British Columbia Institute of Technology

"BCIT" redirects here. For other uses, see BCIT (disambiguation).
British Columbia Institute of Technology
British Columbia Institute of Technology Logo
Other name
BCIT
MottoQuisque dominus summi
Motto in English
To each their highest attainment
TypePublic institute of technology
Established1964
Budget$364 million
PresidentDr. Jeff Zabudsky
Academic staff
970
Administrative staff
2,727
Students12,633 (2023-24 FTE)[1]
Location
Burnaby, Delta, North Vancouver, Richmond, and Vancouver
CampusMultiple sites
LanguageEnglish
ColoursNavy Blue, Yellow   
AffiliationsCICan, CBIE, Polytechnics Canada
Websitebcit.ca

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institute in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The technical institute has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with its main campus in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. There is also the Aerospace Technology Campus in Richmond, the Marine Campus in the City of North Vancouver, Downtown campus in Vancouver, and Annacis Island Campus in Delta.[2] It is provincially chartered through legislation in the College and Institute Act.[3] The school operates as a vocational and technical school, offering apprenticeships for the skilled trades and diplomas and degrees in vocational education for skilled technicians and workers in professions such as engineering, accountancy, business administration, broadcast/media communications,[4] digital arts,[5] nursing, computing, medicine, architecture, and law.

BCIT was first established as the British Columbia Vocational School in 1960. When BCIT opened its Burnaby campus in 1964, initial enrollment was 498 students.[6] As of 2017, enrollment has swelled to 18,755 full-time students and 30,593 part-time students.[7] Since its foundation, the institution has been home to over 125,000 alumni.[8]

  1. ^ "BC PSI Enrolment Data". BC Government. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. ^ "Campuses & Maps". British Columbia Institute of Technology.
  3. ^ "College and Institute Act". Queen's Printer.
  4. ^ "BCIT Broadcast". Retrieved 28 Oct 2019.
  5. ^ "BCIT Digital Arts". Retrieved 28 Oct 2019.
  6. ^ "History". British Columbia Institute of Technology.
  7. ^ BCIT Institutional Research (2017). "BCIT Institutional Research Quick Facts" (PDF). Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). BCIT Alumni Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-08-25.