British Columbia Institute of Technology

Established in 1964, The British Columbia Institute of Technology is known as Canada's premier polytechnic institute. The college proudly presents four more campuses in downtown Vancouver, a marine campus in North Vancouver, an aerospace and technology campus in Richmond and the Great Northern Way campus. BCIT comprises of 7 schools, 6 of which provide education to the full time students.



The schools are as follows:

• School of Computing and Academic Studies
• School of Manufacturing, Electronics & Industrial Process
• School of Business
• School of Construction and Environment
• School of Health Science
• School of Transportation
• School of Lifelong Learning provides part time students with courses like:
  1. Industry Training
  2. The Testing Centre

The institute is unique in its own way as it has its own fire simulation theatre, a fully operational pulp-mill, a planetarium, an operating demonstration forest in Maple Ridge. The college is known for the subjects like: business and media, computing and information technology, engineering, applied and natural sciences, health science, trade and apprenticeship. Some of the prestigious scholarships are: a) Entrance Awards-theses are non-repayable awards granted to students in financial need and who show exemplary performance b) Graduation awards- students who take 100% course load in their final year c) BCIT Scholarships: students who are able to carry the workload of 100% in their first year.

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