The Faculty of Arts at UBC has offered German language and literary programming since the University’s inauguration, with a separate Department of German created in 1946 to reflect an expansion in course offerings. The name was changed to the Department of Germanic Studies in 1974 with the addition of Swedish-language courses, and further courses on Scandinavian and Northern European language, literature, and culture continued to expand its scope. In 1999, the department merged with the former Department of Slavonic Studies to become the Department of Germanic Studies and Russian and Slavonic Studies.

The Department of Geology and Mineralogy was one of the University of British Columbia's original departments. In 1922/23, the name was changed to Geology and Geography. The department was separated into two divisions in the Faculty of Arts and Science. In 1959, the Department of Geography was placed within the Faculty of Arts. And the Department of Geology in the Faculty of Science. The Department of Geography has been headed by Lewis Robinson (1959-1968), John C. Chapman (1968-1974), Robert Smith (1975-1982), Olav Slaymaker (1982-1991), T.R. Oke (1992-1996), Graeme Wynn (1996-2002), Michael Bovis (2002- 2005), Graeme Wynn (2005-2009), David Ley (2009-2012), Marwan Hassan (2012- ).

The Department of Forestry was established at the University of British Columbia within the Faculty of Applied Science in 1921. Herbert Read Christie became the first member and head of the Department from 1921-1933. F. Malcolm Knapp joined him in 1922. In 1935, the Department of Forestry changed emphasis from logging engineering to scientific engineering. In 1951, the Department of Forestry became the Faculty of Forestry.

The Department of Food Sciences was created as part of the Faculty of Agriculture in 1968. Michael Shaw served as acting head for the first year of operation until William Powtrie from the University of Wisconsin assumed that position.

Art history and visual art were first taught at the University of British Columbia in 1949 when noted Canadian painter B.C. Binning was appointed to the faculty of the newly formed School of Architecture. The then-named Department of Fine Arts was established in 1958 as an independent department within the Faculty of Arts. In 2001, the department changed its name to the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory.

The Department of Facilities Planning was created in 1979 in response to growing concerns over campus development. Since then, the board of Governors approved a new campus plan, and much-related planning and urban design studies have been prepared and implemented. The Department was responsible for maintaining the campus, planning activities, and the creation and development of major capital projects through facility planning studies, design development drawings, and functional programs. The Department merged with Physical Planning and Development in 1988.

The UBC Department of English was established in 1915 within the Faculty of Arts, one of the University's first academic departments. Over the years, various Department staff members have been prominent within the University community and nationally and internationally, including Earle Birney, Roy Daniells, Jane Rule, Garnett G. Sedgewick, Frederic Wood, and George Woodcock. Researchers can find a history of the Department and prominent staff members during the 20th century on the Department of English website. The UBC English Department is unique in Canada. It offers two tiers of English Literature, English Language, and Linguistics programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Courses include the following focuses: national, transnational, postcolonial, transpacific, Indigenous literature, language, linguistics, rhetoric, critical theory, and media studies in Medieval, Early Modern, Eighteenth Century, Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, Postmodern, and Contemporary contexts. In addition, English department faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students lead in several multidisciplinary research programs, including First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies, Studies in Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice, Law and Society, Media Studies, Canadian Studies, and Medieval Studies.

In 1956, Neville Scarfe became the founding Dean of Education at UBC.

The UBC Department of Economics, Sociology and Political Science was established in 1915 within the Faculty of Arts. However, there were no officers and staff in the department at that time. Instead, three courses in economics were offered by Samuel Mack Eastman, assistant professor of the Department of History. Theodore H. Boggs became the first professor of economics in 1917 and head of the department in 1920 when Henry F. Angus joined him. In 1931, Angus succeeded Boggs, and he served as a head until 1956.
Meanwhile, the department name was changed to the Department of Economics, Political Science, Commerce, and Sociology in 1934. Five years later, the Department of Commerce was created. The department was then renamed the Department of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. A program leading to a master's degree in economics was offered in 1926, and a doctoral program was instituted in 1962. The Department of Economics and Political Science was divided into separate units; the Department of Economics and the Department of Political Science in 1964. The Department of Economics belongs to the Faculty of Arts that administers all departments and programmes in the humanities, social sciences, and creative arts. The department is responsible for teaching, research, and service to the university, profession, and community economics. Other heads of the department have been John J. Deutsch (1956-1959), Joseph A. Crumb (1959-1960), John H. Young (1960-1966), Anthony D. Scott (1966-1969), A. Milton Moore (1969-1973), Ronald A. Shearer (1973-1977), John G. Cragg (1977-1986), Samuel P. S. Ho (1986-1990), John F. Helliwell (1990-1993), William C. Riddell (1993-1997), Ashok Kotwal (1997-2002), and Angela Redish (2002- ).

