UBC’s College for Interdisciplinary Studies has recently undergone some changes in mandate and structure. Its research units and their associated graduate programs have transferred to the faculties, while the following independent graduate programs administered by the College remain in CFIS at this time:
- Bioinformatics
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Genome Sciences and Technology
- Interdisciplinary Oncology
- Neuroscience
- Sustainable Building Science
The following units are currently being transferred from the College to their new homes in UBC faculties:
Liu Institute of Global Issues
Institute of Asian Research
Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (newly created)
Fisheries Centre
Human Early Learning Partnership
Institute for European Studies
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre
School of Community and Regional Planning
School of Environmental Health
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
We look forward to the new integrated and coordinated campus-wide support for interdisciplinarity at UBC.”
