Exciting technological progress, global environmental pressures, and unprecedented demographic changes rapidly reshape the world’s food and natural resources systems.

As local issues become global and require multidisciplinary skills & knowledge, the world is increasingly demanding professionals who can analyze, design, and integrate business, economic, and policy variables that help governments, industry, and institutions create and operate better systems.

At the MFRE, you will be exposed to the issues and opportunities arising from this dynamic new world and equipped with the necessary skills to address them.

The MFRE is a 12-month master's program at UBC that blends aspects of an MBA and a MA in Economics. 

The program is completed over three terms: the first two comprise rigorous courses in multiple specialization areas; in the third one, you will enhance and consolidate your MFRE experience through a summer graduating project. 

This project can take the form of research, a consultancy project or an internship.

• Academic/Official Transcripts
• Proof of English Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
• Passport or Visa Documents
• Resume/Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Statement Of Intent
• Letters Of Reference

• A minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC).
• A bachelor’s degree in an area such as economics, agricultural economics or business that provides a solid background in economics
• Mathematical competency, at least differential calculus (equivalent to MATH 100 or MATH 110 at UBC).
• Statistical competency, at least one course in statistics (equivalent to LFS 252 or ECON 325 at UBC).
• Introductory economic theory courses in both micro and macro-economic principles (equivalent to ECON 101 and 102 at UBC).
• You have built on these introductory economic theory courses by, both:
  • Completing at least one more course in micro-economic theory at the intermediate level (equivalent to ECON301 or COMM295 at UBC).
  • Completing at least two additional courses at the intermediate level in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Food Economics, Resource Economics or economics-based Commerce courses.
• Students lacking any of the above four competencies will need to fill these gaps before being admitted to the MFRE program. There is a place in the MFRE application form for you to explain how you will overcome these gaps in your background.

China:

• The Bachelor's degree of at least four years of study
• Overall average of B+ standing.

India:

• A four-year Bachelor's Degree or a Master's degree
• First Class/Division 1 (65%) or Very Good (8 on a 10-point scale)

Iran:

• The Bachelor’s degree of at least four years of study
• 16 on a 20-point scale