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About 50 levels of V below 3.2 MeV have been studied with 9to 15-keV resolution via the V5~(d, t)V5, Cr~( d, e)V, and Ti4 (He~, p)V reactions. Angular distributions were taken (at 16 MeV) for the V~( d, t) reactions and (at 17 MeV) for Cr5 (d, e)V . (d, t) and (d, o. ) l values were extracted by comparison with distorted-wave Born-approximation calculations. For most of the levels seen, direct-reaction selection rules lead to narrow limits for the finalstate spins, and in a few cases to unique J~a ssignments. The spectroscopic information for the lowest levels was compared with shell-model predictions, and qualitative agreement was found. The lowest negative-parity states seen were above 2 MeV. Little 2p strength was found in the pickup experiments, and strong suppression of (d, e) transitions to J =(even)' states suggests that the low-lying states of V~a re predominantly of (f&f2)" configuration.However, a comparison with the (d, o) spectrum for the particle-hole conjugate nucleus Sc46 shows that these nuclei are more dissimilar than a simple (f&~2)" model would suggest.