Welcome back to a new school year!

Back to school for students faculty and staff
August 25, 2025

With a new academic year upon us, UBC offers helpful IT resources you may require for your studies at UBC: 

  • M365: Students are eligible for a Microsoft 365 subscription which includes the Microsoft Office Suite. 
  • Student email:  Students are eligible to sign up for a @student.ubc.ca email address. 
  • Workday Student: Access your student records, registration information, transcripts, and grades. 
  • Canvas: Canvas provides a secure, online classroom for each of your courses at UBC.  
  • Workday: Workday is UBC’s system for finance and HR processes - access your pay, book vacation, get tax information all in one place. 

  • UBC Survey Tool: Create surveys with this Canadian-hosted solution with enterprise features.  

  • Research Services: Discover services that support UBC researchers including high performance computing, research data management, and more. 

  • Working Remotely: Find out what you need to work from off-campus.  

  • MS Teams: Conduct virtual meetings, share work documents, and chat with your colleagues with MS Teams. 

Need Help? The IT service Centre can assist:

    • Service Status Page: Find live updates on the status of our services including outages and maintenance. 
    • UBC IT Help Desk: Contact us if you need help with any of our services.
       
    • UBC IT Chatbot: Find quick answers and support 24/7 through the IT chatbot, located at the bottom right of every UBC IT webpage.

Please remember to stay safe online! Use strong, unique passwords for each of your accounts, enable two-factor authentication, and stay vigilant against phishing scams. Find out what you can do to stay safe online at Privacy Matters@UBC.   

To learn more about the top IT services for students, visit it.ubc.ca/students. 

To learn more about the top IT services for faculty and staff, visit it.ubc.ca/facultyandstaff. 

Page last updated on September 16, 2025


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