The application process
Review the application requirements and ensure you understand the components of the application.
1. Apply online
Instructions:
Complete the online UBC DAP application form and pay the non-refundable application fee of $115 CAD, Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
Check your application profile within five business days of submitting your application. Your application profile will include a list of all required documents to be submitted for review. Refer to Step 2: Submit Documentation for detailed instructions on how to submit documents.
Applicants are encouraged to regularly check the application status page online to ensure that the required documentation has been received.
2. Submit documentation
Transcripts
The following official documents are acceptable:
- Official electronic copies of academic documents sent directly from the issuing institution to dapadmissions@sauder.ubc.ca. Secure electronic delivery by the issuing institution, where the issuing institution sends a link to a secure site for document download to dapadmissions@sauder.ubc.ca is also accepted.
- Official academic documents in its original sealed and unopened envelope as issued by the university sent to our mailing address:
Diploma in Accounting Program
UBC Sauder School of Business
Henry Angus Building, Room 247
2053 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Please note that as DAP staff are working remotely during this time, access to mail is limited and there will be a delay in confirming receipt and reviewing documents that are submitted by mail.
If you are unable to submit official documents as above, please contact the DAP office at dapadmissions@sauder.ubc.ca.
UBC DAP alumni and current students are not required to submit UBC transcripts as part of the application process, as DAP Admissions can access official records through the UBC student database system.
Proof of Degree Completion
Official degree certificates are required from post-secondary institutions if the awarded degree and date of award are not listed on the official transcripts.
Applicants who are enrolled in the final term of an undergraduate degree at a Canadian or American university must arrange for an official letter of completion from a Faculty Advisor indicating the number of credits outstanding and the anticipated graduation date. The letter can be emailed to dapadmissions@sauder.ubc.ca.
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- Make photocopies of your original transcripts and degree certificates.
- Send photocopies to your home university.
- The home university is required to:
- Verify that the photocopies are consistent with their records.
- Attest to the validity of the photocopies and stamp them with an official university stamp.
- Put the attested, stamped photocopies in official university envelopes.
- Seal the envelopes; have them endorsed by the Registrar and mail directly to the UBC DAP office.
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- Arrange to have all transcripts and degree certificates issued in the original language.
- Obtain a certified literal English translation of your transcripts from your home university’s translation service.
- Arrange to have the home university mail the original language and English translation transcripts and degree certificates to the UBC DAP office in official university envelopes sealed and endorsed by the issuing institution.
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- Make photocopies of your original transcripts and degree certificates. Do not open a sealed, endorsed envelope containing transcripts and degree certificate you intend to submit for admission.
- Take the photocopies to a certified English translator and request a complete word-by-word, literal English translation. All academic records must be translated including any information that appears on the reverse side of a document.
- Instruct the translator to seal both the photocopy of the original language transcript and the English translation into an envelope, and endorse the envelope by signing across the seal.
- Send the sealed, endorsed envelopes from the translator to the UBC DAP Office.
- Send the original transcripts and degree certificate provided by your home university in the original language to UBC DAP Office.
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- Photocopies that have not been stamped, attested, and endorsed by the Registrar at your home university.
- Documents in envelopes that have been opened
- Documents that do not arrive in envelopes sealed endorsed by the issuing institution or certified translator
- Documents that arrive without the official seal of the issuing university
- Photocopies that are notarized by a notary public
- Photocopies that are endorsed by a lawyer, professor, judge etc.
- Unofficial translations
- Non-literal translations
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Documents submitted in support of applications become the property of UBC and are not returned to the applicant or students. Students who submit irreplaceable material may request these documents be returned; however these requests must be made at the time of submission, either a written request submitted with the original material or an email request to dapadmissions@sauder.ubc.ca before the documents are sent to the DAP office. For approved requests, the material will be returned as soon as possible, and not later than six months after the student’s graduation or last registration.
Applicants are discouraged from sending irreplaceable documents and are advised to follow the instructions for verified copies (refer to the instructions above).
English Language Proficiency
One of the following is required:
- An undergraduate or graduate degree from a recognized university in which English was the official language of instruction. UBC DAP Admissions may request official verification from the university to confirm the language of instruction.
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- An English language proficiency exam, either TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS Academic
- TOEFL: overall score of 90, reading and listening with 22 each, and writing and speaking with 21 each. (Use University Institution Code 0517)
- TOEFL Special Home Edition: This online option is available for students who are unable to take the TOEFL iBT test at a test center due to public health concerns. The test is available everywhere, except Mainland China and Iran. The score requirements are the same as the TOEFL iBT.
- IELTS: overall score of 6.5 with no part less than 6.0.
- IELTS Indicator: This option is available for students who are unable to challenge the IELTS Academic exam at a test center due to public health concerns. The test is accepted by many universities, including UBC. The score requirements are the same as the IELTS Academic.
- TOEFL: overall score of 90, reading and listening with 22 each, and writing and speaking with 21 each. (Use University Institution Code 0517)
Only tests written within 24 months prior to the submission of an application are accepted. An electronic copy of your official test results must be sent to dapadmissions@sauder.ubc.ca.
3. Await results
Applicants are encouraged to regularly check their application profile online to ensure that the required documentation has been received.
Applicants will be informed of the admission decision within 10 – 15 business days of receipt of all required documentation.
Scholarships, awards and financial assistance
Financial support for UBC DAP students is available in the form of scholarships, awards, bursaries, and loans.
Financial support for UBC DAP students is available in the form of scholarships, awards, bursaries, and loans.
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