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Research Statistics

UBC Applied Science research statistics mosaic

Undergraduate Enrolments

Undergraduate Headcount

Discipline20182019202020212022
Architecture + Landscape Architecture6262104136185
Engineering6,2306,7997,4507,6317,158
Nursing239232236248276
Total6,5317,0937,7908,0157,619

Note - The new Bachelor of Design program was launched in fall 2020. Enrolment in 2020 and 2021 reflect the concurrent BENDs and BDES enrolment numbers. At present, all programs, with the exception of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, are four-year programs. Enrolment for the architecture programs in 2017, 2018 and 2019 represents enrolment for a two-year program.

Baccalaureate Gender Proportion

DisciplineGender20182019202020212022
Architecture + Landscape ArchitectureMan36%37%26%28%28.6%
 Woman64%63%74%72%69.7%
 Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose    1.6%
Engineering (Vancouver campus)Man73%72%73%72%70%
 Woman27%28%29%28%29%
 Non-binary    0.1%
 Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose    0.6%
Engineering (Okanagan campus)Man83%83%84%84%82%
 Woman17%17%16%16%17%
 Non-binary    0.2%
 Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose    0.6%
NursingMan17%21%21%17%14%
 Woman83%79%78%82%85%
 Non-binary    0.4%
 Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose  0.4%0.4%0.4%

Certificate Gender Proportion

DisciplineGender20182019202020212022
Engineering (Vancouver campus)Man  64% 53%
 Woman  36% 47%

Undergraduate Enrolments in Engineering by Specialty

Vancouver campus20182019202020212022
Common 1st-year1,2751,4431,6891,6881,522
Biomedical61153268368417
Chemical / Chemical+Biological467453451464417
Civil533525529523502
Computer440436438455470
Electrical656668669653632
Engineering Physics270259286289271
Environmental (UNBC-UBC Joint)8272917344
Environmental- - 3785112
Geological157156141121107
Integrated211228241234230
Manufacturing- 2267104129
Materials227214189188167
Mechanical535522530528500
Mining1681321109873
Total5,0825,2835,7365,8715,593
Okanagan campus20182019202020212022
Common 1st-year413392498477443
Civil281324342348275
Electrical26324347339284
Manufacturing-12213940
Mechanical428466506557523
Total1,1481,5181,7141,7601,565

Graduate Enrolments

Master-level Enrolments

Discipline20182019202020212022
Architecture + Landscape Architecture260280265296286
Community + Regional Planning86898486111
Engineering (Vancouver campus)8679399851,0851,112
Engineering (Okanagan campus)165177189234298
Nursing173198209246259
Total1,5511,6831,7321,9472,066

Master-level Gender Proportion

DisciplineGender20182019202020212022
Community + Regional PlanningMan36%35%29%37%36%
 Woman64%65%71%63%64%
Engineering (Vancouver campus)Man57%58%57%55%57%
 Woman43%42%43%45%43%
 Unknown or Chose Not to Disclose0.1%0.1%   
Engineering (Okanagan campus)Man75%79%71%73%76%
 Woman25%21%29%27%24%
NursingMan15%17%11%10%13%
 Woman85%83%89%90%87%

PhD-level Enrolments

Discipline20182019202020212022
Community + Regional Planning2221191818
Engineering (Vancouver campus)505513534583568
Engineering (Okanagan campus)138163184188186
Nursing3035384043
Total695732775829815

PhD-level Gender Proportion

DisciplineGender20182019202020212022
Community + Regional PlanningMan29%33%35%27%24%
 Woman71%67%65%73%76%
Engineering (Vancouver campus)Man74%74%72%71%70%
 Woman26%26%28%29%30%
Engineering (Okanagan campus)Man79%77%76%70%69%
 Woman21%23%24%30%31%
NursingMan22%22%17%28%28%
 Woman78%78%83%72%72%

Degrees Awarded

Undergraduate Degrees Awarded

DisciplineDegree20182019202020212022
Architecture + Landscape ArchitectureBEND*253126276
Engineering (Vancouver campus)BASc863919935903853
Engineering (Okanagan campus)BASc215220249302312
NursingBSN117117111112113
Total Undergraduate Degrees 1,2201,2871,3211,3441,284

Source: PAIR Data, live data current as of May 2022.

*BEND concludes; BDES launched, there are no BDES graduates at the time of the report.

Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Specialization in Engineering

Vancouver campus20182019202020212022
Biomedical -  -  - 947
Chemical / Chemical+Biological9710611810399
Civil127145138137123
Computer104931119297
Electrical140135137137130
Engineering Physics6070345373
Environmental (UNBC-UBC Joint)2832351931
Environmental -  -  -  -  - 
Geological2735443724
Integrated4238415242
Manufacturing -  -  -  - 4
Materials3758654837
Mechanical123127129125124
Mining3651393922
Total821890891851853
Okanagan campus20182019202020212022
Civil76657585104
Electrical4249648776
Manufacturing----6
Mechanical97106110130126
Total215220249302312

Graduate Degrees Awarded

DisciplineDegree20172018201920202021
Architecture + Landscape ArchitectureMArch4359525057
 MLA2125152522
 MUD14121715-
 MASA-3-26
Community + Regional PlanningMCRP2831414141
 MAP/MScP201-31
 PhD--424
Engineering (Vancouver campus)MASc13112399127112
 MSc-11-2
 MEng130173172168202
 MEL3547424752
 PhD9091679557
Engineering (Okanagan campus)MASc2131433654
 MEng1220212924
 PhD1911122135
NursingMSN2736282617
 MN-NP1416143030
 MHLP1510142023
 PhD37245
Total 623697644741744

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