As well as serving students, faculty, and staff on our three campuses, we welcome guests including parents/guardians, residents and visitors, athletics fans, UBC Attractions fans,  advertisers/marketers and conference attendees. Locations and opening hours. Vancouver in-store map.

Want to know where to park? There are parking meters outside the store, but if you're staying for longer, this is the nearest parkade.

Parents/guardians 

Whether your child is considering UBC, or whether they are already here, we can enable their success by providing course materials and other study aids, including computers and phones.Our prices are very competitive as we are conscious of students' budgets; as a result we have introduced used, rental and ebooks, and our computers are all at less than retail/educational pricing.

• Using a parent's credit card
  If your student needs to make a purchase on your credit card, he or she will need to bring a completed credit card authorization form with them to the store.

• Book rentals
  Would your student like to rent a course book? They save 55% off new price - we are renting every book over $50 (exceptions apply including ebooks and custom course). If your student is under 19, you will need to sign the rental agreement on their behalf. We are conscious of the high cost of textbooks and are doing our best to address this by providing you with a range of choices. Through our affiliate, you can also rent 3000+ titles online: Vancouver and the Okanagan

• UBCcard All UBC students require this official identification card which they can pick up at the carding office located in the Bookstore (Vancouver only) or they can apply online. You can load money onto it for them to spend at selection locations across campus. More information

• UBC clothing & gifts
  Outfit your student in UBC apparel. When they graduate, select from our range of clothing and giftware, custom imprint, and graduation gifts to ensure that they have a wonderful memory of their time at UBC

• Canada Revenue Agency - textbook and tuition claim information
  Find out what you can claim and how to make your student tax deduction claim.

Residents and visitors

Neighbours and visitors alike are welcome at the UBC Bookstore.  We sell everything from computers, phones, books and gifts to homeware supplies. In-store map (Vancouver campus).

• Discount Book Club
  FREE! Join now and receive our newsletter, notices of special events and substantial savings

• Robson Reading Series:

  The UBC Bookstore and UBC Library at Robson Square are pleased to host a dynamic selection of authors whose poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction expand our knowledge of literature and the world through distinct approaches to style, subject, and form. All of our events are a combination of readings, audience-author conversations, book signings and mingling. All events are open to the public and admission is always free. We offer this series to challenge our understanding of Canadian literature and to explore fresh ideas with some of the country's finest writers. We hope that you will join us!

  The Robson Reading Series also presents monthly afternoon readings throughout the academic year at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on UBC's Point Grey campus

• Coffee bar hours
• Sustainability at the Bookstore. Do you know what Fair Trade is? We are working with the Sauder School of Business, AMS, SEED and Food Services on this project to increase awareness and the range of products across campus. Our clothing in the Bookstore is No Sweat and we now sell a number of Fair Trade products including tea, chocolate, accessories and gifts.Watch the Fair Trade video here, it's worth the wait.

Advertising and marketing opportunities

We have a range of ways that you can advertise or promote your services inside and outside the Bookstore, whether you are a campus or external organization:

• Digital screen program

• Plaza rental information

• Plaza rental agreement
  

• Marketing opportunity during our busiest back to school periods - September and January's RUSH. We will promote your brand in-store, online and through our social media channels, in return for you providing gift cards to our students.

Advertising opportunities, via our email newsletters and Facebook group, will be coming soon. If you are interested, please email: Rebecca Irani, marketing and communications manager, rebecca.irani@ubc.ca

UBC attractions

We are located centrally among many UBC attractions inluding arts, culture, gardens, accommodations, and recreational facilities for every taste and budget:

• Museum of Anthropology

• Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery

• Beaty Museum of Biodiversity

• Ike Barber Learning Centre

• Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

• UBC School of Music

• UBC Department of Theatre and Film

• UBC Botanical Gardens

• Nitobe Memorial Garden

UBC athletics fans

We are proud of the accomplishments of the UBC Thunderbirds and the up and coming HEAT team in the Okanagan.

• Cheer on the teams in the latest Thunderbird sportswear and Heat sportswear (Okanagan).

• Get the latest information about home and away games, outstanding players, and team standings.