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We’re here to help you on your journey toward becoming a student. That's why we're giving away one $2,500 credit toward Fall 2021 tuition to a new, full-time domestic student.?

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Welcome Indigenous students

Need help taking your next step? Elders, faculty and staff are here to support you – from getting ready for university studies through to graduation day.

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COVID-19 financial aid for students

Are you facing financial hardship as a result of COVID-19? Check out this resource page for a list of supports and relief measures to help you get through this challenging time.

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VIU Quick Facts

Choose a program that fits your passion and curiosity, and gets you ready for a rewarding career.


Join one amazing group of students from across Canada and around the world.


Investment in Nanaimo campus facilities serving students in health, science and trades programs.


Number of students calling VIU Student Housing ‘Home sweet home’.


Study abroad opportunities available to VIU students can take you all over the world.


That’s the value of scholarships, awards and bursaries available to VIU students in 2019-20.


VIU News

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VIU Introduces Bachelor of Kinesiology Program

VIU professor reflects on the progression of a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree as well as his own evolution as a teacher in the program over the past four...

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VIU Focuses Fundraising Campaign on Helping Students Impacted by Pandemic

The University’s seventh annual Giving Tuesday campaign, which runs from November 16 to December 1, will target supports for students impacted financially and...

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VIU Professor Appointed to Reference Group for Review of Indigenous Research

Georgina Martin is the only BC representative to be elected to a national group responsible for providing direction on building mutually respectful...

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VIU Events

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Touch Tank Tuesday

Join us weekly on Facebook LIVE to see a surprise critter from our touch tanks. Each week, we will select a new species from the tank to share while live...

Nov
24

Touch Tank Tuesday

Join us weekly on Facebook LIVE to see a surprise critter from our touch tanks. Each week, we will select a new species from the tank to share while live...

Nov
24

SRCA Meet-Up: Learn about opportunities to engage students in CREATE

Learn about opportunities and supports to engage students in CREATE 2021 with Kendra Stiwich, Student Research Engagement Coordinator and organizer of the...

Nov
24

Information Session for Information Technology and Applied Systems

Are you interested in computers, technology and how the Internet works? Vancouver Island University’s Information Technology and Applied Systems (ITAS)...

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Cassandra Twiname, a VIU Bachelor of Science degree student, on a field trip

Cassandra Twiname

“Being from a small town in Northern B.C., coming to VIU was an easy adjustment with its welcoming atmosphere, small class sizes, approachable professors, and beautiful forested campus. The biology program is challenging but has an amazing faculty who have inspired my love for biology and have been there to help me throughout my academic career.”


Bachelor of Science, Double Major in Biology and Psychology?


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