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Our academic and research activities make a vital impact world-wide. 17 percent of UVic’s student body is international, represented by 110 countries around the world.

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Global engagement

The Office of Global Engagement develops and promotes global partnerships that advance UVic's strategic goals for internationalization, which includes:

  • providing support to UVic faculty and staff in furthering their international activities
  • coordinating international partnerships, projects and programs that enhance UVic's diverse intercultural and global environment
  • organizing and hosting international delegations
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Global Engagement Strategy

UVic's Global Engagement Strategy highlights the priorities for the next 5 years (2023-2028) to help transform the University of Victoria into a truly global institution.

International opportunities for students

International Centre for Students offers programs and support for new and current UVic students.

Students can add an international experience to their UVic studies. We offer exchanges, field schools and co-op work terms around the world. We provide funding opportunities for both outbound and inbound students.

If you're an international student seeking entry to a UVic degree program, visit undergraduate or graduate admissions. We offer useful resources and advice for international students coming to UVic.

We also support short-term students such as visiting research students and visiting, exchange and study abroad students.

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Global partnerships

UVic has active partnership agreements with over 200 post-secondary institutions located worldwide. These partnerships enable students, staff and faculty to collaborate internationally and travel abroad for study, co-op, service learning, professional development and research opportunities.

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Network memberships

The Office of Global Engagement coordinates network memberships to various international organizations and institutes on behalf of UVic. Find available funding opportunities for faculty, staff and students. 

International research

UVic ranks among the world’s best and most internationally-engaged research universities.

Our international focus infuses the work of every faculty and research centre.

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Visiting international researchers

Learn more about UVic’s research strengths and find out how we can help you accomplish your research goals.

Visit UVic as a post-doctoral fellow, a scholar.

Learn about the funding opportunities available to researchers visiting UVic.

International travel safety

UVic has an established Off-Campus Activity Risk Management Policy. This policy supports procedures to ensure that travellers are prepared for and safe throughout their trip abroad. We have partnered with International SOS (ISOS) to offer emergency medical, safety and security advice, referrals and emotional support when travelling.

Events

Open Researchers examine challenges this World AIDS Day

Researchers examine challenges this World AIDS Day

Ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday (Dec. 1), read more about the good work of four researchers in the Faculty of Human and Social Development.

Open Expert on climate modelling and analysis

Expert on climate modelling and analysis

In a new Nature study, led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics and published today, an international group of authors who developed the science behind net zero demonstrate that relying...

Open Robotics artist plots course for the future

Robotics artist plots course for the future

Prior to arriving at UVic, Sie Douglas-Fish had never even left their 2,000-person hometown before—but now, as they graduate with a BFA in Visual Arts, they’re not only already living and working...

Open Visual anthropology grad inspires hope

Visual anthropology grad inspires hope

Long-time photographer and artist, Graydon Smith, found inspiration in UVic’s visual anthropology graduate program. He graduates this fall with a master’s degree in anthropology. “I was first...

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