Financial Aid & Awards

The Financial Aid & Award Office is committed to supporting students in their search for financial assistance, both in the form of loans and awards, and in helping students to make the best use of these resources.  This Office works closely with the faculties and the StudentAid BC branch at the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, to foster and support student access to financial assistance.

Click here for information on average expenses for first year studies at Vancouver Island University.

We offer a wide variety of financial assistance to students who require funding to attend Vancouver Island University.

The Funding Sources

• Government Financial Assistance Programs

  • StudentAid BC – Canada Student Loan and Grant, and BC Loan & Grant
  • Canada and BC Student Grants for Full Time Students
• Funding for Part-Time Students and Students with Disabilities
• Adult Basic Education Student Assistance Program (ABESAP)
• Nurses Education Bursaries

• Institutional Financial Assistance Programs (Vancouver Island University)

Scholarships / Awards

• Entrance
• Degree Entrance
• General
• Aboriginal
• Athletics
• Business
• Career & Academic Prep
• Criminology
• Culinary Arts
• Dental
• Disabilites
• Early Childhood Education & Care
• Economics
• Education
• Engineering
• English & Creative Writing
• Fine Arts
• Fisheries & Aquaculture
• Forest Resources
• Geography
• Health
• History
• Horticulture

• Hospitality
• Human Services
• International Education
• Liberal Studies
• Mathematics
• Performing Arts
• Physical Education
• Professional Baking
• Recreation & Tourism
• Research Scholarships & Awards
• Resource Management
• Science & Applied Science
• Study Abroad
• Trades & Applied Technology
• Transfer
• VIU Education Funds
• Travel & Conference Fund
• Foundation Information
• Other Scholarships & Awards
• Direct Awards
• Externally Funded Financial Assistance
• Useful Financial Assistance Website

Bursaries - General Information

• General Bursaries
• Aboriginal
• Business Programs
• Career & Academic Preparation
• Education
• Forest Resources
• Health Program
• Performing Arts
• Social Sciences
• Science & Applied Science
• Tourism / Hospitality
• Trades & Applied Trades

Additional Bursaries - Varying Deadlines

• General
• Applied Business Technology
• Culinary Arts
• Health
• Horticulture

Emergency Loans

Other Funding Sources

• StudentAwards.com

• ScholarshipsCanada.com

We are available

Nanaimo Campus:

Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3:30 pm

Financial Aid & Awards

Building 200, Room 205

Phone: 250-740-6423
Fax: 250-740-6229
Email: FinancialAidInfo@viu.ca

 

Students can contact our Cowichan & Powell River campuses during regular business hours as follows:

 

Cowichan Campus:

Phone: 250-746-3500

Email: June.Karstad@viu.ca

 

Powell River Campus:

Phone: 604-485-2878

Email: Carol.Sansburn@viu.ca