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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: October 1 to 10, 2025

Researching a relatively unknown eating disorder, recognition for work against gender-based violence, investigating tumour behaviour and more. Here’s how VIU…

VIU Fest, health experts and more

VIU Fest, a free, all-ages community event, is coming up on October 18. Check out live music, explore the pumpkin patch, take part in hands-on science demos…

Alumni Spotlight on Jane Stoller

Jane Stoller, also known as Organized Jane, has helped transform hundreds of businesses with her six-step system. She used her Master of Business…

VIU Events

Oct
16

Provost's Circle

This fall, you’re invited to join the Provost’s Circle – a series of small-group conversations where students and employees come together to share experiences…
Oct
16

Food 4 Thought: Eat Smarter, Not Harder

Join VIUSU for our next Food 4 Thought session, a free community meal and learning event designed to connect students with local resources and practical tools…
Oct
17

VIU Games

Kick off the semester with one of VIU’s biggest welcome events: VIU Games 2025! This annual tradition brings together new and returning students, alumni, and…
Oct
17

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…
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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