In 1918, Wilfrid Sadler became the first appointment to UBC's newly created Department of Dairying in the Faculty of Agriculture. Besides his teaching activities, he was involved in bacterial research and contributed to public health and technical journals relating to dairying science. In 1922, Sadler became head of the department and served in this capacity until he died in 1933.

The first Department of Creative Writing in Canada was established at the University of British Columbia in 1965. In 1966, Jake Zilber became the first head of the department.

The Department of Commerce was established in 1917. Earle MacPhee was appointed Head of UBC's School of Commerce in 1950. Later the UBC Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration was established in 1956. It wasn't until 2003 that it was renamed UBC Sauder School of Business.

In 1913 Harry T. Logan was appointed lecturer in Classics at McGill University College of BC (1906-1915). When UBC was established at Point Grey, the Board of Governors accepted the UBC President's recommendations on the disposition of McGill Staff. As a result, Hogan was appointed as Classics instructor at UBC in July 1915. Hogan was later joined by Otis J. Todd shortly after. Within ten years, UBC had three faculties and 24 departments; by 1925, L.F. Robertson was Head of the Department of Classics at UBC.

The Department of Civil Engineering was part of the Faculty of Applied Science at the founding of UBC in 1915. The curriculum included the same subjects at McGill BC, including maths and science. However, when tuition fees were introduced, fees for Applied Science were higher than for other courses. Two of the earliest instructors in the department included W.H. Powell and Ernest G. Matheson.

The history of the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia can be traced back to 1914 when President F.F. Wesbrook recruited Douglas McIntosh from McGill University to become the first professor of chemistry, one of the first appointees to the UBC faculty. Ebenezer H. Archibald became the second member of the department in 1915, and the following year, Robert H. Clark joined. McIntosh served as department head until 1920, when he left the University to accept a private position. Archibald assumed the position of department head until 1927. Then, he resigned because of illness and was succeeded by Robert Clark. The latter continued in this capacity for over twenty years before retiring in 1948. The late 1940s represented a trying period because resignation, retirement and death reduced the number of professors in the department to three. In 1949, Sperrin Chant (Dean of Arts and Science and head of the Dept. of Psychology) became acting head of the department until replaced later in the year by Gilbert Hooley. In 1964, the Department of Chemistry moved to the newly created Faculty of Science following the Faculty of Arts and Science split.

The Faculty of Arts at UBC has offered German language and literary programming since the University’s inauguration, with a separate Department of German created in 1946 to reflect an expansion in course offerings. The name was changed to the Department of Germanic Studies in 1974 with the addition of Swedish-language courses, and further courses on Scandinavian and Northern European language, literature, and culture continued to expand its scope. In 1999, the department merged with the former Department of Slavonic Studies to become the Department of Germanic Studies and Russian and Slavonic Studies. Following the addition of the undergraduate program in Modern European Studies, the department acquired its present name and focus.

The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES) offers cultural, literary, and media studies courses that span the areas of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe. It offers undergraduate majors and minors in Modern European Studies, German Studies, Nordic Studies, and Russian; as well as a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy.

The Department of Botany was established at UBC in the early 1920s. The Department of Biology split into the Departments of Botany and Zoology. In 1940, Botany was again reorganized into the Department of Biology and Botany and remained in this form until the mid-1960s, when it again became the Botany Department. For background information about this development, refer to Box 5-1. After the split, the biological functions of the Department were assumed by the Life Sciences Council, which was responsible for restructuring the relationships between the life sciences. In explaining this new arrangement, the UBC Calendar (1985/86) states: "Biology is not treated as a department but a field of study. Programmes are sponsored, and instruction is offered cooperatively by the Departments of Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, Oceanography, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Physiology and Zoology."

