Accounting/Bookkeeping, Business, Languages/Communication, Sales/Marketing, Travel and Tourism/Hospitality

Arbutus College is a leading private Business School offering programs in Business, Hospitality, International Trade, Marketing and Translation/Interpreting. At Arbutus College we not only provide students with high quality instruction but with the environment and multicultural background they need to become leaders in today's global economy.

Cosmetology/Esthetics/Hairstyling

Our newest location, situated within Vancouver's historic Gastown, the Aveda Institute Vancouver is a beautiful landmark just steps away from the Canada Line, Sky Train nand Sea Bus. The institute is equipped with extensive clinic areas, a full-service salon and an Aveda Experience centre retail store.

Computer Software (using), Distance Education, Travel and Tourism/Hospitality

Established in 1980, Canadian Tourism College is the first accredited tourism college in British Colombia, and the only specialty career training institution that focuses on the hospitality, travel and tourism industries.  CTC has helped over 30,000 students dveloping necessary industry skills and a professional image sought by travel and tourism employers.

Health Services

Gateway College is a PCTIA accredited institution which can proudly state that it has been training students since 1986 to be valuable members of the health care team. Gateway College offers health care programs at every level ranging from Health Care Assistant, Long-Term Care Aide and Licensed Practical Nursing Access. With over 25 years of experience, Gateway College offers the best education by combining classroom knowledge with hands-on practical training from our instructors who are qualified Registered Nurses. Gateway College students graduate fully prepared to enter the work force as well-trained, confident and outstanding workers to meet the demands in the ever expanding health care field.

Culinary, Trades

Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA) is one of Vancouver's most progressive centres for culinary and baking & pastry arts education. Since 1997 our accredited institute has offered highly regarded 90% hands-on career programs in Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts with the option of expanding your career training with a 1-Year Dual Diploma program. Sessions commence in January, April, June and September each year. Our programs are designed for students who wish to be productive immediatly in a professional environment upon graduation. Instruction from Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts includes job-search training and a lifetime placement assistance service for every graduate. We are proud to have over 2,500 graduates. Small class size guaranteed.

Distance Education, Health Sciences

VCCT emphasizes the acquisition of applied counselling skills throughout its courses with the opportunity for intensive hands-on practice designed into the program.  VCCT provides a unique opportunity for students to earn a College Diploma in counselling skills through Distance Education.  This format has provided students from all parts of Canada, as well as International Students, the ability to study, practice, and develop professional level counselling theory, technique and skills. 

Radio/Television/Film/Music

The Nimbus School of recording Arts offers an unparalleled, on-of-a-kind approach to education that elevates and strengthensmusic, its creators, and those who produce and sustain it. A continuing tradition of excellence, Nimbus`founders and instructors are storied professionals with their own award winning projects, artists and catalogues. Most importantly, they are active mentors to a new generation faced with creating great music and a new and stronger musci profession.

Business, Languages/Communication, Travel and Tourism/Hospitality, Miscellaneous programs

Eton College is a PTCIA accredited private college, located in Vancouver, BC, specializing in Flight Attendant Preparation, Hospitality Management, Travel & Tourism, and Business Administration training. Eton College is a proud recipient of the EQA, a BC government quality assurance designation given to public and private post-secondary institutions.