North Island College

Our campus locations are surrounded by nature. For example, you can ski, snowshoe or bike at Mount Washington then paddle at one of our local beaches.

The Campbell River campus features:

• • Over 10 trades and technical program options
  • State of the Art Practical Nursing Lab
  • Centre for Applied Research, Technology and Innovation (CARTI)
  • Right across from Beaver Lodge Forest Lands

The Comox Valley campus is:

• • Shadbolt and Raven fine art studios and facilities
  • Spacious and modern Trades Training Centre
  • Next door to the Comox Valley Aquatic Centre and the North Island Hospital
  • NIC’s first ever Student Housing Commons, opening in 2025

The Port Alberni campus offers:

• Two locations including the Tebo Vocational Centre and Roger Street campus featuring the Bistro
• A range of trades and program options including Furniture Design and Joinery
• Short drive to Cathedral Grove and Sproat Lake

The Ucluelet Learning Centre has:

• Technology-based access to healtcare, business, university transfer and upgrading programming
• Walking distance to the Wild Pacific Trail

Whether you are a university studies, business, tourism, nursing or human services student you can travel the world and expand your education with NIC. Studying abroad takes many different forms at NIC, including outgoing exchanges and Field Schools. Your field of study and learning goals will help you decide what’s right for you. We offer outgoing exchange, incoming exchange and field schools as well as UMAP opportunities.

Each program has its’ own admission requirement and specific courses have their own pre-requisites which are outlined on the Programs and Courses web page. Need help? Connect with an NIC Future Student Rep to have your questions answered.

Student Services provides a wide range of services and resources to help you reach your goals. Each year more than 8,000 students discover their path through NIC. Whether you need help planning your education, securing funding, paying for a tutor or finding scholarships and bursaries, we can help.

Admissions for most programs are first applied, first qualified, first invited.

NIC offers IB and AP students one of the most generous credit recognition programs in Canada. IB credits transfer to individual courses and can block transfer if students have completed an IB diploma with all higher level courses. If you complete AP courses in high school, you may be eligible for advanced credit; check the transferability of AP courses through the BC Transfer Guide.

To meet the English language requirement for academic programs, students must have completed BC English 12/First Peoples 12 with a minimum grade of C or NIC ESL 089 and ESL 090 with a minimum grade of C+. The other option is meeting the minimum standards on one of the English language proficiency tests [IELTS, TOEFL etc.] within the last two years. Details are on the admissions website.

Apply early. While there are no specific deadlines in place for most programs, many programs will have a limited number of spaces available.

Admissions for most programs are first applied, first qualified, first invited.

Applications for 2024 Fall BSCN program will open on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 and close on January 31, 2024. Please visit the BSCN program webpage for more details.

Non-refundable application fee is $25 for domestic and $100 for international applicants.

You can apply to NIC online through EducationPlanner BC:  (https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/)

Construction on the Comox Valley NIC Student Housing Commons Project is underway, with a projected opening of Fall 2025. Please check the NIC Student Housing page for updates with more information about application processes, timelines and housing details being added as the new student housing begins to take shape.

The commons will include 217 beds for students to house students from across the North Island and improve access to education. The commons will include 20 family suites in a dedicated family building, accessible suites and short and long-term tenures to meet the needs of NIC students.

We thank the K’ómoks First Nation for their guidance, input and continued participation in the student housing sub-committees.

The Department of Accessible Learning Services (DALS) provides support to North Island College students who identify as having a disability which may impact their ability to study. Faculty at DALS work to identify accommodations needed by students to enable them to fully participate in their classes and help implement these accommodations so that students do not face disability-based exclusion in any component of their courses.

If you identify as a student with a disability and require academic accommodations, please contact our office to make an appointment with one of our DALS faculty. We will need documentation of your disability to determine what accommodations need to be put in place to ensure you are able to participate fully in your courses at NIC. If you do not have documentation of your disability, please contact our office. We will be happy to meet with you and help you through the process of obtaining documentation of your disability.

Department of Accessible Learning Services faculty are here to help. Contact us for information on how we can help you.

Indigenous Student Services provides a wide range of services and resources to help you reach your goals. We offer support for our students including Elders in Residence, Indigenous Education Navigators, Indigenous programs and courses, priority admissions, financial support, Indigenous student lounges, the Aboriginal Scholars program, and NIC’s commitment to reconciliation, indigenization, and decolonization. Whether you need help planning your education, securing funding, paying for a tutor, or finding scholarships and bursaries, we can help.

North Island College is honoured to acknowledge the traditional territories of the combined 35 First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish traditions, on whose traditional and unceded territories the College’s campuses are situated.

NIC’s Office of Global Engagement works with students, faculty and staff in learning outside of their current cultural content and developing skills for global success. Each year, hundreds of students from countries around the world choose to make Vancouver Island their home away from home.

For admission, one of the following English language proficiency results, achieved within the last two years: Academic IELTS 6.0 overall with no individual band less than 5.5; TOEFL ibt 80 overall with no subsection less than 19; TOEFL 550 (Code 8538); CAEL 60 and writing 60; or PTE Academic 54 overall with no component less than 46.