Ronald Dore was first appointed as Associate Professor of Asian Studies in 1956-57, and the same year twelve students enrolled in the Asian Studies courses. By 1959, other members of the Department included J. Ross Mackay, Wayne C. Suttles, Frederick H. Soward, and Ping-Ti Ho. The Department was officially established in 1961, and William L. Holland became the first Head of the Department. Ch'u T'ung-Tsu was appointed to teach Chinese history, and Liu Chun-Jo was appointed to Chinese Literature in 1962-63. In 1967-68 Leon Zolbrod was hired to teach Japanese literature. Edwin G. Pulleyblank became head of the Department in 1968; Peter Harnetty, 1975; Ashok Aklujkar, 1979; Daniel Overmeyer, 1986-87; Michael S. Duke, 1991; Ken Bryant, 1996; Joshua Mostow, 1999; Peter Nosco, 2003, Ross King, 2008 and Sharalyn Orbaugh appointed head in 2020.

Initially established as the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Applied Science in 1946, Frederic Lasserre reorganized the Department into the School of Architecture in 1950.

The School of Social Science was split in September 1956; Dean Henry Angus retired as Head the same year. A new criminology department was added to the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, forming the School of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminology. Harry Hawthorne, the Head of the Department of Anthropology, became Head of the new School. The second half of the spilt of the School of Social Science saw the formation of the School of Economics and Political Science. By 1958 the School of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminology was referred to as a Department.

The departments of Economics, Political Science, Anthropology and Sociology, made up the Social Sciences at UBC until 1956. That year the Social Sciences were split to form two Schools, the School of Anthropology and Sociology under Harry Hawthorne and the School of Economics and Political Science led by John B. Deutch. The Criminology programme was part of Hawthorne's new school for a time but was later incorporated into the School of Social Work. The School of Anthropology and Sociology was later referred to as a department.

The anthropology progam was first founded in 1947 by Harry Hawthorn and is the second oldest anthropology program in Canada.

The Division of Animal Science had formed by consolidating the Departments of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in 1955. The Division of Animal Science became the Department of Animal Science in 1969. In 1986, the former Departments of Animal and Poultry Science was discontinued. Their programs transferred to the new Department of Animal Science. The Department has teaching and research facilities for studying nutrition, physiology, genetics, production management, behaviour, embryology, wildlife management and aquaculture science.

The Department of Animal Husbandry was established as part of the Faculty of Agriculture in 1917 and continued until superseded by the Department of Animal Science in the early 1950s. The department's function was "to afford education and training in all matters about livestock to all those living in the province and seeking and applying for such education."

The Department of Agronomy was established in 1916 as part of the Faculty of Agriculture. It was responsible for research and education in the agricultural economy related to field crops, soil and fertilizers. The first two members of the Department were Leonard Klinck, also Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, and P.A. Boving, who became Department chair in 1917 and retained the post until 1930. During 1916 and 1917, the Department cultivated a small portion of campus land for experimental work. In 1917, the first course, Agronomy 1, was offered and several short courses for the community and returning war veterans. By 1919, the Department had developed a full range of courses leading to a Bachelor's Degree. In 1930, G.G. Moe replaced Boving as Department Chair and retained the post until 1954. During its early years, the Department concentrated much of its efforts on public education and outreach. However, during the late 1920s and early 1930s, it suffered from substantial budget cuts because it was seen to have little relevance to average farmers by provincial legislators. Recovery from these setbacks began in 1933 with the cooperative efforts of the Provincial and Federal Departments of Agriculture, which led to many joint Department-government projects, such as research on seed development and the Dominion Experimental Farms. The Department was disbanded in 1955 when the Faculty of Agriculture was reorganized. Its functions of teaching plant and soil science were split between the Plant Science Division and the Soil Science Department.

The Department of Agricultural Economics was established within the Faculty of Agriculture in 1940 to deal with agriculture's economic and social problems, which arose primarily in the adaption of the industry to technological progress and population growth. Dean F.M. Clement, who had offered courses in agricultural economics for over fifteen years, became the first head of the department. In 1949, W.J. Anderson succeeded Clement, and he served as a head until 1964.

