Vancouver University Worldwide is (1) a consortium of globally-dispersed constituent and affiliate member colleges and programs, and (2) conducts a collateral 'external' aggregate-learning degrees process.

VUW thusly functions in two different but overlapping contexts:

(1) The locations-based programs are at constituent member or affiliate member colleges and institutes across Canada and around the world. They directly deal with students in their location and normally issue their own certificate or diploma for courses completed with them. These courses then additionally receive credit towards our relevant aggregate-learning ('external') degree, along with other learning accepted for degree credit purpose.

(2) The aggregate-learning degree process is also open to External ( 'off-campus' ) candidates who meet our criteria - such persons often, however, needing to take additional courses at an appropriate near-to-them institution, or on-line, in order to meet our degree completion requirements. Member colleges variously conduct programs (one or more) in arts and science, business administration, information technology, and languages, in our aggregate-learning degree context - some at undergraduate and others at graduate level. All such programs are collectively monitored so that students, upon passing examinations, receive full Vancouver University degree credit for their course work.