />
Kwakiutl/Shuswap<br />
International<br />
House<br />
A<br />
Ponderosa<br />
P O NDEROSA<br />
Annexes<br />
G<br />
University<br />
Services<br />
Building<br />
(USB)<br />
Garden<br />
Pavilion<br />
1 6 T H<br />
ROSELINE<br />
STURDY<br />
AMPHITHEATRE<br />
S T<br />
S W M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
W E S T M A L L<br />
Qelexen<br />
House<br />
Hemlesem<br />
House<br />
Museum of<br />
Anthropology<br />
(MOA)<br />
C. K. Choi<br />
West Mall Annex<br />
Continuing<br />
Studies<br />
Building<br />
Swing Space<br />
Totem<br />
Field<br />
Studios<br />
Plant<br />
Science<br />
Field<br />
Station<br />
W E S T M A L L W E S T M A L L W E S T M A L L<br />
W E S T M A L L W E S T M A L L W E S T M A L L W E S T M A L L<br />
CULT Thea U RAL<br />
Koerner<br />
House<br />
Sing Tao<br />
PRECINCT<br />
Building<br />
S O M E R S E T L A N E<br />
A G R I C U L T U R A L R O A D<br />
Old Fire<br />
Hall<br />
N W M A R I N E D R I V EN W M A R I N E D R I V E<br />
Rose<br />
Garden<br />
Parkade<br />
M E M O R I A L R O A D M E M O R I A L R O A D<br />
U N I V E R S I T Y B O U L E V A R D U N I V E R S I T Y B O U L E V A R D<br />
B I O S C I E N C E S R D<br />
Horticulture<br />
Building<br />
C R E S C E N T R O A<br />
E D U C A T I O N R O A D<br />
T H U N D E R B I R D B O U L E V A R D<br />
WESTCHESTER<br />
H A W T H O R N L A N E<br />
L A R K I N D R I V E<br />
SOMERSET<br />
S T A D I<br />
Music<br />
Building<br />
Old<br />
Auditorium<br />
Dorothy<br />
Somerset<br />
Studios<br />
Binning<br />
Studios<br />
Social Work<br />
Sumac<br />
House<br />
Auditorium<br />
Annexes<br />
Geography<br />
Audain<br />
Art<br />
Centre<br />
Douglas<br />
Kenny<br />
Building<br />
Campus &<br />
Community<br />
Planning<br />
CIRS<br />
Azalea<br />
House<br />
C1<br />
B1<br />
St. John<br />
Hospice<br />
Klinck<br />
Stores<br />
Road<br />
Annex<br />
Wood<br />
Prod<br />
Lab<br />
Coal &<br />
Mineral<br />
Lab<br />
Theatre-Film<br />
Production<br />
Building<br />
Orchard<br />
Commons<br />
S T O R E S R O A D<br />
T H U N D E R B I R D<br />
R E S I D E N C E<br />
C2<br />
B4<br />
Cascara<br />
House<br />
Promontory<br />
Tower<br />
HAWTHORN<br />
PARK<br />
U M R O A D<br />
Leon & Thea<br />
Koerner<br />
University Centre<br />
D<br />
Frederic<br />
Wood<br />
Theatre<br />
Power<br />
House<br />
Earth and<br />
Ocean<br />
Sciences<br />
Frank<br />
Forward<br />
Building<br />
B3<br />
Mathematics<br />
S A U D E R L A N E<br />
H. R.<br />
MacMillan<br />
Building<br />
B2<br />
Hawthorn<br />
Green<br />
DAVID<br />
SIDOO<br />
FIELD<br />
A G R I C U L T U R A L R O A D<br />
M A I N M A L L M A I N M A L L M A I N M A L L<br />
C R E S C E N T<br />
W E S T 1 6 T H A V E N U E<br />
E N G I N E E R I N G L N<br />
E A S T M A L L<br />
E A S T M A L L E A S T M A L L E A S T M A L L<br />
Health<br />
Sciences<br />
Parkade<br />
H O S P I T A L L A N E<br />
North<br />
