Preferred or chosen names may be added to your parchment within brackets. Examples include: Mei Mei (Jane) Wong, Jane (Brown) Smith, or Matthew (Mat) Smith.
Requesting to add a preferred name will not change the name on your official student record. Instead, your preferred name will be added in addition to the legal name on your graduation application for parchment printing purposes. Learn more about how to change your name on your student record for documents at UBC.
Adding your preferred name to your parchment (diploma)
After you've submitted your graduation application, please email the Vancouver graduation department at graduation@ubc.ca, or the Okanagan graduation department at gradapps.okanagan@ubc.ca. In your email, include the following:
- Legal first name
- Preferred or chosen name
- Legal last name
- UBC student number
Your parchment will state the legal name you submitted in your Workday graduation application unless you request to have your preferred name added in brackets as described above.