Adult Education as a subject was first taught at the University of British Columbia in 1956. It was established as a department soon after, with programs at the Masters and Doctoral levels. In 1976, the Faculty of Education restructured to become a new Department of Administrative, Adult and Higher Education (AAHE). In 1995, it again restructured and became merged into the Department of Social and Educational Studies. Finally, adult Education joined a new department in 2003, that of the Department of Higher Education. The Department consists of Educational Administration, Higher Education, Adult Education, Native Education, Gender Studies, Multiculturalism and the Philosophy and History of Education. UBC courses in Adult Education are also taught at the University of New Westminster in Australia and online through the Department of Continuing Studies at UBC.

The Faculty of Arts and Science recommended the formation of a Department of Romance Studies to the UBC Senate in 1955. Their argument was to 'co-ordinate' the offerings of French and Spanish to offer a broader program in the field of Romance Languages and Literature. They recommended that the Department of Romantic Studies be established to replace the Department of French and Spanish.

Athletics teams were first formed at Vancouver's McGill College of British Columbia (1908-1915), the precursor to the University of British Columbia. When UBC was founded in 1915, officially formed teams included rugby, ice hockey, basketball, and field hockey. To better support sporting endeavours at UBC, the Big Block Club established the men's club in 1929 and the women's club in 1930. The primary function of these clubs was to provide volunteers to organize and promote athletic activities at UBC.
In 1933, UBC hired its first two physical education instructors, and in 1936 the UBC Senate recommended the establishment of a Physical Education Department, although the establishment of the department got postponed. It was 1945 when the first Director of Physical Education, Robert "Bob" F. Osborne, was hired for the Department of Physical Education. Osborne, a UBC graduate, was a member of the Thunderbirds basketball team that won the Dominion Championship in 1931. Alongside Osborne, Marian Henderson, a graduate of the University of Toronto, was Director of Women's Physical Education. At this time, the controlling bodies of sports at UBC were the Men's and Women's Athletic Directorates (MAD) & (WAD). In 1946, while WAD continued under the control of the Student's Council, MAD had its finances for the first time in UBC history.
In the early years, UBC's athletics grounds, buildings, and recreation facilities were considered below the standard of sporting facilities of other Canadian universities. While the construction of facilities was addressed somewhat after World War II, including the development of the War Memorial Gym in 1950 and the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre in 1965, lack of facilities remained an issue into the 1980s. As a result, a committee was established in 1986-87 to review Athletics and Sports Services at the university. Increased student participation in athletics created a higher demand for the administration to construct more physical facilities accessible at more convenient hours. In addition, women's athletics coaches highlighted issues about equitability, where the administration was allocating three times as much money to men as to women's athletics.
The modern-day Department of Athletics and Recreation sports model ranges from student participation to the competitive UBC Thunderbird teams. The Athletics archives were initially established by Douglas "Buzz" Moore (1922-2011). As well as being the "heart and soul" of UBC athletics for almost five decades, he also acted as an unofficial historian collecting records associated with UBC athletics achievements. The responsibility for the Athletics archives at the War Memorial Gym later went to UBC Athletics Historian Fred Hume. The first inductions into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame took place in 1993. In 2002, the UBC Sports Hall of Fame joined the Big Block Club induction ceremonies. In addition, the Millennium Breakfast was established in 1999 and is dedicated to raising funds for student-athlete scholarships and awards. Today, the Department of Athletics and Recreation supports more than twenty Thunderbird teams at UBC. The records of this fonds reflect the rich sporting history of the university.

The Dean of Women's position was established in 1921, with Miss Mary L. Bollert appointed to the post. Initially, the functions were largely ill-defined, but it sought to assist female university students with any "emotional," financial, social or academic problems over the years. The Office of the Dean of Women sponsored programmes of interest to students, including orientation, continuing education, and vocational counselling. It also played an important role in supervising women's residences. Beginning with Fort Camp's construction (UBC's first permanent women's residence) in 1950, maintaining the halls and the welfare of the residents was assumed by the Dean's Office. Supervision was maintained by Dons, Residence Staff, and Resident Fellows, who reported to the Dean. With the rapid growth of residences, the responsibility for maintaining the buildings passed to the Housing Administration. Simultaneously, the Dean's Office continued to recruit, train and supervise staff for the residences. By the mid-1960s, the residence expansions resulted in establishing a Supervisor of Women's Residences who reported to the Housing Director. After that, the new position slowly assumed many of the previous functions of the Dean's Office. The Dean of Women were: Mary L. Bollert (1921-41); M. Dorothy Mawdsley (1941-59); Helen McCrae (1959-73); and E. Margaret Fulton (1974-78). In 1978, the Dean of Women's position was abolished, and the Women Students Office assumed its remaining functions.

