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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

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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."

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Learning at VIU

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

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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. 

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VIU News

Indigenous speaker reminds Canadians that the colonial project’s impacts remain

Award-winning writer and academic Billy-Ray Belcourt will deliver the keynote address at VIU’s Indigenous Speakers Series event on November 18. The impacts of…

Highlighting the life of a Second World War Flying Officer

Barb Latham uses VIU’s Canadian Letters and Images Project to immortalize her father-in-law’s story. Flying Officer Frank Wilfred Latham enlisted in the Royal…

Getting to Know You: Dr. Yoichi Mukai

Dr. Yoichi Mukai joined VIU in 2019 and has been inspiring students ever since with his passion for language and culture. From teaching Japanese and…

VIU Events

Nov
7

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…
Nov
7

Malaspina Theatre Presents: Animal Farm

Revolution!Tired of human rule, the animals of Manor Farm seize control, dreaming of a world of equality. But as the pigs rise to power, their utopian vision…
Nov
8

Malaspina Theatre Presents: Animal Farm

Revolution!Tired of human rule, the animals of Manor Farm seize control, dreaming of a world of equality. But as the pigs rise to power, their utopian vision…
Nov
12

WIL Coffee and Learn: Engaging Indigenous Student Talent

Dear VIU Faculty and Staff, That time of year has come again, and CEWIL (our national organization for WIL) has put together some amazing webinars on a…
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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."

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