Vancouver Island University - VIU (reviews)

I would rate 5 out of 10 for VIU, I am currently taking MBA course at VIU and the course structure is not something I expected, everything is mixed and delivered in general within a short period of time. Some of the instructors are really good but some are treating us like undergrad students even though we are in a master class. School facilities are so-so, but not so bad considering it is a university on an island. One more thing, some of the instructors are not really good at teaching in English and is such a challenge for the international students to have a good understanding of their lectures.

What a waste of money and time taking the LPN program. Unless you like to suck up to the instructors forget getting additional help from them, or any help at all. They yell at you, are condescending and treat you like a child. Not an “adult learning” environment like they tell you. Be prepared to to most of your work without instructors in the lab in 2nd year, they constantly disappear. And their expectations are above and beyond what the BCCNM require. I feel they fail students to make the University more money. The way I watched them treat those of different skin color was repulsive as well. Don’t waste your money unless you’re white and like to kiss a**. Only one instructor out of the whole program actually cares about any of the students. Definitely will need to upgrade my pharmacology elsewhere as that class was a joke.

Vancouver Island University has been the home base to my education for the last four years, and I am so grateful for it. There are consistently community events and I always feel a part of something when I am on campus. The faculty are always lovely and supportive.
Just get ready to stretch your legs! There are a lot of stairs and the campus is built on a hill. My calves are real strong after four years of this! Wheelchair access to buildings can be lacking and navigating campus purely by ramp is confusing.

3.8 rating? Out of 10 maybe. 90% of all students that seek advocacy are nursing students. 7 of 28 students from the LON Program graduated and not many more are expected to this year. It’s not because the students are not 100% dedicated or intelligent enough, the prerequisites alone to apply for the program are steep enough. It’s the demands above the required curriculum that are out on the students and the complete lack of support, encouragement, or just plain decent humanity towards another that causes students who would be great nurses to fail or leave the program. Not all the instruction is horrible, but there is zero accountability for staff to follow or meet protocol, they do what they want, but the students are at their mercy to pass and so, so many have left completely exhausted, discouraged, and broken. It’s completely unnecessary for this to happen. With such a shortage of Healthcare Providers, you’d think they would be doing everything they could to provide a solid, supported environment for learning.