Canada's university for changemakers

Royal Roads University is a public, applied research university in Victoria BC.

Welcome to your change-your-life (and the world) education.

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What we offer

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Programs

We offer undergraduate and advanced programs in Arts, Science and Business.

For-credit courses

University credit courses with the possibility of transferring credit to a certificate, diploma or degree.

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Non-credit programs and courses

Non-credit programs and courses through Professional and Continuing Studies, and the Global Learning and Language Centre.

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About Royal Roads University

This is a place of life-changing transformation.

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Career impact

Graduates say RRU made a professional difference — and most report landing new jobs, earning higher salaries, or receiving promotions.

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Alumni pride

Students leave with more than a credential. They join a global alumni community that carries their life-changing RRU education with pride.

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Changemaker campus

RRU is one of only five Canadian universities recognized by Ashoka U for social innovation in higher education.

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Retention rate

Most students who start a program at RRU stay and finish. Our learning model, support systems and community make a real difference.

Land Acknowledgement

Hay’sxw’qa si’em nakwilia

[Hy-sh-kwa sea-em na-kwil-ia]
Thank you my honourable people

We acknowledge the campus is located on the traditional Lands of the Lekwungen-speaking Peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. With gratitude, we live, work and learn here where the past, present and future of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, faculty and staff come together.

Indigenous engagement
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News

Latest news

Stories about our people, programs and places.

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Fall 2025 Alumni Address: Tyson Atleo

“We are the forest, we are the ocean, we are the sky, we are the soils.... I really do beg of you, let your education be a tool for transformation.”

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Royal Roads launches first-ever Giving Day

Every gift, of any amount, to any fund, will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $27,000, thanks to the generosity of matching donors helping to reach our $100,000 Giving Day goal.

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Finding balance from health care to self-care: A leadership journey

Master of Arts in Leadership student Deny Thomas learned how to combine the power of self-care with his work as a palliative nurse.

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Fall 2025 Alumni Address: Tyson Atleo

“We are the forest, we are the ocean, we are the sky, we are the soils.... I really do beg of you, let your education be a tool for transformation.”

Royal Roads launches first-ever Giving Day

Every gift, of any amount, to any fund, will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $27,000, thanks to the generosity of matching donors helping to reach our $100,000 Giving Day goal.

Finding balance from health care to self-care: A leadership journey

Master of Arts in Leadership student Deny Thomas learned how to combine the power of self-care with his work as a palliative nurse.