Vancouver Community College - Broadway

One third of Vancouver Community College’s Broadway campus is not really about VCC at all. Six of its 18 international programmes exist to move you into a bachelor degree somewhere else: four one-year university transfer certificates and two associate degrees.

That makes Broadway a fundamentally different proposition from VCC’s Downtown campus. Downtown trains you for a job. Broadway trains you for a job or bridges you toward a university others will grant the degree.

Getting that distinction wrong is expensive, because VCC requires a CAD 10,000 non-refundable deposit and permits no change of programme or intake once an offer is issued.

What this guide covers

1. The Broadway campus, and how it differs from Downtown
2. All 18 Broadway programmes
3. The trades cluster
4. University transfer and associate degrees
5. Health support programmes
6. Music, and the only degree at VCC
7. The two ESL pathways
8. Admission requirements
9. English requirements, all eight bands
10. Fees and the deposit
11. Intakes
12. PGWP position by programme
13. Regulated occupations and trades certification
14. How to apply
15. Is Broadway the right campus for you?
16. FAQs

1. The Broadway Campus

Broadway is one of VCC’s two campuses in Vancouver, British Columbia. The college is public, holds DLI number O19279717512, and was established in 1965.

Neither campus offers student housing. Read our full Vancouver Community College guide for the college-wide picture, including the deposit policy and living costs.

2. All 18 Broadway Programmes

3. The Trades Cluster

Four Broadway programmes teach mechanical and electronic trades, and they are the reason many students choose this campus over Downtown.

Two of these accept IELTS 5.5, which is the lowest English requirement at this campus and reflects training delivered largely through workshop practice.

The honest counterweight on heavy mechanical work: much of it in British Columbia is remote or camp based, supporting mining and forestry sites rather than city workshops. That suits some students well and genuinely does not suit others.

4. University Transfer and Associate Degrees

This is the largest cluster at Broadway and the least understood. Six programmes exist to generate university credit rather than to qualify you for work.

The associate degrees are the stronger option for most people. They carry two years of credit rather than one, and unlike a transfer certificate an associate degree is a recognised credential in its own right. If the transfer falls through, you still hold something. Compare the Associate of Science in Computer Science at CAD 23,995 against the one-year Computing transfer certificate at CAD 22,391: for roughly CAD 1,600 more you get double the credit and a standalone qualification.

5. Health Support Programmes

Two Broadway diplomas lead into British Columbia health care, and both carry conditions decided by a regulator rather than the college.

The Health Care Assistant diploma at CAD 23,894 includes a clinical practicum. Working requires listing on the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry, plus a criminal record check and immunisation records. It also carries the most unusual English rule at VCC: Duolingo is refused entirely, and you need speaking and listening at 6.0 specifically, because the work depends on spoken communication with vulnerable people.

The Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistant diploma at CAD 27,017 is the most expensive programme at this campus and asks the highest English bar: IELTS 6.5 with writing and speaking at 6.5. Rehabilitation assistants work under the direction of registered therapists, so this is a supporting role rather than independent practice.

6. Music, and the Only Degree at VCC

Broadway holds the Bachelor of Applied Music, the only degree VCC offers to international students. It is a two-year completion requiring a completed diploma and 70 percent, making it the only programme at the entire college asking more than 50 percent.

The honest counterweight: performance work is freelance and irregular, and nearly all working musicians combine playing with teaching from the outset.

7. The Two ESL Pathways

Both ESL pathways at VCC sit at Broadway, and they need care.

8. Broadway Admission Requirements

Seventeen of the 18 programmes ask 50 percent. Only the Bachelor of Applied Music asks 70. No GMAT or GRE is required anywhere.

9. Broadway English Requirements

Broadway runs eight distinct English bands across just 18 programmes, so the college-wide figures you see elsewhere are not enough to apply on.

10. Broadway Fees and the Deposit

Tuition at Broadway runs from CAD 14,277 to CAD 27,330, with most two-year diplomas between CAD 18,000 and 24,000. A CAD 145 application fee applies to every programme.

Vancouver is among Canada’s most expensive cities and VCC has no student housing at either campus. Budget CAD 18,000 to 27,000 a year for living costs on top of tuition.

11. Broadway Intakes

Across the 18 programmes there are 112 recorded entry windows spanning ten months of the year.

September appears on every Broadway programme, and 13 of 18 also run January. The constraint is seat capacity rather than deadlines, since workshop and clinical placements are finite. Apply eight to twelve months ahead.

12. PGWP Position by Programme

13. Regulated Occupations and Trades Certification

14. How to Apply to VCC Broadway

Applying through the Apply Study Visa portal is free, and at VCC that review earns its place because the deposit structure punishes mistakes heavily.

1. Confirm the campus. Broadway and Downtown carry different programmes. Applying to the wrong one wastes the CAD 145 application fee at minimum.
2. If it is a transfer route, we contact the receiving university first, before anything else, to confirm credits and admission requirements in writing.
3. We check your band scores, not just your overall, because two Broadway programmes require specific skill scores and one refuses Duolingo.
4. We confirm the work permit position in writing before any deposit, since 15 of 18 programmes face the field of study requirement.
5. Only then do we advise on the deposit, and we guide you through the letter of acceptance, the provincial attestation letter, funds documentation and the study permit using DLI O19279717512.

Check your eligibility free, or read our GIC account guide if funds are your next step.

15. Is Broadway the Right Campus for You?

Choose Broadway if you want mechanical or electronic trades, health support work, music, or a bridge toward a British Columbia university degree. Choose Downtown if you want baking, beauty, fashion, jewellery, business or computing.

Broadway suits you if

• You want a trade and can accept that provincial certification takes further hours beyond the diploma.
• You are using VCC as a bridge to a university degree and have written confirmation from the receiving university.
• You want the one degree at VCC and hold a music diploma at 70 percent.
• Your English is around IELTS 5.5 and you want the trades or culinary routes.
• You can fund Vancouver living costs without relying on part time work.

Broadway does not suit you if

• You want beauty, fashion, jewellery or business. Those sit at Downtown.
• You are considering an ESL pathway without a confirmed programme to follow it.
• You need certainty on your work permit. Only 1 of 18 programmes gives that.
• Your finances are tight. The deposit alone is non-refundable at CAD 10,000.
• You need campus accommodation. VCC has none.

16. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)