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Victoria - Victoria University

Victoria University ([http://www.totalvictoria.com UVIC]) is among Canada's leading institutions of high education, situated in western Canada's most famous capital of Bc, Victoria. Uvic was formally established on July 1, 1963, Six decades before that, respectively as Victoria College of McGill University and also the University of Bc. Uvic has about 17,000 undergraduate students, 2,000 master and doctoral students. Towards the end of To November 1999, Uvic has granted 55,952 degrees.

Uvic can be a multi-disciplinary comprehensive university; it has college of Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Human and Social Development Institute, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and other colleges and professional departments. Uvic may be the second largest University in British Columbia receiving external research funding and contract funds. It connects with 118 institutions from27 countries around the world, also includes nine Japan. Uvic is also one of the three universities in Canada which has work-study "Cooperative Education" (co-op education program) projects. Location of Uvic can be defined as one of the world's best spot, first, the host city of Uvic, the Victoria city is the nominated top ten "best city to live" by world's major travel magazines annually.

The city is located in western Canada across the Pacific coast of [http://www.totalvictoria.com vancouver island]'s southern tip, encompassed by the sea, the west side is Pacific, east with the mainland city of Vancouver is the largest city inside the province, south side is Olympus Mountain of America over the sea. Because it is located in the maritime climate, so pleasant weather conditions are all year round, there is no significant distinct for your four seasons. Town has only smoke-free industry, no pollution, neat and clear air throughout the year. Second, the campus is situated in one of the city's best location, a location of 160 acres, the campus features a rational layout and delightful academic buildings, libraries, gymnasiums, parking lots, dormitories, restaurants, etc., along with with the international standing of the garden, ecological reserves and large tracts of undeveloped forest. 15 minutes' walking from east campus you can reach vast beach park, 15 minutes' making you can reach the southwest the city center and the inner harbour. Campus has 7 terminuses of different bus lines.

[http://www.totalvictoria.com victoria weather ferries] - Transport is quite convenient. And as long you are Uvic student, you can take student ID and take the city bus free of charge. Uvic has lots of sports facilities, swimming, tennis, basketball, football, skating, aerobics and lots of other venues throughout the campus and available to students free of charge. The greatest library on campus- McPherson Library - assortment of 1.6 million, 1.7 million CD, video and also the Department of Film has 4500, 42,000 tape drive, that is one of Canada's most advanced library.