Every UBC student needs to create a Campus-wide Login (CWL) once they’ve accepted their offer of admission. UBC’s CWL gives you access to UBC’s websites for the duration of your studies (including Workday Student, UBC Library, Canvas, and others), enabling you to use the same username and password across all websites.

When do you need to create your UBC CWL?

 

The first time you’ll need a CWL will be to log into Workday Student, UBC’s student information system, to register for your courses. Before then, you can use your EducationPlanner BC (EPBC) username and password to log into:

• The Education Planner BC website (EPBC) to apply to UBC.
• The Applicant Service Centre (ASC) to check your application status, see next steps required to complete your application, upload documents required by UBC, and accept or decline your offer of admission.
• The Housing website (UBC Okanagan | UBC Vancouver) to apply for student housing, check the status of your housing application, and make payments to your residence account.

 

UBC will email you when it’s time to prepare for registration – providing you with your registration date and time. When it’s your time to log into Workday Student to prepare to register for your courses, that’s when you’ll need to create your UBC CWL.

How do you create your UBC CWL?

 

You need an active student number to create a CWL Student Account. This is why you should not create a CWL before you have accepted your offer of admission to UBC.

 

Once you’ve accepted your offer of admission, find out how to create your UBC CWL Student Account by reading the “Student Accounts (CWL Account Upgrader)” section on the UBC CWL website. You’ll use your EPBC username and password to log into the CWL Account Upgrader. Then, simply follow the steps to create your CWL.

 

Do you need a CWL to apply to UBC, check your application status, or apply for housing?

 

No, new undergraduate students do not need a CWL for these websites. Simply use the EPBC username and password that you created to apply to UBC via the EducationPlanner BC website.

 

If you created a CWL before accepting your offer of admission to UBC your CWL might not work. Why?

 

If you created a CWL before accepting your offer of admission, your new UBC CWL will not be properly connected to your application to UBC. You’ll likely find that you aren’t able to log into the Applicant Service Centre with this unconnected UBC CWL.

 

If this happens to you, you can use your EducationPlanner BC username and password to log into the Applicant Service Centre.

But you’ll need to contact UBC so we can connect your UBC CWL with your application. This process can take a week or two.