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Why VIU?

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Strategic Plan

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Admissions Tuition and Aid

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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

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Student Life

Student Services and Support

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

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VIU Alumni

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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

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March 20, 2024

VIU News & Experts: Wednesday, March 20

April 26, 2021

VIU Media Highlights: April 13-26, 2021

Portal magazine's 30th anniversary cover pops with orange and yellow bubbles

April 26, 2021

VIU's Portal Magazine Celebrates 30 Years of Literary Excellence

April 22, 2021

Digital Marketing 101

Presented by Flynn Saunderson from Destination Canada

April 22, 2021

Promoting YOU - Virtually

April 20, 2021

City of Nanaimo Signs MOU with Vancouver Island University

VIU alum Amy Pye holding her new children's book

April 20, 2021

Alum of the Month: Amy Pye

April 12, 2021

VIU Faculty Take Popular Extreme Science Show Online

April 12, 2021

VIU Media Highlights: March 30 - April 12, 2021

April 9, 2021

Alum of the Month: Chyanne Trenholm

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