• LocationCampbell River, Courtenay/Comox Valley, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Ucluelet, Canada
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North Island College (NIC) is a community college and designated learning institution (DLI) in British Columbia, Canada. It has four campuses on Vancouver Island, on Canada's Pacific Northwest coast: Campbell River, Comox Valley, Port Alberni and Mixalakwila (Port Hardy). It serves North Vancouver Island, the Central Coast and beyond, with an 18:1 student-to-faculty ratio.

NIC offers trades training, health and community service programmes, business studies and university-level courses that can be transferred to universities across BC and beyond. Programmes open to international students include:

• Associate degrees in arts and in science, and university transfer pathways
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting, Management) and business diplomas
• Health science, criminology and engineering foundation programmes
• Early childhood care and education, social services and health care
• Electrical and instrumentation technician programmes

Several programmes are eligible for the Canadian Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP), and co-op work experience is available. Teaching is in English; international applicants need, for example, Academic IELTS 6.0 for open-entry programmes, or can follow a language pathway. Applications for 2027/28 are open. On the Comox Valley campus, the tul'al'txw student housing complex has 217 beds, including family units, and NIC awards more than $1 million in financial awards.

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, Campbell River, Courtenay/Comox Valley, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Ucluelet, Canada

Programmes open to international students (PGWP eligibility is checked by IRCC):

• Arts, science and engineering: Associate of Arts Degree, Associate of Science Degree, Criminology Diploma, Engineering Foundation Certificate, Health Science Diploma, Island Pre-Health Science Advanced Diploma, transfer pathways to the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University
• Business: Business Administration Certificate and Diploma, Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting, Management), Business Administration Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting
• Health and human services: Early Childhood Care and Education Diploma, Health Care Assistant and Community Mental Health Worker, Social Service Diploma
• Technical: Electrician Foundation certificate, Instrumentation and Electrical Automation Technician Diploma

Courses are taught in English. Results must be from the last two years, and General IELTS is not accepted. Minimum scores for open-entry programmes:

• Academic IELTS: 6.0, no band below 5.5
• TOEFL iBT: 4.5, no subsection below 4
• CAEL: 60, with 60 in writing
• PTE Academic: 54, no component below 46
• Cambridge C1 Advanced: 174
• Duolingo: 105, no section below 95

Limited-entry programmes ask for more (for example IELTS 6.0 with no band below 6.0). Graduates of an English-taught university degree from listed countries meet the requirement, and a language pathway is available for those who do not.

tul'al'txw student housing, on the Comox Valley campus, has 217 beds: 157 in two linked buildings with single and shared units, and 60 for students with families in a third building (two-bedroom family suites for up to four people). For 2026-27, furnished individual, shared and family units start at $980 per month, including utilities and WiFi. Housing is open year-round, and students apply after applying for their NIC programme. Licensed childcare is available on campus.

https://www.nic.bc.ca/admissions/international-students/index.html