Student Rates and Eligibility: What To Expect For the Fall

Most UBC students will qualify for discounted rates to access recreation programs and facilities. Incoming and returning UBC students will have student eligibility for the Fall 2025 session starting August 18, 2025. Most student programs will open for registration afterwards as a result.

For programs that are currently accepting registration that have student rates, such as some adult swimming programs or some adult fitness programs, you can do one of the following:

  1. Register for your program and email info.recreation@ubc.ca for a refund/credit of the difference upon providing proof of enrolment for the Fall 2025 Term.
  2. Email info.recreation@ubc.ca with the program you are looking to register for and proof of enrolment for the Fall 2025 Term.

If you have any questions or need more information, please email info.recreation@ubc.ca.

Triathlon Duathlon Registration:

In order to be eligible for the UBC Student rate for the 2026 UBC Triathlon Duathlon (UBC TriDu), you must be enrolled as a full-time student (9 credits or more) in the Winter 2026 session. These eligibilities will not be confirmed until late November 2025. If you would like to register in UBC TriDu as a UBC Student, please do the following:

  1. Register at the available tiered public pricing for the category of your choice.
  2. Email ubc.triathlon@ubc.ca and notify them that you should qualify for student eligibility for the Winter 2026 session. Please provide the following information in your email:
    • Student Number
    • Phone Number
    • Race Category
    • Contact ID: Your Contact ID found by logging into portal.recreation.ubc.ca with your CWL it usually is CO-###### where # represent your unique ID.
      • Can be found when navigating to “My Info” and scroll to “General Information”

Should your eligibility be confirmed for Winter 2026, you can expect a refund of the difference from what you’ve paid and the student eligibility rate before the end of 2025.


Student Access and Rate Eligibility

To learn more about Student Access and Rate Eligibility, including how to set up your Campus-Wide Login (CWL) and verify your eligibility, see the page here.