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The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Survivors’ Flag is seen flying under a sunny sky. The flag is predominantly orange with white artwork depicting feathers, children.

Honouring Survivors

The Survivors' Flag raised on campus in permanent memorial

Learn about the Flag

Making an impact

A woman wearing a medical mask sits in an office with her arm outstretched in front of her as another person faces her. A third person also faces the woman sitting. An open laptop sits behind the woman.
Nurse practitioner program expansion
More nurse practitioners will be trained at UVic this fall thanks to new funding from the BC government.
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Royal Society of Canada, Class of 2024

Five prominent UVic scholars honoured for their remarkable contributions in academia and Canadian public life.

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Overdose prevention & harm reduction

In the midst of a toxic drug crisis in BC, learn how UVic is taking steps to make campus safer for everyone. 

Look forward from here

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Undergraduate studies

UVic offers undergraduate degrees, certificates and diplomas for students straight out of high school or transferring from other post-secondary institutions.

Undergraduate programs How to apply
A female engineering graduate student wearing safety glasses and a lab coat smiles at the camera. She is in the Saidaminov Lab and her hands are in gloves in a clean, testing chamber in front of her.

Graduate studies

UVic is home to over 3,500 students studying in over 160 graduate programs, with a reputation for quality and innovation that’s respected around the world.

Graduate programs Apply online
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Co-operative education
Global community
Current students
Student wellness supports
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Territory acknowledgement

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Indigenous initiatives

News & events

The BC provincial flag is flown in front of the BC legislature.
Experts on BC election
A female student sits on the quad holding a small microphone and piece of paper. There is a tree behind her.
Fireweed Project research team members. Willow Paul is second from the left. Renée Monchalin is in the middle.
Abortion access project lights fire in health grad student
Aerial view of the UVic campus grounds
Responding to provincial overdose prevention guidelines
Statement from President Hall
Reconstruction drawing of Romito 2, a 16-year-old teenager with a form of dwarfism who lived 11,000 years ago in southern Italy.
Research reveals reality of Ice Age teen puberty
A laptop computer sits open in the First Peoples House. The file open on the screen is the Indigenous Plan.
Awards for Indigenous language revitalization
A student sits outside on steps holding a reusable coffee mug. Beside him is a colourful art sculpture made up of UVic paper coffee cups in the shape of a wave.
Reusable cups arrive on campus

Rankings & reputation

#1

Canadian comprehensive university for graduate employability

#1

IN CANADA FOR MAKING RESEARCH ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC

#1

IN NORTH AMERICA FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION

TOP 10

SUSTAINABLE INDEX RANKING FOR AIR AND CLIMATE IN NORTH AMERICA

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