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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: February 13 to 26, 2026

From reflecting on many sports achievements, to medals at Skills Canada competitions and a prestigious City of Nanaimo award, here's how VIU employees and…

Love, laughter and swordplay take the stage in VIU Theatre’s Cyrano de Bergerac

The play runs from March 5 to 14 in the Malaspina Theatre.  The story of a poet whose wit and courage helps him navigate love, friendship and rivalry…

Monitoring toxic tire chemicals in salmon-bearing streams

When rain hits the road, it carries a hidden threat downstream as a cocktail of contaminants are transported to streams through stormwater drains. Dr. Erik…

VIU Events

Feb
27

Black History Month: A Pan-African Feminist Blueprint for Peace in Sudan

A Pan-African Feminist Blueprint for Peace in Sudan. Join Dr. Amel Aldehaib in conversation with Dr. Magnolia Pauker. Event is online.  Register.…
Feb
27

Learn hul'q'umi'num'

Coast Salish lands and communities are living libraries. From living libraries stem Indigenous language and story. Please join Jane Alcorn, Penelakut, and…
Feb
27

Olympic Tasting Experience at VIU

An exclusive Olympic tasting dinner with Culinary Team Canada at VIU - 4 courses, bubbly, and behind-the-scenes training. Culinary Team Canada will be…
Feb
28

Meet VIU Calgary

Learn how VIU can help you get where you want to go in life.  Whether you’ve already applied or you’re thinking about joining us at VIU, this event is for…
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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