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class="card-text card-align-center"> <h4>Innovative</h4> <div class="field field-name-field-pane-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>UBC is a catalyst for innovation with more than 2,500 collaborative research partnerships, 200+ spin-off companies, and 450+ licensing agreements for its technologies across the world.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <!-- 25/25/25/25% - 4 columns --> <div class="panel-panel line"> <div class="panel-panel unit span3"> <div class="inside"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-fpid-595 pane-bundle-card-vertical" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="card vertical white "> <article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-icon card-align-center"> <i class="fa icon-list-ol icon-mediumlarge"></i></div> </div> <div class="card-text card-align-center"> <h4>Degree Program Choice</h4> <div class="field field-name-field-pane-teaser field-type-text-long 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You can even design your own program.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-panel unit span3"> <div class="inside"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-fpid-596 pane-bundle-card-vertical" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="card vertical white "> <article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-icon card-align-center"> <i class="fa icon-ticket icon-mediumlarge"></i></div> </div> <div class="card-text card-align-center"> <h4>Supportive</h4> <div class="field field-name-field-pane-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>UBC focuses on your success and offers dozens of professional development events and career sessions over the course of your program.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-panel unit span3"> <div class="inside"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-fpid-601 pane-bundle-card-vertical" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="card vertical white "> <article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-icon card-align-center"> <i class="fa icon-camera icon-mediumlarge"></i></div> </div> <div class="card-text card-align-center"> <h4>Fantastic Location</h4> <div class="field field-name-field-pane-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>Vancouver has it all: sea, parks, mountains, beaches and four seasons per year, including beautiful summers and mild, wet winters with snow in the mountains.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-panel unit span3"> <div class="inside"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-fpid-597 pane-bundle-card-vertical" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="card vertical white "> <article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-icon card-align-center"> <i class="fa icon-code-fork icon-mediumlarge"></i></div> </div> <div class="card-text card-align-center"> <h4>Entrepreneurial</h4> <div class="field field-name-field-pane-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>Seed funding, tech accelerator, incubator, executives in residence - UBC provides support for all stages of venture creation, from ideation, through business model creation, to company building.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <!-- 100% - 1 column --> <div class="panel-panel line"> <div class="panel-panel unit span12"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-fpid-2 pane-bundle-fieldable-panels-pane" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-panel-pane-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>Every year, UBC attracts outstanding students from around the globe to our world-class academic environment. 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I completed my undergraduate degree here, and it was in a fourth-year pharmacology course that I was first introduced to electrophysiology by Dr. David Fedida. He taught us about the intricate processes...</p> <span class="ctalink">Read More</span> </div> </div> </article> </a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="span6 views-column-2 views-column-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content"><div class="card horizontal red clickable"> <a class="link-wrapper" href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/pousett-brittany"><article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-image"><figure> <figure><img src="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/card_horizontal/public/students/brittanyjordan087.jpg?itok=tojjxZwf&c=b19bcb34bb135378b55f16c8b3edf892" alt="" /></figure> </figure> </div></div> <div class="card-text card-align-left"> <div class="card-text-content"> <h4>Brittany Pousett</h4> <p>UBC is a fantastic institution with a diverse array of opportunities. Limb loss research is a unique field, and UBC has researchers with expertise in this area. In addition, I have lived in the Lower Mainland all of my life and wanted to pursue a graduate degree...</p> <span class="ctalink">Read More</span> </div> </div> </article> </a></div></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row row-fluid stack views-row-2"> <div class="span6 views-column-1 views-column-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content"><div class="card horizontal red clickable"> <a class="link-wrapper" href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/zubieta-annamaria"><article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-image"><figure> <figure><img src="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/card_horizontal/public/students/img_8014.jpg?itok=r8YmPz1k&c=f0e55d946c630e3fa814244832a36b87" alt="" /></figure> </figure> </div></div> <div class="card-text card-align-left"> <div class="card-text-content"> <h4>AnnaMaria Zubieta</h4> <p>Having grown up and completed my bachelor's in Eastern Canada, I was eager to experience a new city during my graduate degree. Aside from UBC being one of the top universities in the world with lots of industrial connections, I was also drawn to the incredible...</p> <span class="ctalink">Read More</span> </div> </div> </article> </a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="span6 views-column-2 views-column-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content"><div class="card horizontal red clickable"> <a class="link-wrapper" href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/johnston-stephen"><article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-image"><figure> <figure><img src="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/card_horizontal/public/students/img_8536_1_.jpg?itok=SKh3IsfU&c=4dd982e60fc9994bba484d2072f48e3b" alt="" /></figure> </figure> </div></div> <div class="card-text card-align-left"> <div class="card-text-content"> <h4>Stephen Johnston</h4> <p>My supervisor is a world-renowned salmon ecologist with a focus on fisheries conservation, which was the exact topic I was most interested in. UBC itself also has a well-established reputation for fisheries research and practical solutions to conservation issues. </p> <span class="ctalink">Read More</span> </div> </div> </article> </a></div></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row row-fluid stack views-row-3"> <div class="span6 views-column-1 views-column-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content"><div class="card horizontal red clickable"> <a class="link-wrapper" href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/simovic-milos"><article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-image"><figure> <figure><img src="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/card_horizontal/public/students/20240817_122446.jpg?itok=cPSEJ907&c=b6361e56e745150bbde44a933fd106f6" alt="" /></figure> </figure> </div></div> <div class="card-text card-align-left"> <div class="card-text-content"> <h4>Milos Simovic</h4> <p>It has been my dream to study at UBC since at least 2017. I remember discussing UBC with my MSc advisor at the time, and a few years later, this dream came true. The primary reason I wanted to study at UBC was to work with my now-graduate advisor, Dr. Sean...</p> <span class="ctalink">Read More</span> </div> </div> </article> </a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="span6 views-column-2 views-column-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-nid"> <span class="field-content"><div class="card horizontal red clickable"> <a class="link-wrapper" href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/zimmermann-valerie"><article> <div class="card-header"> <div class="card-image"><figure> <figure><img src="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/card_horizontal/public/students/sam_valerie_grad_session_102_of_159_.jpg?itok=ljzwECRA&c=e02725dd88c98d730e2d90794bd2d94e" alt="" /></figure> </figure> </div></div> <div class="card-text card-align-left"> <div class="card-text-content"> <h4>Valerie Zimmermann</h4> <p>I decided to study at the University of British Columbia because it is a premier research institute in Canada. 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