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Vancouver Island University

Discover a future with more

At VIU, you connect with tomorrow's leaders, creators, keepers and makers. You harness the power of community to fuel your future with more:

  • more job opportunities
  • more impact on the world
  • more purpose in life
  • more earning potential

Learn about a future with more

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Explore 100+ programs

Whether you’re looking for the arts, sciences, trades or humanities, VIU has a program for you. 

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Jacob Tortorelli

Bachelor of Kinesiology

"The professors make you work for everything you get. But there was never a point in time where I felt my teachers didn't care."

How to become a VIU student

Discover your place at VIU

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Learning at VIU

Follow your interests to find a program that’s right for you.

Learning at VIU

 

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Admissions

Find out what it takes to be a VIU student. Spoiler alert: we make it easy! 

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Student life

Explore your opportunities to get involved at VIU.

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Leaders, creators, keepers and makers connect at VIU, nurturing a good life for generations to come. 

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Visit VIU’s Nanaimo campus

Experience VIU with all your senses during a campus tour. Take in the stunning ocean view and the surrounding forest. Explore all the campus has to offer with a student ambassador as your guide. 

Take a campus tour

VIU News

VIU Deep Bay event explores cultural story of the Coast Salish Woolly Dog 

What:  Book reading and community discussion with Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa and Andrea Fritz, authors of The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog, along…

VIU in the news: June 23 to July 7, 2025

How nature soothes, talking about men's mental health, hiking a local geological phenomenon and more. What made the news over the past two weeks at VIU: …

Exhibit celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region

Learn about the region’s amazing places July 8 to August 31 at the McMillan Arts CentreThe Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR) turns 25 this year and to…

VIU Events

Jul
17

MBA Program Information Sessions

If you're thinking about applying for the VIU Master of Business Administration program, you won't want to miss this online information session with MBA…
Aug
26

RockVIU-Virtual Sessions

Start your journey with key information to help you transition smoothly to VIU. All sessions will be recorded and shared later. How to access your student…
Aug
26

RockVIU-Virtual Sessions

Start your journey with key information to help you transition smoothly to VIU. All sessions will be recorded and shared later. How to access your student…
Aug
26

RockVIU-Virtual Sessions

Start your journey with key information to help you transition smoothly to VIU. All sessions will be recorded and shared later. How to access your student…
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Brooks Gill

Information Technology and Applied Systems

"The experience you get at VIU is extremely valuable. The skills you walk out of here with prepare you for a successful career."

How to become a VIU student