High Quality Canadian Education
Located in Vancouver, Canada.
Home of the largest world-class Animation, Visual Effects, and Video Game companies.
Invest in Something Extraordinary: You
Premium Higher Education with all-inclusive industry values.
VANAS welcomes you, works for you and cares for you.
Introductory Courses
- Accredited Introductory courses with
- an industry focus curriculum and taught
- by industry teachers who are leaders
- in their fields. These courses are
- intended for students to discover
- new learning areas by bringing
- awareness and application
- simultaneously. There are no
- pre-requisites, anyone can attend.
1-Year Diploma
- A 12 months accredited diploma program
- that will take you in a semester-based
- learning journey. VANAS Diploma
- programs are career focused with
- a learning methodology that will
- take you from foundations, to
- development to understanding;
- designed with an all-inclusive
- educational pedagogy.
2-Year Diploma
$37,000 (Save 34%)
- An accredited 2-year diploma program
- is a common choice for many learners,
- it allows them to complement, redefine
- and expand their abilities in order to
- reach a mastery learning stage.
- The quality of their work has the
- intention of achieving the studio
- quality seen in a production
- environment.
We offer a simple model where the tuition is the same for Canadian and International Students for all our full time diploma programs.
Tuition fees are in Canadian Dollars (CAD), reviewed annually by the Advisory Board and are subject to change without notice.
Funding Options
VANAS' goal is to recruit the best and brightest to join our school, regardless of their backgrounds or financial situations. We find talent of different ages located anywhere in the world. VANAS values diversity.
VANAS Scholarships
These are the most sought-after source of financial assistance. Applicants will need to provide accurate details of their financial situation.
External Funding
Explore different global funding methods for your career programs, including Student Finance Loans, RESPs as well as a list of other funding options.
Funding for Developing Countries
VANAS supports international student equity by giving students from developing countries an opportunity to participate in higher education.
Eligibility
To reduce tuition costs, several awards of 10% - 50%, will be allocated per start date to candidates who can justify the difficulty in raising sufficient finances for their studies at VANAS.
a) Candidates must study online while residing in emerging/developing countries.
b) Candidates must be provide an official photo identification (Passport) as proof of citizenship from their development/emerging country.
List of Development Countries according to the International Monetary Fund:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Federated States of Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Countries not listed by IMF
FAME Member Pricing
Discounts off select programs
Your Tuition is Protected
The Student Training Completion Fund is established under the Private Training Act
and provides consumer protection to students enrolled in programs at institutions
registered with the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB).
Learning is better together.
Friend tuition discounts to foster collaboration with your friends and family members
Frequently Asked Questions
To indicate your commitment to Vancouver Animation School (VANAS), and to reserve your seat in the program, you are required to pay a non-refundable tuition deposit to VANAS.
The amount of your deposit is based on the cost of your program, individual financial plan and your selected payment option.
Before paying your deposit, you must have received your Offer of Admission from VANAS.
For Diploma programs, the following payment options are available:
| Payment Options | Frequency | Amount Due | ||
| A | Full Payment | $18,500 | ||
| B | Per Term | $4,810 | ||
