University of the Fraser Valley

The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is a fully accredited, public university that enrolls more than 13,000 students per year. UFV offers 15 bachelor's degrees, one applied master's degree and more than 80 certificate and diploma programs in applied and academic areas, including trades.

Many of the university's program "ladder" into one another, allowing students to keep their options open by earning a one-year certificate and/or a two-year diploma on the way to completing a full degree. Others offer a co-operative education option, where students can combine study with supervised, professional, paid, work experience. UFV offers many courses online each semester and broad international programming makes for a culturally diverse student community and great opportunities to study abroad. Continuing studies and academic upgrading offerings are also available.

FACILITY/SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: UFV serves residents of the Fraser Valley. It has campuses in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission;  regional centres in Hope and Agassiz; and a growing presence in Chandigarh, India. In Fall 2007, the university began development of a new 80-acre campus in the Canada Education Park in Chilliwack, with the first facility to open being a state-of-the-art Trades & Technology Centre.  A 204-bed residence was opened on the Abbotsford campus in 2007.