Royal Roads University is a publicly funded, applied research university that has focused on lifelong education since 1995 and is located at Hatley Park National Historic Site on Vancouver Island. At Royal Roads, academic offerings are organized into faculties. Each faculty contains several schools, and each school offers a number of programs. Each program administers its own courses, instructors, and students. Royal Roads University offers applied and professional programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, focusing on graduate level career development. The programs are primarily offered in a cohort model as a blended format, combining periodic on campus residencies for face-to-face intensive sessions with online courses. This format is designed to favour working professionals, who may complete the programs at a distance while maintaining their career.
