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43 Master's degrees offered by the university
Harpsichord
The Harpsichord program from University of British Columbia is offered to candidates who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment.
Orchestral Instrument
The Orchestral Instrument program from University of British Columbia is offered to candidates who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment.
Organ
The Organ program from University of British Columbia is offered to candidates who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment.
Opera
The Opera program at University of British Columbia is offered to candidates who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment.
Urban Systems
The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Urban Systems from University of British Columbia is a professional degree for system thinkers who want to address complex infrastructure challenges.
Community and Regional Planning
The Community and Regional Planning program at the University of British Columbia offers an innovative curriculum that draws upon the expertise of SCARP faculty as well as practicing planners.
Ethnomusicology
The Ethnomusicology program from University of British Columbia can accommodate interests in ethnomusicology’s wide range of geographic areas and intellectual issues. We strongly encourage performance, close interaction with related disciplines (anthropology, area studies, sociology, linguistics, etc.), as well as border crossing within music (composition, theory, and historical musicology).
Architecture
The Master of Architecture (MArch) graduate degree program at the University of British Columbia offers an accredited three-year curriculum. This professional course of study is highly demanding with a large proportion of the curriculum being required coursework.
Cinema and Media Studies
The two-year M.A. program offers students the opportunity to pursue Cinema and Media Studies at University of British Columbia through coursework and an M.A. thesis project. There are particular strengths in contemporary Anglophone cinema and television products and cultures within a global context.
Art History
The MA in Art History from University of British Columbia is designed to instruct students in methods to research and present scholarly materials, while providing grounding in a broadly based and methodologically diverse art history.
Architecture
The Master of Architecture is a professional graduate degree from University of British Columbia, leading to certification with the Canadian Architectural Certification Board. It is a highly demanding three-year program that includes design studios alongside courses in history and theory, technical and material systems, and design media.
Urban Forestry Leadership
The University of British Columbia’s Master of Urban Forestry Leadership (MUFL) is a unique, intensive 13-month course-based master’s programme for those ready to shape the cities of tomorrow. As the only programme of its kind, MUFL offers a truly interdisciplinary education—blending expertise from arboriculture, forestry, urban planning, landscape architecture, and urban forestry.
Theatre
The two-year M.A. Theatre program at University of British Columbia offers students the opportunity to pursue theatre studies through coursework and an M.A. thesis project. Students are expected to give primary attention to an area of expertise of their choice while training in the broader theoretical, critical, and historical contexts of the field.
Art History (Critical Curatorial Studies)
Art History (Critical Curatorial Studies) at University of British Columbia is an emerging field of scholarship and training that looks directly at the roles and responsibilities of curators and critics as mediators between objects, institutions, experiences, individuals and groups.
Film Production
Film Production is a major component of Vancouver’s economy, as well as in cities across the globe. The University of British Columbia has an over 45-year history of training some of Canada’s (and the world’s) brightest filmmakers and technicians.
Mechatronics Design
Mechatronics Design from University of British Columbia combines the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering in the study of integrated modelling, analysis, design and manufacture of electromechanical and mechatronic systems.
Fine Arts
Immerse in a dynamic, studio-based environment alongside accomplished artists and scholars guiding your focus in Creative Writing, Visual Arts or Interdisciplinary Studies on this Fine Arts program from University of British Columbia.
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
The Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering program from University of British Columbia is an interdisciplinary, industry-focused program that trains students in the design and construction of ships and other structures in the marine environment while contributing to engineering innovation through applied research that directly benefits industry partners and the broader sector.
Creative Writing and Theatre
At the University of British Columbia, we have Canada's oldest and most respected MFA Program in Creative Writing and Theatre. Offering an unprecedented 11 genres for potential study, students work in a learner-centered, workshop-driven program which offers an exciting breadth of choices, award-winning faculty and a setting in one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.
Film Production and Creative Writing
Film Production and Creative Writing is a major component of Vancouver’s economy, as well as in cities across the globe. The University of British Columbia has an over 40-year history of training some of Canada's (and the world's) brightest filmmakers and technicians.