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VIU Residency Requirement

Undergraduate Degrees

    • Fifty percent of all credits used towards a VIU undergraduate degree must be completed with VIU courses.
    • At least fifty percent of all upper–level credits used towards an undergraduate degree must be completed with VIU courses.
    • At least fifty percent of all upper–level courses used towards each major, minor or concentration of an undergraduate degree must be completed with VIU courses.

Graduate Degrees

    • Fifty percent of all credits used towards a VIU graduate degree must be completed with VIU courses.

Certificates and Diplomas

    • Fifty percent of all credits used towards VIU certificates and diplomas must be completed with VIU courses.