Parkade<br />
W E S T 1 6 T H A V E N U E<br />
U D<br />
E<br />
N<br />
T<br />
U<br />
N I O N B O U L E V A R D<br />
U N I V E R S I T Y B O U L E V A R D<br />
A G R O N O M Y R O A D A G R O N O M Y R O A D A G R O N O M Y R O A D<br />
Legacy<br />
Morris and<br />
Helen Belkin<br />
Art Gallery<br />
Frederic<br />
Lasserre<br />
Old<br />
Admin<br />
Building<br />
Walter C.<br />
Koerner<br />
Library<br />
Math<br />
Annex<br />
Gardenia<br />
House<br />
David Lam<br />
Henry<br />
Angus<br />
Building<br />
Neville<br />
Scarfe<br />
Building<br />
Earth Sciences<br />
Building (ESB)<br />
I R D<br />
CA MP MARTHA U S<br />
PI PER<br />
PLAZA<br />
CO R E<br />
FAIRVIEW<br />
SQUARE<br />
The<br />
Barn<br />
Architecture<br />
Annex<br />
E R B<br />
STADI UM<br />
N D<br />
WYMAN<br />
PLAZA<br />
M A I N M A L L M A I N M A L L<br />
C I L<br />
E E N<br />
FLAG POLE<br />
PLAZA<br />
LIBRARY<br />
HAW<br />
Journey<br />
T HORN<br />
L A R K I N D R I V EPLAC E<br />
RHODODENDRON<br />
WOOD<br />
Anthropology<br />
and Sociology<br />
Building<br />
Peter Institute Wall<br />
Landscape<br />
Old Barn<br />
Community<br />
Centre<br />
Gas Gun<br />
Facility<br />
Rodney Graham Millennium<br />
Sculpture Pavilion<br />
FAIRVIEW<br />
GROVE<br />
JIM<br />
TAYLOR<br />
PARK<br />
LIBRARY<br />
GARDEN<br />
Beaty<br />
Biodiversity<br />
Museum<br />
Reflections<br />
Buchanan A<br />
Chemistry<br />
E<br />
Chemistry D<br />
Chemistry B<br />
The Fred<br />
Kaiser<br />
Building<br />
MacLeod<br />
ICICS<br />
A2<br />
E A G L E S D R I V E E A G L E S<br />
Buchanan<br />
B<br />
Ladner<br />
Clock Tower<br />
D R I V E<br />
C R E S C E N T<br />
C E C I L G R E E N P A<br />
Chan Centre<br />
for the<br />
Performing Arts<br />
R O A D<br />
V O L K O F F L A N E<br />
S O P R O N L A N E<br />
L O G A N L A N E<br />
R K R O A D<br />
B I O L O G I C A L S C I E N C E S R O A D<br />
Ecosystems<br />
Lab (AERL)<br />
A P P L I E D S C I E N C E L A N E<br />
Clement's<br />
Green<br />
dministration<br />
Mary<br />
Bollert<br />
Hall<br />
Chemistry<br />
C<br />
Aquatic<br />
Forest<br />
Sciences<br />
Centre<br />
Biological Sciences<br />
Nine On<br />
The Park<br />
A3<br />
Buchanan C<br />
T H U N D E R B I R D<br />
R E S I D E N C E<br />
M A<br />
L L<br />
E A S T<br />
I O N A D R<br />
W A L T E R G A G E R O A D<br />
T H U N D E R B I R D B O U L E V A R D T H U N D E R B I R D B O U L E V A R D<br />
EAGLES<br />
PARK<br />
ons<br />
Chemistry<br />
A<br />
CEME<br />
Labs<br />
Civil and Mechanical<br />
Engineering<br />
S T A D I U M<br />
GREEN<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Hugh<br />
Dempster<br />
Pavilion<br />
FPInnovations -<br />
Wood Products<br />
Hennings<br />
Building<br />
Beaty<br />
Biodiversity<br />
Centre<br />
Tamarack<br />
House<br />
WHIT<br />
MATTHEWS<br />
FIELD<br />
Buchanan<br />
D<br />
Hebb<br />
Building<br />
Brimacombe<br />
A4<br />
Buchanan<br />
Tower<br />
