Overview

Highly-qualified urban forestry professionals are becoming increasingly necessary in cities around the world due to the rapid pace and scale of urbanization, the need to adapt to multiple impacts of climate change in cities, and increasing demand from the public for the recreational, psychological, and health benefits that trees and greenspaces provide.

Features

Students will learn how trees and vegetation grow and are managed in urban settings, but the emphasis of the program will be on skills and knowledge related to leadership and governance; project management and business skills; the public policy and planning context of urban forestry; green infrastructure planning; communication and marketing; public involvement; and urban forest resource and benefit assessment.

The Urban Forestry Leadership program from University of British Columbia is targeted for professionals with urban forestry related work experience in the public, private or not-for-profit sector, but also recent graduates from the UBC Bachelor of Urban Forestry program or similar programs.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Developing Green and Resilient Cities – The Urban Forestry Approach

Leadership and Sustainability

Project Management

Entrepreneurship

Geomatics Principles and Applications

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 13 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-02-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vancouver, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

7

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must have an academic background in a relevant field such as urban forestry, forestry, landscape architecture, ecology, conservation, planning, geography, public health, or engineering.

The academic equivalent of a four-year bachelor’s degree with a minimum overall average in the B+ range in third- and fourth-year courses (at UBC, these are courses numbered 300-499).

English Language Proficiency. Applicants whose prior degree is from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide official results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your program application and the results must be sent to UBC directly from the testing agency.

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Tuition Fee

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International

40933 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 40933 CAD per year during 13 months.
National

21648 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 21648 CAD per year during 13 months.

$21,648.64 CDN for domestic students

$40,933.60 CDN for international students

Living costs for Vancouver

1590 - 2686 CAD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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