Career programs
UVic offers a range of career support programs to help you find a job you love.
Your Career Starts Here
Your Career Starts Here is our free online program that will help you graduate career-ready and understand your true potential.
You'll find your answers to:
- What do you love?
- What are you great at?
- What does the world need?
- What can you be paid for?
Program format
The course is organized into four brief modules that you'll complete mostly online at your own pace, plus a few in-person activities that will bring your learning to life.
You'll move through the four modules in the order you choose. You can choose to do as few or as many as you like.
Your Career Starts Here is for current students. Already graduated? Check out our Career Clarity program for alumni.
How to register
Career exploration for alumni
Career Clarity is our free online program for UVic alumni that will help you:
- generate career ideas
- use online resources to research possible career paths
- arrange and conduct in-person informational meetings
- decide on the next steps in your career
Program format
Career Clarity is for UVic alumni only and runs online through Brightspace each term. The program is 6 weeks and you can expect to work on it 3-5 hours each week.
You'll work through a series of exercises and assignments on your own and participate in online discussions with a career educator and other participants.
You can also meet with a career educator 1-on-1 to review your progress.
How to register
- Complete the Career Clarity application.
Registration is currently closed. Check back in Spring 2025 for future session dates!
Indigenous programs
The following career programs are available for Indigenous students.
- Indigenous International Work-Integration Learning (WIL) Exchange Program
- Career Fair and Mock Interview Clinics
- LE,NONET Program
- Indigenous Resource hub
- CanWork Program
WACE Global Challenge
Want to work with students from around the world to tackle a real-world sustainability project?
You can take part in the WACE Global Challenge, where you'll partner with students from across the globe to act as "management consultants" on an sustainability-focused industry project.
The next challenge and cohort will run from Monday, November 11 to Friday, December 6, 2024. In the first week, you'll complete a mandatory virtual orientation session, a cultural intelligence workshop and a client briefing, then work with your team and present your work in the final week!
This opportunity is made possible through a partnership between UVic, the World Association of Cooperative Education (WACE) and EdTech Practera.
To learn more, contact samanthaogrodnik@uvic.ca.
Mock MMIs
Mock Multiple Mini Interviews are practice interview, coaching and feedback sessions designed to help you prepare for the medical school application process.
These group sessions include a mock interview and feedback/coaching.
For physiotherapy and dental school programs, we are offering one-on-one MMI coaching. Please email careers@uvic.ca for more information.
Counselling career support
You can also sign up for a career group through Counselling Services.