Visual College of Art and Design, or simply VCAD, is a for-profit

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, Canada owned by the

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. The college offers diploma programs in various aspects of fashion,

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, architecture design and technology,

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, game design, and animation. It has no relation to the fine arts college

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, although the latter was also owned for 10 months by Eminata between November 2008 and September 2009 during which time it was branded as "Victoria College of Art and Design".

History

VCAD is owned by the

via Vancouver Career College (Burnaby) Inc. which does business as three different career colleges: Vancouver Career College, CDI College, and Visual College of Art and Design. Eminata established VCAD and began recruiting students in February 2009. It officially opened in April of that year in an office building on 1111 Melville Street in Vancouver. The college shared the building with

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which at the time was also owned by Eminata. In September 2010 the VCAD campus relocated to its present site, the

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on 626 Pender Street where it occupies several floors.

Programs

VCAD is certified by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. It is also on the Ministry's registry of Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designated institutions. As of 2018, it offers 13 full-time PTIB-approved diploma programs in various aspects of fashion,

, architecture design and technology,

, game design, web and app design, and animation. Three of the programs also offer work experience as part of the course: Architecture Design and Technology, Interior Design with Co-op, and Marketing and Merchandising for Fashion.

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