Booking guidelines for General Teaching Space
UBC Vancouver room booking guidelines (PDF)
Booking release dates
In order to allow time to book credit courses and/or exams in general teaching space, all other booking requests can only be made on and after the release date for the corresponding room booking period. Requests received within the one-week collection period will be booked in accordance with their respective priority. Booking requests received after the one-week periods will be processed on a first come, first served basis.
| Winter 2025/26 | Booking Period | Release Date - starts at 10:00 am |
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| Term 1 - Winter Session 2025/26 | September 1 - December 8, 2025 | July 23, 2025** |
| December 2025 Exams | December 9 - 20, 2025 | November 12, 2025 |
| Winter Break Period 2025/26 | December 21 - 24, 2025 | September 24, 2025** |
| Term 2 - Winter Session 2025/26 | January 2 - April 13, 2026 | September 24, 2025** |
| April 2026 Exams | April 14 - 25, 2026 | March 18, 2026 |
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| Summer 2026 | Booking Period | Release Date - starts at 10:00 am |
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| Term 1 - Summer Session 2026 | April 26 - June 21, 2026 | January 21, 2026** |
| June 2026 Exams | June 22 - June 26, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Term 2 - Summer Session 2026 | June 27 - August 16, 2026 | January 21, 2026** |
| August 2026 Exams | August 17 - 21, 2026 | July 29, 2026 |
| End of Summer 2026 | August 22 – September 6, 2026 | January 21, 2026** |
All bookings must adhere to Policy 9 – Booking and Rental of UBC Space.
**Collection week – booking requests for winter and/or summer sessions will be collected for a one-week period (i.e. Wednesday to Tuesday) for each respective session. For example, if January 25 is the release date, then January 25 - 31 is the collection week. Anything submitted on February 1 onwards will be processed on a first come first serve basis.
Booking priorities for General Teaching Space
General teaching space is a finite university resource that serves to facilitate teaching and learning. With the significant demand for these spaces, Scheduling Services prioritizes requests for general teaching space during Collection Weeks. See the full booking priority order in the UBC Vancouver booking guidelines (pdf).
Making a room booking request
Booking procedures vary by affiliation with UBC. Find your next steps:
UBC staff and faculty
UBC students
Non-UBC individuals and groups
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