## [Transfers](/admissions/undergraduate/transfers) Image ![Students handing out EUS merch](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2021-07/Transfers-Page_MartinDee.jpg.webp?itok=BiChj99N) ## Build Your Future with Us You’ve dreamed of being an engineer. With the Engineering Transfer Program or Common First Year Engineering Curriculum, engineering can be part of your future. You’ll start by studying UBC’s first-year foundational engineering curriculum at one of our [partner universities and colleges](/admissions/undergraduate/transfers/engineering-transfer-program "Engineering Transfer Program"). If you complete the full program and meet the requirements, you can be admitted directly into second-year engineering at UBC. --- ### A Proven Pathway for Success Want to study closer to home for first year? Or don’t quite have the GPA to get into first-year engineering at UBC? The Engineering Transfer Program or Common First Year Engineering Curriculum could be the option you’re looking for. Enrol in one of our partner universities and colleges in BC and take the foundational first-year UBC engineering curriculum. If you complete the Engineering Transfer Program within one academic year (September through April) and attain a GPA of 3.1 or higher, you can be admitted directly into second-year engineering at the Vancouver campus, or attain a GPA of 2.8 or higher to be admitted to the Okanagan campus. [UBC Vancouver Engineering Transfer Program](/admissions/undergraduate/transfers/engineering-transfer-program "Engineering Transfer Program") [UBC Okanagan Engineering Transfer Program](https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/programs-admissions/transfer-student/) --- ### Prepare to Succeed As an Engineering Transfer Program student, you’ll study the same foundational curriculum as first-year UBC Engineering students. You’ll gain the knowledge you need to confidently transfer into second year at UBC where you will join a community of curious innovators like yourself who want to use their skills to solve problems and make a difference in the world. [Transfer Q&As](/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/transfers/transfer-questions "Transfer Q&A") --- ### Find Your Community at UBC When you transfer to UBC, in the spring before you begin, you’ll select one of 14 engineering programs as your area of focus. At the Vancouver campus, this is competitive through the [2nd Year Placement Process](https://academicservices.engineering.ubc.ca/degree-planning/2nd-year-placement/), while the Okanagan campus does not have caps on the [five programs available](https://soeadvising.ok.ubc.ca/course-planning/year-2-placement/). As you join the other second-year students, you’ll find many opportunities to make friends and build connections. Getting involved in clubs, campus events and other opportunities on campus make studying at UBC an incredible and memorable experience. #### Find out more about: [Image ![Student in lab using a micropipette](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2022-12/14-engineering-program-DSC_3328.jpg.webp?itok=T1OdJwHm) ](/programs/undergraduate "Undergraduate Programs") ### [UBC’s 14 Engineering Programs](/programs/undergraduate "Undergraduate Programs") [Image ![EUS exec sitting on top of the Cairn on a sunny day](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2022-12/Clubs-Teams.jpg.webp?itok=wj2wVXFu) ](/student-experience/clubs-and-teams "Clubs and Teams") ### [Clubs and Teams](/student-experience/clubs-and-teams "Clubs and Teams") [Image ![UBC Engineering students taking a selfie on Imagine Day](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2022-12/student-experience-750x300.jpg.webp?itok=95nmXb7l) ](/student-experience "Student Experience") ### [Student Experience](/student-experience "Student Experience") [Image ![Student at a co-op job looking at floor plans with coworkers](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2022-12/Work-Experience-photoby-ClareKiernan-700x350.jpg.webp?itok=1oflryU6) ](/student-experience/work-experience "Work Experience") ### [Work Experience](/student-experience/work-experience "Work Experience") [Image ![Student walking in a forest with snow on the ground](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2022-12/International-experience-AnneNguyen-700x350.jpg.webp?itok=UXOH93wz) ](/student-experience/international-experience "International Experience") ### [Study Internationally](/student-experience/international-experience "International Experience") [Image ![Female student preparing her team project at Design and Innovation Day](/sites/default/files/styles/original_image/public/2022-12/women-in-engineering-750x350.jpg.webp?itok=KXL5QFfY) ](/women-in-engineering "Women in Engineering") ### [Women in Engineering](/women-in-engineering "Women in Engineering") ### Other Ways to Make UBC Engineering Happen for You Did you start out in a different program and now realize that engineering is your passion? Doing your first year somewhere else and keen on transferring to UBC Engineering? If you’re not doing the Engineering Transfer Program or Common First Year Engineering Curriculum, the competitive post-secondary transfer is another option that can help you make a successful transition. [Post-secondary transfer](/admissions/undergraduate/transfers/post-secondary-transfer "Post-secondary transfer")