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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. 

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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

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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. 

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VIU News

Presidential Search Process

Dear VIU community, We are writing to announce that VIU’s Board of Governors is embarking on the recruitment of the university’s…

VIU in the news: January 1 to February 9, 2026

Trust in the reconciliation process, Black History Month events and fascinating fog. What VIU experts are speaking to media about this month.  Black…

A message of support following the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge

Dear VIU community, I’m writing with a heavy heart after learning of the tragic events in Tumbler Ridge yesterday February 10.   It is difficult…

VIU Events

Feb
20

Naloxone Trainer Workshop

This workshop prepares participants to deliver naloxone and overdose response education to groups and at events on campus. Participation in this training…
Feb
20

VIU Mariners Basketball

Join the Mariners basketball teams for their final home games of the regular season as the Douglas College Royals (New Westminster, BC) come to town!This also…
Feb
21

VIU Mariners Basketball

Join the Mariners basketball teams for their final home games of the regular season as the Douglas College Royals (New Westminster, BC) come to town!This also…
Feb
23

Black History Month: Open Mic

Speaking Black Voices: A BHM Open Mic in the Malaspina Theatre. Come read anything by a Black author! Thank you to Dr. Sonnet L’Abbé and the Faculty of…
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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