STUDIES ABROAD

The professional MArch program has a long history of creating opportunities for its students to gain experience in different cultural settings, beginning with a studies abroad program that took approximately forty students to Venice for four months in 1968. Since then, the school has supported studies abroad programmes to a diversity of locations that include Cairo, Athens, Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples-Sicily, Ireland, France, Berlin-Dresden-Prague, Poland, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.

Studies Abroad Programmes come in the following forms:

-4-6 week study program:  A 3-6 credit course offered most summers by architecture faculty to explore a specific aspect of architectural issues and approaches in a different region or country. [see the current Brazil Studies Abroad Course and http://www.ubcsalabrazil2010.com/ as well as the recent China Studies Abroad Course and http://china.fujitawork.com/2007]

-4-month study program:  Offered alternate years with approximately 14-18 students undertaking a 15-18 credit design and course work program in an overseas setting. [see the current Tokyo Studies Abroad Course and www.tokyofromvancouver.com]