Investing in your education is a significant step toward advancing your career, and understanding the financial commitment is essential.
At UBC, we offer a transparent overview of tuition fees and student fees for the Master of Engineering Leadership and Master of Health Leadership and Policy programs.
Tuition fees for full-time students
The 12-month full-year program tuition fees for 2025 are:
- C$32,267.40 for the 12-month full-time program or C$10,755.80 per installment for Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada
- C$64,830.72 for the 12-month full-time program or C$21,610.24 per installment for international students
Tuition fees are payable in three installments in the first week of January, May and September.
If you are granted an offer of admission, you must pay a non-refundable C$5,000 deposit within one month from the offer date to secure your place in the program. This will be applied towards your first tuition installment in January.
Tuition fees are reviewed annually by the UBC Board of Governors. In recent years, tuition increases have been 2% for continuing domestic students and between 2% and 5% for continuing international students.
Tuition fees for part-time students
Part-time study options are available in the Master of Engineering Leadership in Urban Systems and Master of Health Leadership & Policy in Clinical Education only. The 24-month part-time program tuition fees for students starting in the 2025 cohort are:
- C$32,267.40 for the 24 month part-time program or C$5,377.90 per installment for Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada
- C$64,830.72 for the 24 month part-time program or C$10,805.12 per installment for international students
Tuition fees are payable in six installments in the first week of January, May and September of each year.
If you are granted an offer of admission, you must pay a non-refundable C$5,000 deposit within one month from the offer date to secure your place in the program. This will be applied towards your first tuition installment in January. Additional continuation fees may apply.
Tuition fees are reviewed annually by the UBC Board of Governors. In recent years, tuition increases have been 2% for continuing domestic students and between 2% and 5% for continuing international students.
Student fees
In addition to tuition fees, you will need to pay student fees. In 2025, the student fees were:
- C$632.69 per year for full-time students or C$507.77 per year for part-time students for UBC graduate student fees. Student fees are charged in three instalments payable in January, May and September along with your tuition.
- Approximately C$612.35 for the Extended Health and Dental Plan, which provides coverage from January 2024 to August 2025. Opt-out provisions are available for students with equivalent extended insurance.
- C$541.20 per year or C$180.40 per term the U-Pass (universal transit pass) which gives you unlimited access to the bus, Skytrain and SeaBus.
- All new international students must also pay a one-time C$237.00 iMed fee, which provides basic health insurance for the three-month waiting period until you become eligible for BC MSP. This is paid in full in January.