Elmer Kim Nelson was instrumental in developing the criminology programme at the University of British Columbia in the 1950s. Criminology became part of the School of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminology in 1956 but shortly after became a program in the School of Social Work.

The functions of Convocation, whose members include the Chancellor, President, members of the Senate, all faculty members, and all university graduates, are primarily electoral. Members of Convocation elect the Chancellor, who serves as chairman of the body, and the Registrar acts as its secretary and maintains the roll of Convocation. It has the power to confer degrees, including honorary degrees, and award diplomas and certificates of proficiency. The preliminary meeting of Convocation, which was convened in 1890 as an initial step to establishing a provincial university, failed due to political polarization. However, at a meeting held in Victoria in 1912, over 400 of the 739 registered convocation members elected Francis Carter-Cotton as Chancellor and fifteen elective Senate members. The Provincial Government regarded this event as a launching ceremony for the University.

The provision of extension services that would allow the University to reach out beyond the confines of the campus has been one of UBC's goals since its inception. It first provided university-level education to adult students throughout the province through the Extension Lectures Committee (1918-1935) and later through the Department of University Extension (1936-70). In 1968, a Senate Committee on Continuing Education struck to formulate long-term goals in the face of budgetary constraints, proposed a centralized administration for extension programs, and a more integrated approach to continuing education. The Department of University Extension agreed to this, and in 1970 the Senate established the Centre for Continuing Education.
The Centre administered and, in cooperation with the appropriate University faculties, developed and offered part-time degree programs, professional programs, and general interest programs, and provided personnel, facilities, and administrative support. Its Director reported to the President's Office, acted upon the President's Coordinating Committee on Continuing Education, and was responsible for policy and program development and the direction of the Centre in general. In addition, program Directors were responsible for coordinating specific programs. The Centre was also involved in experimental projects and programs focussing on community problems and the unique interests of adults. For example, in 1971, the Centre co-sponsored a conference on the 1970 Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women; this eventually gave rise to the Women's Resources Centre.
In 1975, responsibility for credit courses was gradually transferred to Guided Independent Study (now usually known as UBC Access) and the Office of Extra-Sessional Studies. The Centre eventually came to be responsible for providing university-level, non-credit, continuing education in a wide variety of fields, including computer science, educational travel, languages, English for international students, humanities/sciences, urban planning, public affairs/lifestyles, and reading, writing, and study skills. In 1991 the Centre, along with Extra-Sessional Studies and UBC Access, was brought under an Associate Vice-President, Continuing Studies. Finally, in 1993 all three units were merged into one unit called Continuing Studies after an extensive reorganization project.
By 1995, there was a strong emphasis on immigration, internationalism, interculturalism, language programs, and mental and physical health care. Also, in 1995, Continuing Education was an early adopter of online learning. After implementing UBC's Strategic Plan, Trek 2000, in 1997, another reorganization occurred, and the program moved to UBC Robson Square. Post-move, the Women's Resources Center was renamed the "Life and Career Centre." In 2003, Continuing Studies partnered with several other agencies to establish a Certificate in Aboriginal Health Care Administration, renamed the UBC Certificate in Aboriginal Health and Community Administration in 2009. In 2009, Continuing Studies hosted the 2009 Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE) conference.
In 2017 the UBC Senate decided to convert Continuing Studies to a new department known as Extended Learning. The new department still offers its courses and adheres to its previous mandate. Eventually, though, Extended Learning is expected to primarily be an administrative unit that will help UBC's faculties provide courses to individuals not enrolled in established degree programs. Around the same time as the establishment of Extended Learning, UBC became a part of Extended Learning and began offering MOOC courses through edX.

The 1965 Conference of Learned Societies was held at UBC. The UBC Committee on Arrangements was responsible for arranging conference facilities, accommodation and publicity.

