BIE grad pursues career in consulting
BIE grad Charles Acheampong chose the program because of its well-respected faculty and its ambitious student cohort.
BIE program prepared grad to tackle law school
For BIE grad Ryan Wong, who is now studying law, the BIE program “is so unique and it wasn’t offered anywhere else.”
Ballerina turned BIE grad speaks about her UBC experience
A career-ending injury as a ballerina led Chihiro Tanigawa to find a new passion in international economics at UBC.
UBC econ grads invent Plufl, a dog bed for humans
When Noah Silverman and Yuki Kinoshita met during their first week at UBC four years ago, the pair never expected to be launching a business together right before graduation.
Yazan Al-Asad (BIE’21)
For Al-Asad, the BIE program offered him a technical, practical, and analytical skillset. He now uses what he learned in the BIE program working in data analysis for Uber in Toronto.
Carla Colina Cortez (BIE’21)
For Colina Cortez, studying international economics was an opportunity to use the scientific method to satisfy her deep curiousity of the world. She applies the same techniques now as a researcher at UChicago’s Booth School of Business.
Jenny Liu (BIE’21)
For Liu, the BIE program broadened her perspective to a truly global one; a skill she’s taken with her as she pursues graduate studies in urban tech at Cornell University in New York City.
BIE alumnus launches plant-based meal delivery service in Vancouver
Bachelor of International Economics alumnus Vasu Agarwal has combined her passions for food and entrepreneurship to launch a new start-up company in Vancouver.
Kaan Yolsever (BIE ’19)
Kaan Yolsever (’19) speaks about his interests within economics, how he is exploring that in grad school, and his time at the BIE program.