As one of the top Sociology departments in the world, UBC Sociology offers graduate students the opportunity to specialize in one or more of our four different research areas, from environment and community, to health, sexuality and ethnicity.

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Welcome to our new graduate students for 2025W

 
UBC Sociology is excited to welcome our incoming 2024W graduate student cohort! We are excited for the new perspectives and research they bring to our community.

PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang receives FHSS Congress Student Merit Award

 
The award recognizes and celebrates graduate students who present their work at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

PhD candidate Rose Zhang receives Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award

 
Rose was awarded for her paper, “Racing Against a Hidden Clock: The Prospective Motherhood Penalty and Gendered Ageism in China’s Workplace.”
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Three aspects attracted me to the PhD program in the Department of Sociology at UBC—the quality of the faculty members, the caliber of current graduate students enrolled in both the MA and PhD programs, and the financial support offered to incoming graduate students. These aspects combined generated a stimulating and productive academic environment with which to carry out study and research.

Edward Haddon
PhD in Sociology

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