Why do people wonder if RRU is still a military college?
Royal Roads campus was home to a military college from 1940 to 1995. The military college was closed before becoming the home to RRU. The Department of National Defence owns the property and RRU leases the property from the crown for its University operations and assumes the stewardship responsibility for maintaining the site. There are still many aspects of the university that hearken back to its fine military legacy and RRU considers this an important and cherished part of the history of this site. The university continues to support our ties to the military and several members of our staff and alumni are a part of that history. However, today RRU is open to everyone – serving the community through offering formal academic programs, professional studies, continuing studies and interpretive services to visitors to the site.
