温哥华岛大学是一个以学生为中心的社区，在这里，卓越的学习是首要目标。我们欢迎并珍惜来自世界各地的学生所做的贡献，这些学生在我们的校园中创造了丰富的文化挂毯。我们的教职员工通过参与全球创新项目和合作伙伴关系而获得了宝贵的国际经验。我们的愿景是建立一个公正，公平和可持续的全球社区的理想。VIU荣幸地入围高等教育学院2018年全球教学卓越奖的决赛。该奖项表彰并表彰了全机构对追求卓越教学的承诺。VIU是来自40多个国家/地区的入围申请的17个决赛入围者之一，也是加拿大仅有的两所大学之一。
As an ESL student at our university, you will also have access to our learning centre and be able to participate in sociocultural activities organised by the International Education faculty. We offer an accelerated 8-week learning format for University Preparation level 5. The program has a skills-based curriculum that prepares students for academic success. When you successfully complete Accelerated University Preparation 5 can begin a certificate, diploma or degree at our university in September of that year.