All new international students: please check in at VIU’s Centre for International Education (Building 255) when you arrive on campus and bring your passport and study permit to the reception desk.
Intersession I 2020: May 4 - June 26, 2020 (8 weeks)
Language Foundations 1 to University Preparation 5
Option 1 (Reading/ Writing or Listening/ Speaking)
Activity | Dates |
Online Classes (16 hours/ week) | May 4 - June 26 |
Option 2 (Reading/ Writing and Listening/ Speaking)
Activity | Dates |
Online Classes (32 hours/ week) | May 4 - June 26 |
Intersession II 2020: July 6 - August 28, 2020 (8 weeks)
Language Foundations 1 to University Preparation 5*
Option 1 (Reading/ Writing or Listening/ Speaking)
Activity | Dates |
Online Classes (16 hours/ week) | July 6 - August 21 |
Option 2 (Reading/ Writing and Listening/ Speaking)
Activity | Dates |
Online Classes (32 hours/ week) | July 6 - August 21 |
*UP5 students have a mandatory academic boot camp at VIU between August 24 - 28, 2020.
Graduate Preparation: June 1 - August 28, 2020 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Online Classes (16 hours/ week) | June 1 - August 21 |
Mandatory academic boot camp at VIU | August 24 - 28 |
Fall 2020: August 31 - December 8, 2020 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | August 31 - September 4 |
Classes | September 8 - December 8 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Fall 2020: August 31 - October 20, 2020
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | August 31 - September 4 |
Classes | September 8 - October 20 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Fall 2020: October 19 - December 8, 2020
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | October 19 - 23 |
Classes | October 26 - December 8 |
Spring 2021: January 4 - April 13, 2021 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | January 4 - 8, 2021 |
Classes | January 11 - April 13, 2021 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Spring 2021: January 4 - February 23, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | January 4 - 8 |
Classes | January 11 - February 23 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Spring 2021: February 22 - April 13, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | February 22 - 26 |
Classes | March 1 - April 13 |
Intersession 2021: April 26 - August 3, 2021 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | April 26 - 30, 2021 |
Classes | May 3 - August 3, 2021 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Intersession 2021: April 26 - June 15, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | April 26 - 30, 2021 |
Classes | May 3 - June 15 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Intersession 2021: June 14 - August 3, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | June 14 - 18 |
Classes | June 21 - August 3 |
Fall 2021: August 30 - December 7, 2021 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | August 30 - September 3 |
Classes | September 7 - December 7 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Fall 2021: August 30 - October 22, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | August 30 - September 3 |
Classes | September 8 - October 22 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Fall 2021: October 19 - December 7, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | October 19 - 23 |
Classes | October 26 - December 7 |
Spring 2022: January 4 - April 12, 2022 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | January 4 - 8 |
Classes | January 11 - April 12 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Spring 2022: January 4 - February 23, 2022
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | January 4 - 8 |
Classes | January 11 - February 23 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Spring 2022: February 22 - April 12, 2021
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | February 22 - 26 |
Classes | March 1 - April 12 |
Intersession 2022: April 25 - August 2, 2022 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | April 25 - 30 |
Classes | May 3 - August 2 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Intersession 2022: April 25 - June 15, 2022
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | April 25 - 30 |
Classes | May 3 - June 15 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Intersession 2022: June 14 - August 2, 2022
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | June 14 - 18 |
Classes | June 21 - August 2 |
Fall 2022: August 29 - December 6, 2022 (13 weeks)
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | August 29 - September 3 |
Classes | September 7 - December 6 |
Term A (6.5 weeks)
Fall 2022: August 29 - October 22, 2022
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | August 29 - September 3 |
Classes | September 8 - October 22 |
Term B (6.5 weeks)
Fall 2022: October 19 - December 7, 2022
Activity | Dates |
Orientation & Assessment | October 19 - 23 |
Classes | October 26 - December 6 |