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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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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

How to become a student

Make your VIU application successful by following these steps to becoming a student.

Steps to become a student

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

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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.

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

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VIU Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity

Scholarship, Research & Creative Activity

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Dr. Sally Vinden’s lifelong learning journeyDr. Sally Vinden is living proof that the places education can take you have no limits. Her career has taken many…

Cybercrime’s hidden toll: How online scams impact mental health

VIU student seeking participants for a study on the effect of cybercrime on emotional well-being.  Watching a friend fall victim to a cybercrime scam…

Using children’s picture books to teach about climate change

Expert commentary: Education Professor Dr. Wendy Simms shares her research In 2022, the United Nations said that climate change is the defining crisis of…

VIU News & Experts: February 14, 2025

Canada-US relations experts 🇨🇦🇺🇸We know what is happening with our neighbour to the south is top of mind for everyone right now, and will be for quite…

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COVID & Resuming Research Framework

As BC begins to resume activities, VIU researchers need guidance on how to request and receive approval to resume their research activities.

SRCA Symposium: VIU CARES - Collaborative Applied Research Engagement Symposium Thurs. Feb. 18th, 2021

VIU CARES is an online (via Zoom) symposium that will be held on Thursday Nov. 12th from 9am to 12pm, that will feature presentations about projects supported through VIU's Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF). The RIF is a partnership with the Province of British Columbia and the Real Estate Foundation of BC to enable communities of Vancouver Island to collaborate on community-based research projects with VIU Faculty and students.

Looking for Presenters for ‘Zoom into Lunch & Learn‘ 2021

The ‘Zoom into Lunch & Learn’ series provides presenters and attendees with opportunities to share, learn, and discuss their insights and ideas.

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