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About VIU

Why VIU?

Explore where VIU is going

The Strategic Plan builds on our commitment to diverse learners and draws on our connection to the community.

Strategic Plan

Programs Programs

Explore a wide range of program offerings and learning services. Choose from degrees, vocational training, certificates and more.

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Programs

Learning Services

January intake

Many VIU programs have intake in January. Join us and discover a world of opportunity.

January intake

Admissions & Aid Admissions & Aid

Discover how to apply to VIU and get more information about tuition and financial aid.

Admissions Tuition and Aid

Admissions

Tuition and Aid

January intake

Many VIU programs have intake in January. Join us and discover a world of opportunity.

January intake

Student Life Student Life

Make the best of your time at VIU. Get involved in campus events and enjoy island adventures.

Student Life Student Services

Student Life

Student Services and Support

Get ready for the new student orientation

Attend in-person and online events, explore campus and connect with your professors and soon-to-be classmates!

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Support VIU Support VIU

Connect with other VIU alumni and learn about the impact of donor generosity at VIU.

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VIU Alumni

VIU Donors

Your support means so much to VIU students

Our donors fund over 2000 scholarships, awards, and bursaries each year.

Research Research

Discover how VIU's interdisciplinary research is making a real-world impact.

Research

Research and Creative Activity

Explore the research highlights. Includes recent publications, ground-breaking studies and more.

Research Reports

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News Archive

Mary Anne Molcan stands by her print press.

March 21, 2024

Alum of the Month: Mary Anne Molcan

One woman interviews another woman with "VIU expert spotlight" overlaid over top

March 20, 2024

VIU News & Experts: Wednesday, March 20

Culinary Student pouring vegetables into hot pan to sear them, creating short burst of flames in the pan

January 13, 2023

VIU restaurant featured as participant during inaugural Dine Out Nanaimo food festival

Douglas Groenendijk grins while standing in a vast green field with a mountain range behind him.

January 13, 2023

Alum of the month: Douglas Groenendijk

Man leans on railing in VIU's Centre for Health and Science

January 6, 2023

VIU Media Highlights: January 6, 2023

An ape made of white plaster and clay holds a cell phone, which it stares at intensely

January 6, 2023

VIU’s View Gallery presents the 2023 Student Art Salon

Dr. Kyle Duncan, a VIU Chemistry Professor, smiles while leaning against a white railing.

January 4, 2023

VIU researcher aims to build a new tool to map molecules in tissue

January 3, 2023

VIU hosts BC Protected Areas Research Forum

A clear path that has had the snow shoveled off of it with bright blue sky.

December 21, 2022

All VIU campuses open today (December 21)

woman in a wheelchair on a ramp at VIU's Nanaimo campus

December 20, 2022

VIU Media Highlights: December 20, 2022

Group holds up a conceptual rendering of the new student housing facility coming to VIU's Nanaimo campus

December 20, 2022