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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 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. 

Browse VIU programs

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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.

Learn about student life

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 in the news: September 16 to 30, 2025

From psychedelics and brain injuries, to strange lights in the sky, to the etiquette epidemic, here’s what VIU experts are weighing in on lately: Alum…

From the President’s Desk: Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day 2025

Dear VIU community, Vancouver Island University is honoured to be deeply connected to the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw, Quw’utsun, Tla’amin,…

Tackling the province’s pressing health challenges

VIU professors receive funds to continue research This year, 26 outstanding scientists and health professionals will receive Michael Smith Health Research…

VIU Events

Oct
2

Senate

The Senate is the academic governing body of Vancouver Island University. Senate is constituted under the University Act and is chaired by Interim President…
Oct
3

Learn hul'q'umi'num'

Join us for a welcoming hour of introductory hul'q'umi'num' language and story at VIU Library. Anyone interested in listening, learning and speaking hul'q'umi…
Oct
4

VIU Mariners Soccer

Join the VIU Mariners men's and women's soccer teams for their final home weekend of the 2025 PACWEST season as they take on the Langara College Falcons (…
Oct
5

VIU Mariners Soccer

Join the VIU Mariners men's and women's soccer teams for their final home weekend of the 2025 PACWEST season as they take on the Langara College Falcons (…
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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