Irving K. Barber<br />
Learning Centre<br />
<strong>UBC</strong><br />
Bookstore<br />
CEME<br />
Structures Lab<br />
A1<br />
LOGAN LANE<br />
TOWNHOUSES<br />
Buchanan E<br />
Abdul<br />
Ladha<br />
Michael Smith<br />
Laboratories<br />
Food, Nutrition,<br />
and Health<br />
High Head<br />
Lab<br />
Earthquake<br />
Engineering<br />
Engineering<br />
Design Centre<br />
Pulp and<br />
Paper<br />
Centre<br />
FPInnovations<br />
Chemical & Biological<br />
Engineering<br />
Gerald<br />
McGavin<br />
Building<br />
TEF3<br />
Allard<br />
Hall<br />
Brock<br />
Hall<br />
Annex<br />
Brock<br />
Hall<br />
East<br />
Brock<br />
Hall West<br />
School of<br />
Population &<br />
Public Health<br />
<strong>UBC</strong><br />
Tennis<br />
Centre<br />
Rugby<br />
Pavilion<br />
WOLFSON<br />
WEST<br />
FIELD<br />
HARRY<br />
WARREN<br />
FIELD<br />
LOGGER<br />
SPORTS<br />
BROCK<br />
Alumni<br />
Centre<br />
Wesbrook<br />
Building<br />
Donald Rix<br />
Hillel House<br />
NEST<br />
Union<br />
New <strong>Student</strong><br />
(SUB)<br />
Building<br />
George<br />
Cunningham<br />
BASEBALL<br />
FIELD<br />
COAST<br />
Stirling<br />
House<br />
Lounge<br />
ST.<br />
ANDREW'S<br />
HALL<br />
AXIS<br />
Lennox<br />
House<br />
<strong>Student</strong><br />
Union<br />
Building<br />
(SUB)<br />
Osborne<br />
Centre - Unit 2<br />
Biomedical<br />
Research PATIENT<br />
Centre PARK<br />
<strong>UBC</strong><br />
Aquatic<br />
Centre<br />
Medical<br />
Sciences Woodward<br />
Block C Library<br />
Osborne<br />
Centre - Unit 1<br />
<strong>UBC</strong><br />
Tennis<br />
Centre<br />
WOLFSON<br />
EAST<br />
FIELD<br />
HAROLD<br />
WRIGHT<br />
FIELD<br />
Ross House<br />
Walker House<br />
S T . A N D R E W S W A L K<br />
P.A. Woodward<br />
Instructional<br />
Resources Centre<br />
<strong>UBC</strong> Hospital<br />
- Purdy<br />
Pavilion<br />
Life<br />
Sciences<br />
Centre<br />
T HUNDERBIRD<br />
PA R K<br />
U Hill<br />
Secondary<br />
School<br />
Chapel<br />
R L A<br />
Iona<br />
East<br />
Tower<br />
Building<br />
GAG E<br />
CHANCELLO Chancellor<br />
Westpoint R North Gage<br />
House<br />
Tower Residence/Commonsblock<br />
South<br />
Tower<br />
P LACE<br />
Argyll<br />
House West<br />
Somerville<br />
House<br />
New<br />
Aquatic<br />
Centre<br />
D.H. Copp<br />
Building<br />
E B B E<br />
W<br />
I O N A D R I V E<br />
HEALT H<br />
SCIENCES<br />
John Owen Pavilion<br />
and Allan McGavin<br />
Sports Medicine Centre<br />
Wesbrook<br />
Community<br />
Centre<br />
<strong>UBC</strong> Hospital - Koerner<br />
Pavilion/Urgent Care<br />
Thunderbird<br />
Parkade<br />
ARTHUR<br />
LORD<br />
FIELD<br />
<strong>Student</strong><br />
Recreation<br />
Centre(SRC)<br />
War<br />
Memorial<br />
Gymnasium<br />
Site B<br />
VARSITY FIELD<br />
Doug<br />
Mitchell<br />
Centre<br />
<strong>UBC</strong><br />
Thunderbird<br />
Arena<br />
T H E O L O G Y M A L L<br />
David<br />
Strangway<br />
Building<br />
