Who we are

Strategic
plan

The University of Victoria's renewed strategic plan - A Vision for the Future: Building on Strength - reinforces the vision and mission of the university, and sets long-term goals for the future. The renewed plan builds on the success of the original Vision for the Future (2002), and was approved by the senate and board of governors in January 2007

• Institutional Planning and Analysis
• Budget and Capital Planning
• Campus Planning
• University Secretary Planning Committees & Reports
• Facilities Management

Accountability
 

The University of Victoria is proud and grateful to benefit from significant support in the form of public funding, student tuition and private contributions. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of stewardship of these resources and our audited financial statements are publicly available. To ensure programming of the highest quality for our students, our faculty are evaluated annually, through students' teaching evaluations as well as by their department chair and dean. Departments are also subject to vigorous external review every five to seven years.

In addition, there are many ways in which the university provides a public accounting of its accomplishments and progress in fulfilling its mission.We invite you to share our pride in following this progress, much of which is documented on the UVic Web site.

Sustainability
 

In a world in which the most challenging problems are shared, co-operative international solutions are required. The University of Victoria has both a role and a responsibility to respond and take action.

The 2007 UVic Strategic Plan, A Vision for the Future Building on Strength, calls for the establishment of a formal framework to manage the University's physical and financial resources in a sustainable manner - that is, with attention paid to the 'triple bottom line' of economic, social, and environmental consequences.

The aim is for the sustainability website to be the digital hub for sustainability on the University of Victoria campus. We invite you to explore our green initiatives on the ground, in the classroom, and in our research activities. Connect with student groups, learn tips to reduce your impact and find out how you can get involved.

Governance &
History

The University of Victoria operates under the authority of the University Act of the Province of British Columbia (RSBC 1996, c468), and is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

UVic and
University Rankings

The University of Victoria is recognized annually as one of Canada's top universities by external surveys and UVic students alike.

Globe and Mail

UVic received an A- in the 2007 Globe and Mail's University Report Card on students' overall satisfaction with their university experience. UVic sent the Globe and Mail survey out to all its registered students, ensuring that the university's ratings were based on the opinions of its whole student body, not just those who registered with the Studentawards.com database as was the case in previous years.

UVic's campus environment and atmosphere received top marks as did its computing equipment, online resources, the library, and faculty's knowledge of subject matter. UVic's tolerance for diverse opinions and ideas also received an A-.

For more information visit the Globe and Mail website.

Maclean's

In 2007 UVic placed first out of the 11 comprehensive universities that participated in the annual Maclean's magazine rankings of Canadian universities. UVic placed second in its category in the amount of medical and science grants it attracts, and also scored high for its overall ability to attract research funding, support for its libraries and support for scholarships and bursaries.

• The Globe and Mail university report card
• Maclean's university rankings