Outdoor Signage and Street Decals | UBC Campus & Community Planning

Thank you for your interest to place outdoor signage and/or street decals at UBC.

A yellow thrive event lawn sign on University Boulevard

The Film & Events Office is responsible for managing and approving any signage or street decals placed on outdoor spaces at UBC.

What You Need to Know

Requests for outdoor signage or street decals must be submitted a minimum of 15 business days in advance.
Sign requests must be in accordance with UBC's Policy #UP8 - Posting of Notices, Posters and Signs.
Lawn signs are not permitted on the grass meridian (lawn area in the middle) of Main Mall or University Boulevard, as there is a risk of damage to the underground utilities.
Street decals are not permitted in the University Commons (plaza next to the Nest and the Life Building).
UBC does not permit corporate advertising or the marketing of third-party products through the use of lawn signs or street decals.

Outdoor Signage and Street Decal Application

Contact Information

Contact full name:

Contact email address:

Contact phone number:

Relationship to UBC:

If any, please identify which UBC Faculty, AMS club name or third party organization are you affiliated with:

Sign/Street Decal Details

Messaging on the sign/street decal:

Purpose of the sign/street decal:

Start date and time of sign/street decal placement:

Date and time of your sign/street decal removal:

Please note that if signs and/or street decals are not removed as indicated, UBC Building Operations will be requested to remove and dispose of the signs and/or street decals. The labour costs associated with the removal will be billed back to the requestor at a minimum charge of $50.

Sign type: Please upload an image of the type of your signage or street decal:

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One file only.
64 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, html, pdf, doc, ppt, xls, avi, mov, .

Indicate the number of signs you want to display. Maximum 25 lawn signs for each sign request.

Indicate the number of street decals you would like to display. Maximum number will depend on the size of the street decals.

Are you requesting other signs? If so, please identify number of signs and sign type.

Sign location: Please upload a map identifying where you are requesting to place your signage or street decal:

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One file only.
64 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, html, pdf, doc, ppt, xls, avi, mov, .

If you are requesting a mix of lawn signs and street decals, please clearly identify where each type of sign is proposed to be located.

Please download this UBC Vancouver campus map and indicate on the map where you would like to place signage or decals. Please upload the map with the location indicated.

You can find downloadable base and wayfinding maps here.

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