W A L T E R G A G E R O A D<br />
Friedman<br />
Building<br />
<strong>UBC</strong> Hospital<br />
- Detwiller<br />
Pavilion<br />
Faculty of<br />
Pharmaceutical<br />
Sciences Building<br />
Gerald<br />
McGavin <strong>UBC</strong><br />
Rugby Centre<br />
FRANK<br />
BUCK<br />
FIELD<br />
CHRIS<br />
SPENCER<br />
FIELD<br />
RASHPAL<br />
DHILLON TRACK<br />
& FIELD OVAL<br />
J. B. Macdonald<br />
Building<br />
Chancellor<br />
Hall<br />
Djavad Mowafaghian<br />
Centre for<br />
Brain Health<br />
Granite<br />
Terrace<br />
Granite Terrace III<br />
Apartments/Save<br />
On Foods<br />
Corus<br />
Gage Court/<br />
West Coast<br />
Suites<br />
B E R T O N A V E N U E<br />
S H R U M L A N E<br />
W E S B R O O K M A L L<br />
W E S B R O O K M A L L W E S B R O O K M A L L<br />
W<br />
C H A N C E L L O R M E W S<br />
Argyll<br />
House East<br />
Gage<br />
Apartments<br />
FOLIO<br />
I O N A D R I V E<br />
W E S B R O O K M A L L W E S B R O O K M A L L W E S B R O O K M A L L W E S B R O O K M A L L W E S B R O O K M A L L<br />
Bank/Offices<br />
The<br />
Mews<br />
Carey<br />
Centre<br />
W E S B R O O K M A L L<br />
Sitka<br />
TRIUMF<br />
House<br />
Fraser<br />
Hall<br />
Panhellenic<br />
Sorority House<br />
C H A N C E L L O R B O U L E V A R D<br />
St. Mark's<br />
Chapel<br />
St. Mark's<br />
College<br />
Esse<br />
GREENWOOD<br />
COMMONS<br />
Police/Fire<br />
Hall<br />
TAPESTRY<br />
U N I V E R S I T Y B O U L E V A R D<br />
W E S T E R N P A R K W A Y W E S T E R N P A R K W A Y<br />
W E S B R O O K M A L L<br />
A G R O N O M Y R O A D<br />
T H U N D E R B I R D B O U L E V A R D<br />
FRATERNITY<br />
VILLAGE<br />
St. James<br />
House<br />
Carey<br />
College<br />
Vista<br />
Point<br />
H A M P T O N P L A C E<br />
THAMES<br />
COURT<br />
Spirit Park<br />
Apartments<br />
Berwick<br />
Memorial Centre<br />
Point Grey<br />
Apartments<br />
S O Y O O S C R E S C E N T<br />
O S O Y O O S<br />
W E S T 1 6 T H A V E N U<br />
C R<br />
E S<br />
D A L H O U S I E R O A D<br />
U N I V E R S I T Y<br />
B O U L E V A R D<br />
E W E S T 1 6 T H A V E N U E<br />
B E R T O N A V E N U E B E R T O N<br />
The Wesbrook<br />
Highrise The Wesbrook<br />
Townhomes<br />
L A N E<br />
P E A R K E S L A N E<br />
A C A D I A P A R K L A N E<br />
C H A N C E L O R B O U<br />
K I N G ' S R O<br />
T O R O N T O R O A D T O R O N T O R O A D<br />
F A I R V I E W A V E N<br />
Sage PAT<br />
Townhomes<br />
U N I V E R S I T Y<br />
V I L L AG E<br />
Sage<br />
U E<br />
The<br />
Chatham<br />
FAIRVIEW<br />
CRESCENT<br />
RESIDENCE<br />
WEST<br />
HAMPSTEAD<br />
KEREMEOS<br />
COURT<br />
OYAMA<br />
COURT<br />
SALMO<br />
COURT<br />
HAMPTON<br />
The<br />
Bristol<br />
P LACE<br />
Academy<br />
Highrise<br />
Academy<br />
Townhomes<br />
KHORANA<br />
PARK<br />
C R E S<br />
A V E N U E<br />
A D<br />
P R E S I D E N T S R O W<br />
H A M P T O N P L A C E<br />
B I N N I N G R O<br />
L E V A R D<br />