Community Relations emerged in 1985 to replace Information Services, which functioned between 1965 and 1985. Like its predecessor, Community Relations strives to increase public understanding and support for the University. This goal is accomplished through encouraging public use of University facilities and campus attractions, promoting improved liaison between the University and the public and private sectors, and providing the media with information about UBC and its activities. Community Relations produces several publications to keep the University community and the public informed about significant University events. This office also provides public relations and counselling services for UBC academic and administrative units in all aspects of internal and external communications. In 1985, the Community Relations office included the Director, the Publications Editor, and Community Relations Officers. In late 1986, a News Bureau was established, later altering its name to Media Relations in 1991. In 1989, the UBC Speakers Bureau was transferred from the Alumni Association. Marketing was added in 1989 and re-named Promotion in 1992. In 1995, Community Relations changed its name to University Relations.

The Committee on Graduate Studies was established in the mid-1960s to consider all aspects of graduate work on campus and recommend revising the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies operations.

The purpose of this committee was to secure a Centre for Gerontological Research at UBC.

In the autumn of 1955, President Norman Mackenzie appointed a Committee on Automation to investigate "the University's total interest in computers and automation in general." The Committee consisted of approximately 20 members representing most of the research interests on campus and was chaired by E.D. McPhee. At the Committee's first meeting on November 16, 1955, four sub-committees were formed: Departmental Interests and Specifications; Training and Curriculum: Type Equipment; and Library Needs and Resources. The Committee held several meetings and prepared several reports on various facets of computerization.
The University of British Columbia Computing Centre was established in 1957 with the ALWWAC III-E installation. Because of the ever-increasing demand for memory and speed, the Computing Centre eventually replaced the ALWAC with the IBM 1620 in 1961. The IBM 7040 was introduced in 1964, and IBM 360/67 and IBM 7044 were introduced in 1967. Over the years, the Centre has continually upgraded its facilities to provide academic and administrative computing services to the University.
In the 1990s, the Computing Centre went through many significant changes, both structurally and functionally. In 1994 it became a core component of a new division known as University Computing & Communications (C&C). C&C initially had four main branches under it, known as University Computing Services, Telecommunication Services, Media Services (later ImPress), and UBC Press. In 1995 Information Systems Management was absorbed by C&C. In 1999, Computing & Communications became Information Technology Services (IT Services). In 2003, IT Services was restructured and, after removing two units that did not fit its mission, became UBC Information Technology "IT." In 2010 IT groups were amalgamated to form UBC IT. As of 2018, the department service offerings range from IT-related strategy, applications, infrastructure, to support services.
The department has had several heads since its inception. The title for the department head has evolved from Supervisor to Director to Associate Vice-President. Currently, UBC IT falls under the Associate Vice-President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Jennifer Burns (2015 "). Previous individuals holding the top leadership position over the years have included T. E. Hull (1957 -1964), James M. Kennedy (1966 1980), Alvin G. Fowler (1981 1985), and Jack L. Leigh (1986-1997), Ted Dodds (1997 2009), Oliver Grüter-Andrew (2009 2015).
Additional administrators of note include S. Werner "Vern" Dettwiler (Acting Head 1963-1965), Dr. Richard Spencer (Acting Head 2007-2008), Carol J. Bird, and Jim Tom. Carol was Assistant Director (1980-1990), Associate Director of Academic Services (1990-1993) and Director of Information Systems Management (1993-1995). Jim Tom was Director of Telecommunications (1992 1999), Director of Networks (1999 2004), and Director of e-Learning & Telestudios (2004).

The Committee for Medieval Studies was established in the early 1970s. The primary goal of the Committee is to coordinate course offerings in the inter-disciplinary, undergraduate Medieval Studies program at UBC. In addition, beginning in the early 1970s at the University, the Committee also sponsored annual Medieval Workshops, which attracted specialists in the field from North America and Europe.

The Combined Services Trust Fund organized scholarships for students in military service in conjunction with the Canadian Officers Training Corps (C.O.T.C.) Unit Trust Fund. The two trust funds combined and are today called the Canadian Armed Forces Memorial Scholarship. They provide scholarships to applicable students to commemorate those who gave their lives in the service of Canada.

The Combines Services Trust Committee appears to have been established following the disbandment of military units' at the University of British Columbia in the 1960s. The history of military activity associated with the University dates back to 1914 with the founding of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (C.O.T.C.) at McGill University College of B.C. by Harry Logan. Disbanded in 1920, the C.O.T.C. unit at U.B.C. was reorganized by Logan in 1928. During World War II, units of the Navy and Air Force were added to the campus military activity and together, the companies trained a total of 1,680 students for commissions. After the war, enrolment in the service units declined. However, fifty to one hundred students continued to train until 1968, when the units were disbanded.

