In October 2012 the Senate approved some changes to the Graduate Student Leave of Absence policy.
FoGS website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/policies-procedures/leave-status
Calendar: http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,204,341,191
Senate policy: http://senate.ubc.ca/vancouver/policy-abstracts
Form: Request for Leave of Absence https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/resources-links/forms
Of particular interest:
“The total duration of all leaves of absence granted in a graduate program is normally limited to 24 months for a doctoral student and to 12 months for a master’s student, except Leave to Pursue a Second Program of Study.”
Requests for additional leave will be an exception to policy and will need approval of the Dean of Grad Studies or designate, and programs will need to explain the reasons for asking for an exception to policy.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Max Read
Associate Director | Student Academic Services | Faculty of Graduate Studies