BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY L-2

3700 Willingdon Ave.
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5G 3H2
Tel: (604)434-5734
Admissions: (604)432-8215
Fax: (604)278-5363
Web Site: http://www.bcit.ca/

Description:

Province-supported, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1964. Setting: 103-acre urban campus with easy access to Vancouver. Total enrollment: 22,670. 7,700 applied, 33% were admitted. 5% live on campus. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences; business/marketing; computer/information sciences.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Required for some: essay, 2 recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $60 Canadian dollars. Tuition, fee, and room only charges are reported in Canadian dollars. Province resident tuition: $5420 full-time. Mandatory fees: $180 full-time. College room only: $3735. International student tuition: $14,270 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Student-run newspaper, radio station. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 343 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. British Columbia Institute of Technology Library plus 1 other with 169,404 books, 39,295 microform titles, 1,080 serials, 4,627 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.9 million.