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Christina Tsuil-menak and Kyla Elliott, fourth year UVic nursing students. A wall featuring Indigenous artwork of a bird and flowers is behind them.

A nursing journey

Nursing students reflect on those who have opened doors and dismantled barriers

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Making an impact

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.
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Undergraduate applications

Most UVic undergraduate programs are accepting applications for September 2025 until May 1, 2025. Check our deadlines page for more information.

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Relational responsibility
Participants in an Indigenous Studies course learn from community members who share multiple perspectives through generations and what it means to be a respectful visitor.

Look forward from here

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Undergraduate ³Ô¹ÏÍø

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

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Graduate ³Ô¹ÏÍø

UVic is home to over 3,500 students studying in over 160 graduate programs, with a ³Ô¹ÏÍø for quality and innovation that’s respected around the world.

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Territory acknowledgement

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

News & events

An Arctic cod in the tank at the research facility in Oregon. Credit: Shaye Ogurek.

April 17

Five students walk on campus on a path lined with tall trees.
Installation of the TWOCRYST proof-of-principle setup at Point 3 of the largest particle physics laboratory in the world—the Large Hadron Collider. Photo credit: CERN.
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The UVic men’s basketball team celebrate the program’s ninth national title by posing with the U SPORTS banner and W.P. McGee Trophy.
Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Credit: flickr.

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