UNBC is one of the institutions benefiting from increased scholarships funding for graduate students.
Ten post-secondary institutions are receiving a combined total of approximately $5 million for B.C. Graduate Scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year. This includes UNBC, which received $337,500.
The Province of B.C. is investing approximately $15 million in graduate scholarships over three years, adding $2,500 to each new graduate scholarship award.
"These scholarships will help more graduate students become our province's next generation of researchers, innovators and leaders, and the talent that employers and British Columbians rely on," said Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.
The province says that with global inflation driving up the cost of living, graduate students throughout the province will benefit from the increased scholarship investment, making post-secondary education more affordable while helping recruit and retain B.C.'s brightest minds.
The other nine institutions receiving unding are:
- British Columbia Institute of Technology: $55,000
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design: $60,000
- Royal Roads University: $157,500
- Simon Fraser University: $795,000
- Thompson Rivers University: $177,500
- University of British Columbia: $2,175,000
- University of the Fraser Valley: $130,000
- University of Victoria: $840,000
- Vancouver Island University: $175,000
Approximately 4,100 B.C. graduate students received federal/provincial student financial assistance through StudentAidBC in 2021-22, totalling $50 million.
This included more than $15 million in interest-free B.C. student loans and more than $680,000 in non-repayable B.C. provincial grants.
