Founded: 1965
Type: Public
Total Students: 26000+
Vancouver Community College-Broadway is a public community college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1965, it is the largest and oldest community college in British Columbia, with over 140 certificate and diploma programs. VCC has three campuses, Broadway, Downtown and Annacis Island.
The college accommodates 26,000 students each year from a variety of nations, about 8 percent of whom are international students.
Vancouver Community College has three campuses, two of which are accessible by Vancouver’s SkyTrain. The Downtown campus is located at 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton (two blocks west of Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station). VCC’s second campus, known as the Broadway campus, is at 1155 East Broadway, by the VCC–Clark Station. There is also a new (opened in 2014) third campus, it is where Vancouver Community College-Broadway Heavy Mechanical Trades are located. It is shared with VCC/BCIT campus. VCC also has nearly three dozen community outreach and learning centers.
January 2009 marked the opening of VCC’s $55 million Broadway campus expansion project. $44 million was funded by the Government of British Columbia and the balance by VCC and community donors. The new building is 133,000 square feet (12,400 m2) and seven storeys tall, home to VCC’s health sciences training programs.
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