A public community college in Greater Victoria, offering a wide range of programs including university transfer, career training, and upgrading.
Address: Lansdowne Campus, 3100 Foul Bay Road, V8P 5J2 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Trades and Technology, Health and Human Services, University Transfer
Domains taught:
- Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong connections with local industries, businesses, and public sector organizations for co-op placements, apprenticeships, and program relevance. Articulation agreements with universities for transfer students.
Research:
Applied research and innovation projects focused on community and industry needs, particularly in areas like applied technology and sustainable practices.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1000
Current students***:
19000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Comprehensive community college with strong university transfer programs, good trades training, serves local community needs well.
Cons
Focus is on teaching and community needs, not a research university, facilities vary by campus.
Best For
Students in Greater Victoria seeking university transfer, career training, or trades programs in a supportive community college environment.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Another national school that puts manufacturing, life sciences and software engineering at the centre is Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and it has almost the same size, at about 20,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- Northwestern Polytechnic takes a similar route through manufacturing, life sciences and software engineering, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, associate degree, certificate and diploma.
- Also strong in civil engineering, manufacturing and electrical and electronics, Saskatchewan Polytechnic makes a sensible second look at home; it is slightly larger, at about 28,000 students against roughly 19,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- A good alternative in the same country is College of New Caledonia, which likewise covers civil engineering, manufacturing and life sciences; it does not run the bachelor's programmes found here and covers automation and ecology and sustainability as well.
- University of the Fraser Valley is the closest domestic counterpart for manufacturing, life sciences and data analytics; it covers agriculture and AI and machine learning as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 15,000 students against roughly 19,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- City of Sunderland College in the United Kingdom is the nearest foreign match on manufacturing, electrical and electronics and life sciences; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, associate degree, certificate and diploma.
- Birmingham Metropolitan College in the United Kingdom pursues a similar profile in civil engineering, manufacturing and life sciences, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, associate degree, certificate and diploma, and covers AI and machine learning as well.
- Technological University Dublin in Ireland is the nearest foreign match on civil engineering, data analytics and software engineering; it is larger, enrolling about 29,700 students against roughly 19,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Western Sydney University, in Australia, takes a similar route through civil engineering, life sciences and data analytics; it is also a public institution, and also offers master's, doctoral and mba programmes.
- For a study option in New Zealand with a comparable spread of life sciences, data analytics and software engineering, Victoria University of Wellington is the reference point: it has almost the same size, at about 20,939 students, and is also a public institution.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Innovation, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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