The Art Institute of Vancouver is part of The Art Institutes, a network of over 45 schools which has been offering programs in design, fashion, culinary arts and the media arts across North America since 1970. All our sister schools offer degrees at the associate, bachelor and master's levels and are accredited by regional or national accreditation bodies.  The Art Institute of Vancouver is accredited by The Private Career Training Institutions Agency of B.C. (PCTIA).

The Art Institute of Vancouver began operations in 2002 when our parent company, Education Management Corporation (EDMC), acquired The Center for Digital Imaging and Sound in Burnaby, B.C., and The Institute of Digital Arts in Richmond, B.C.  In June 2003, EDMC purchased the Dubrulle International Culinary & Hotel Institute of Canada, in Vancouver, British Columbia.  In September 2004, Dubrulle and The Art Institute of Vancouver-Burnaby were merged to re-form The Art Institute of Vancouver. 

Since 2004, The Art Institute of Vancouver has  been offering an array of exciting applied arts programs in such diverse fields as Animation, Culinary Arts, Digital Film and Video, Event Management, Game Art and Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Professional Recording Arts, VFX for Film and Television, Video Game Programming and Web Design. 

In June 2009, the Design and Event Management programs moved into a new purpose-built, two-story structure located at 2665 Renfrew Street, adjacent to the Renfrew SkyTrain station. The Renfrew campus, which has 40,000 square feet of student space, was master planned and developed specifically for the school by Vancouver-based MCM Interiors, who won the 2006 Interior Designers Institute of BC (IDI) Award of Excellence for their work with Electronic Arts.  This conveniently located building features increased library and student lounge spaces, and is specifically built to strict environmental requirements. The Media Arts programs, which were previously housed at our Burnaby campus, moved to the the Renfrew campus in Summer 2010, bringing the student space to a total of 80,000 square feet.