West Shore campus
Live and study in the West Shore and surrounding areas! Starting in 2025, UVic will offer courses at a new post-secondary site called the West Shore Campus, in partnership with Royal Roads University and Camosun College.
A community-based education hub
Our vision is a campus that offers a rich array of learning opportunities and life experiences so you can build a thriving future.
President Kevin Hall and six other people in hard hats and safety vests stand in front of the construction of UVic's West Shore campus.
Artist's rendering of the outside of UVic's new West Shore campus.
Artist's rendering of the inside office space of UVic's new West Shore campus.
Artist's rendering of the inside gathering space of UVic's new West Shore campus.
Construction of the new UVic West Shore campus.
Artist's rendering of the inside reception area of UVic's new West Shore campus.
Computing Gateway program
UVic plans to offer a Computing Gateway program [Engineering page link to be updated] at the West Shore campus, starting in the 2025/26 academic year.
The Computing Gateway program is an entry program that provides up to the first 2 years of coursework in one of UVic's computing-centric degrees:
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Software Engineering
Benefits
- small, cohort-like classes with a dedicated instructional team
- collaborative, success-oriented strategies as learning materials
- chance to experience courses that lead to any of the 3 fields
- defer your specific discipline choice for up to 2 years
- availability of software-specific design courses
- choice between full-time and part-time course loads for academic-life balance
After 2 years in the Computing Gateway program at UVic's West Shore campus, you would transfer to the Gordon Head (main) campus to finish your courses.
Learn more
Be a part of this exciting new development in your community! Find out more about how to apply to UVic's new Computing Gateway program at the West Shore campus.