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Acadia Park<br />
Highrise<br />
ACA DIA<br />
Acadia Fairview<br />
Commonsblock<br />
PARK<br />
SANDRINGHAM<br />
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getting around<br />
Biking<br />
So you’re exhausted after your chemistry lecture and have only ten minutes to race across campus for biology class<br />
- @#$%! Fear not, do as the locals do and invest in a low cost bike that you can use to ride around campus. Look on<br />
Craigslist (vancouver.craigslist.ca) for inexpensive bikes - make sure that you bargain with the seller either before or<br />
during your meet-up, it is expected on this website!<br />
Please keep in mind that every year, Campus Security receives reports of 300-350 stolen bikes, and recovery rates are<br />
really low (speaking of experience, here). Bikes of all cost are stolen ($100-$3000) on a daily basis. If you have a nice<br />
bike, we advise that you either buy a good lock at the Bike Kitchen (thebikekitchen.com) or lock it up in a community or<br />
solo cage provided by <strong>UBC</strong>. “Shared Bike Cages” planning.ubc.ca<br />
Cycling is the fastest growing mode of transportation in Vancouver. From 2008 to 2011 alone, trips by bike increased<br />
by a full 40%. Backed by the active and environmental youth of Vancouver, our current mayor has focused on increasing<br />
the number of bike lanes (to the dismay of much of the older generation) - please make use of them! Biking in<br />
and around Vancouver is easy and an awesome way to see the beauty of our city. We suggest you use Google Maps<br />
(enable the “biking” tab) to plan your route.<br />
TIP: You are by law required to wear a bike helmet in British Columbia. Police may fine you $29 for non-compliance, so<br />
avoid the fine and get a helmet as soon as you get your bike!<br />
Buses, u-Pass<br />
Great news – you will most likely have access to the “u-Pass” program, which means that you have unlimited access<br />
to all public transportation in the Lower Mainland (that’s what we call the Greater Vancouver area). To use buses and<br />
trains, you need a “Compass” card that you can buy from the cashiers at the <strong>UBC</strong> Bookstore. Every month, you can<br />
renew your Compass card online by logging in at upassbc.translink.ca and you’re good to go!<br />
Important bus routes:<br />
99 Express - North America’s busiest bus route, soon to be replaced by a subway, leads from <strong>UBC</strong> all the way along<br />
Broadway to Commercial Drive. It connects you to the Canada Line train at Cambie street, a fast way to get to the airport<br />
and also downtown if you take the train to Waterfront.<br />
44 Express - Direct bus to downtown (fastest connection).<br />
4 and 14 - Slow buses to downtown, stop at every stop along the way.<br />
N17 Out late downtown? Avoid paying for a cab and catch this bus! Last one leaves around 3am.
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