UBC has a rich history of interdisciplinary studies across many faculties and departments. In 1953, UBC created Canada's first Program in Community and Regional Planning, an interdisciplinary program placed within the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Subsequent interdisciplinary programs include the Genetics Graduate Program, the Institute for Animal Resource Ecology, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Institute, the Individual Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, and the Institute of Asian Research. Indeed, growing and nurturing UBC's interdisciplinary and teaching activities was one of the Faculty of Graduate Studies (the other being to maintain the academic integrity and provide administrative services to graduate programs).
Because of the phenomenal growth in interdisciplinary studies, in 2004, the UBC Vice President Academic and Provost began to consider restructuring the interdisciplinary units at UBC. As a result of a two-year consultation process, including wide circulation of a discussion paper and individual and committee participation, the UBC Senate and Board of Governors approved the creation of the College for Interdisciplinary Studies (CfIS). This new entity, which formally came into existence on January 1, 2007, held equivalent status as a UBC Faculty but had a Principal and not a Dean.
The College for Interdisciplinary Studies was given the mandate to facilitate and support interdisciplinarity campus-wide, and as part of that mandate, to serve as a place for the creation, development, and dissemination of new and essential scholarly activities which advance the interests of UBC as a whole (CfIS Annual Report 2006/2007 page 4). In addition, the College aimed to build on and promote UBC's reputation and standing amongst world universities for leadership in interdisciplinary research and teaching. Within the College, collaborative teams of researchers sought to find innovative solutions to complex problems. Furthermore, they supported UBC's commitments towards a civil and sustainable society and global citizenship.
The College for Interdisciplinary Studies had 12 research units and 12 graduate programs. The research units took the form of schools, institutes and centres. Specifically, in 2010, the 12 research units were: W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics (CAE); Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM); Institute of Asian Research (IAR); School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP); Institute for European Studies (IES); Fisheries Centre (FC); Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP); Liu Institute for Global Issues (LIGI); Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC); Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES); School of Environmental Health (SOEH); Centre for Women's and Gender Studies (CWAGS). Moreover, the 12 graduate programs were: Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAPPS); Bioinformatics; Cell and Developmental Biology; European Studies; Genetics; Genome Science and Technology (GSAT); Neuroscience; Occupational and Environmental Hygiene; Interdisciplinary Oncology; Planning; Resource Management and Environmental Studies (RMES); and Women's and Gender Studies.
In the autumn of 2010, the College for Interdisciplinary Studies went through an external review process to determine its most appropriate structure and direction. Following this review and the subsequent External Committee Report, the UBC Senate passed a motion on March 20, 2013, to transfer the graduate programs to the various Faculties and close the CfIS. As a result, the College for Interdisciplinary Studies was formally closed on October 1, 2013.

The UBC Department of Classics initiated the Classics Club for its students in 1920. The first department head, Lemuel Robertson, was the Club's original sponsor, and meetings were often held in his home. Discussions were also held at the homes of Classics professors Harry Logan and O.J. Todd. Club activities included presenting papers by faculty and students, productions of Classical Greek plays, and social events. The Club was active through the 1920s and 1930s, then went into hiatus during World War II. It was revived when Logan became head of the department in 1949. It continued to flourish until the 1990s when undergraduate enrolment went into decline. The Club was dissolved in 1995. The Department of Classics was merged into the Department of Classical, Near-Eastern, and Religious Studies.

The Valedictory Committee of students graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1931 decided to assemble a collection of source material concerning the history of British Columbia to stimulate future students' interest and assist them by providing adequate resources to support such research. The Valedictory Gift Committee coordinated the collection of books, documents and artifacts. However, in light of the Provincial Government's concerns, which felt that the accumulation of archival material by the University interfered with the mandate of the Archives Department, the students restricted their efforts primarily to collecting published books and newspapers.

The Arts class consisted of students graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1926.

The 1925 graduating class from the Faculty of Arts participated in UBC alumni reunions in the 1930s and held their reunions in 1950, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1985. Those who organized these reunions included Phyllis (Gregory) Ross (later Chancellor of UBC), Stan Arkley, Elsie (Rilance) Pain, and Bert Smith.