The '''Provincial Resource Program, Transition Program for Gifted Students''', often called the '''Transition Program''', '''UBC Transitions''', '''UTP''', or simply '''Transition''', is an [[accelerated secondary school program]] for [[gifted education|gifted students]] funded by the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care with school district hosting by the [[Vancouver School Board]] and site hosting from the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Each year, the program accepts around 20 new students between the ages 12 and 15,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thethunderbird.ca/2014/11/26/gifted-students-may-find-support-in-new-school-board/ |title=Gifted students may find support in new school board |date=26 November 2014 |website=thethunderbird.ca |publisher=UBC Journalism 2013 |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> half of which are from outside the Vancouver School Board.<ref name="VSB">{{cite web |url=http://www.vsb.bc.ca/programs/university-transition-program |title=VSB: University Transition Program |publisher=Vancouver School Board |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> Over the course of two years,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=23aed870-709b-4245-930e-9bcc43d99d2b |title=Even most gifted kids need nurturing |date=18 November 2007 |website=canada.com |publisher=2010-2015 Postmedia Network Inc. |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> students complete required high school curriculum along with some university coursework.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/Grade+pupils+turn+undergrads/10698059/story.html |title=The Vancouver Sun: Grade 7 Pupils Turn Undergrads at UBC |date=2 January 2015 |publisher=Postmedia Network Inc. |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> When they graduate from the program, the students are usually accepted into UBC earlier than they would if they had graduated from a regular high school (aged 14–17 instead of 18–19). The program was first established in 1993 by the Vancouver School Board, British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care and the University of British Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vsb.bc.ca/district-news/vsbubc-transition-program-hones-brilliant-minds |title=VSB/UBC Transition Program Hones Brilliant Minds |publisher=Vancouver School Board |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> Students of the program have access to most UBC facilities and are eligible to possess UBC undergraduate student cards.<ref name="VSB" /> The program held its 20th anniversary on May 15–17, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://universitytransition.altervista.org/20th-anniversary-of-the-first-university-transition-program-graduates.htm |title= 20 Year Reunion |publisher = University Transition Program|access-date=16 May 2015}}</ref>
==Location==
The Transition Program is located within the University of British Columbia, in the Auditorium Annex located on West Mall. It is above the Math Graduates office, across from the Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences building, and behind the [[Walter C. Koerner Library]].<ref name="___location">{{cite web |url=http://universitytransitionurwww.vsb.bc.ca/contactpage/ |title=Contact |publisher=University Transition Program |access5116/university-transition-date=15 September 2019program}}</ref>
==Program==
The University Transition Program consists of two years of radically accelerated instruction.<ref name="info">{{cite web |url=http://universitytransitionwww.vsb.bc.ca/whatpage/5116/university-istransition-utp/ |title=What is UTP? |publisher=University Transition Program |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2022program}}
