Earn while you learn
Through co-operative education (co-op), you can try different jobs, earn a salary, meet employers and gain relevant experience—all during your UVic degree!
of co-op students get job offers before graduation
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Upcoming events
Fri, May 16, 2025
- Free
- Workshops
Looking for work? Exploring career options? Meet with a career educator for support.
Thu, May 22, 2025
- Free
- Information sessions
Join us for the School of Health Information Science Seminar Series. This series features international experts in the field of Health Informatics. With the current global changes and demands in health care, optimizing our systems is becoming increasingly important and urgent. This seminar series focuses on how we can use advances in a range of areas like virtual and patient-centered care, AI and data science to improve health outcomes, and to streamline health care processes.
Thu, May 22, 2025
- Free
Accounting and Finance Networking Evening - May 22, 2025 04:30 PM PT to 06:00 PM PT - Michele Pujol Room
Interact with reps from accounting, finance and banking firms to learn about how workplace culture, opportunities for growth, and collaborating in teams makes accounting and finance their career of choice!
Meet with BCI, BMO, RBC, Doane Grant Thornton, KPMG, MNP, CFA Society—and over a dozen employers in public, private, and industry to learn more about a career in accounting and finance.
This is an IN-PERSON event!
Light refreshments will be provided.
DETAILS:
- Thursday, May 22
- SUB, Michele Pujol Room
- (The interior entrance is in between the Health Food Bar and the Grill)
- 4:30pm: Welcome and introductions
- 4:45pm: Networking
- 6:00pm: Event concludes
Never miss a chance to network with employers! This is a great chance to ask questions about what it’s like to work in different kinds of companies, whether for co-op or in your future career.
If you’re looking for a co-op or post-graduate position, it’s a chance to make a good impression and to find out about upcoming opportunities!
Fri, May 23, 2025
- Free
- Workshops
Looking for work? Exploring career options? Meet with a career educator for support.
Student experiences
Tanvir Kahlon (software engineering)
As someone who is passionate about problem solving and design, Tanvir Kahlon (he/him) knew he wanted to study at a university where he could be challenged. The international student from India was...
India Edwards (recreation and health education)
As someone who is passionate about holistic health care, recreation and health education student India Edwards (she/they) was looking for a co-op position where she could make a difference. She...
Liam Shatzel (computer science)
When Liam Shatzel (he/him) was choosing a university, he zeroed in on UVic's co-op program in computer science. The chance to put his skills into action during his degree was a deciding factor, and...
Sebastian Leroux (biology)
When UVic biology student Sebastian Leroux (he/him) was looking for a co-op position, he was also looking for a way to make a difference. As someone who is passionate about sustainability, he found...
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Territory acknowledgement
We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.