Ways to Engage with Students and the Department
The Computer Science Departments has 3000+ undergraduate and 200+ graduate students. Many of them have interdisciplinary training in Statistics, Mathematics, Biology, Microbiology, Environmental Sciences etc. As one of the top 3 Computer Science departments across Canada, you will find strong young minds to build up your next generation of workforce.
Why Engage with UBC?
UBC has long partnered with industry for both research and student engagement. It is also a great way for our alumni to stay in touch to their Alma mater. When corporations engage with UBC, you:
- Connect with undergraduate and graduate students to build your talent pipeline
- Increase diversity in the workplace
- Learn about ongoing and emerging faculty research projects
- Provide volunteer and mentorship opportunities for your employees
- Raise your organization's profile and build brand awareness
Student Clubs and Affinity Groups
Partner with our student clubs to hold events, workshops and meetups. Our student clubs have a strong voice for under-represented, female-identifying and LGBTQ+ students in Computer Science. You will have close interaction with the student leaders and organizers when you work with them directly. Examples of partnership are:
- Hold resume writing or interview practice workshops
- Arrange an open house visit to your office
- Have fun in a social event, e.g. board games night
- Organize networking events, e.g. coffee chats
- Send judges and advisors to hackathons
- Be a speaker on special interest topics with our student groups, e.g. women in tech, dealing with imposter syndrome
Email mng@cs.ubc.ca to connect with our student clubs.
Departmental Events
The Computer Science Department's Student Development staff can work with you to organize events at a larger scale, and can help arrange events involving other UBC faculties or departments. Examples of partnership are:
- Be the panelists for our Industry Panel
- Share your experience as guest speakers in classes (e.g. CPSC 319 Software Engineering Project, CPSC 416I Industry Skills)
- Being a featured company at the Imagine Day (first day of school) Open House, introducing your company to hundreds of CS students starting the new year
- Connect with our alumni through our Alumni Lecture Series as speakers and as meeting place hosts
- Be the hosts for our Tech Crawl series, where we organize office tours and interaction opportunities for 1st year female-identifying students to learn more about Computer Science and ultimately help them decide whether to major in Computer Science
- Encourage your staff to join our career development workshops as industry representatives on speed networking, resume critique, interview practice
- Champion Computer Science as a career choice for high school girls through the GIRLmarts4tech series
Email mng@cs.ubc.ca to discuss these partnership opportunities.
Alumni Events
The Alumni/Industry Lecture Series is a great way to stay connected to and network with different generations of our alumni. We are always on the lookout for speakers as well as meeting place at corporate offices. If you have a passion for public speaking on a Computer Science related topic, or can be the host of our meeting place for these lectures, please mng@cs.ubc.ca
Be a Corporate Sponsor
Companies can work with the Computer Science Department to set up and name a scholarship to promote their brand and cause. Our current list of scholarships can be found here. Email mng@cs.ubc.ca to discuss how to set up a scholarship.
The Tri-Mentoring Program, a departmental student development activity that connects an industry mentor and a senior and a junior student mentees to form a year-long mentorship group, accepts corporate sponsorship every year. Partner with this award-winning program to show your company's support to mentorship and to building up the next generation of industry leaders. Corporate sponsors of the Tri-Mentoring program will be recognized in our program events. This becomes an excellent way to connect with our alumni and other industry professionals who act as our mentors. Email trimentoring@cs.ubc.ca to discuss potential collaboration.
Become a key sponsor of the UBC International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) programming team and the Maple Bacon Capture the Flag (CTF) cybersecurity team. The UBC ICPC team has a startling track record in their performance in the regional, North American and World Final competitions. The Maple Bacon team also shines brightly at the annual DEF CON cybersecurity competitions. These teams require financial support to travel nationally and internationally to complete. You will get to meet the programming team participants who frequently come home decorated with multiple programming awards. Email mng@cs.ubc.ca to discuss how to support these programming teams.