At Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada, HD in Business Administration - General (Apply To 0216x01f) is offered as a higher diploma in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,764 per semester (CAD 1,389 per semester for local students).
This three-year advanced diploma takes a general management approach rather than a single specialisation, drawing coursework from supply chain and operations management, marketing, international business, human resources, finance and accounting alike. Several components can be completed fully online, with the option to transfer to campus to complete a different major if a student's interests shift.
Because it spans the full range of core business disciplines rather than one specialism, the diploma is intended to show a broad, well-rounded skill set to employers across a wide range of sectors and job functions. Graduates who meet a minimum grade average can go on to complete a Bachelor of Commerce through a partner university, adding as little as twelve months of further study to the diploma already earned.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This major is applied for under Business Administration (Core), program code 0216X01FWO, so admission follows the Core program's requirements: an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status (19 or older without a diploma), plus Grade 12 English (ENG4C or equivalent) and Grade 12 Mathematics (MAP4C or equivalent). English: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band under 5.5; TOEFL iBT 80 overall with 20 in each of reading, listening, speaking and writing for tests sat before 21 January 2026, or 4 overall with 4 in every component for tests sat after that date; or a Duolingo English Test score of 110 overall with 110 in Literacy and nothing under 95. Applications go through ontariocolleges.ca with official transcripts; those received by 1 February get equal consideration, later ones are processed first-come, first-served.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for September 2027 entry the application portal opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, and offers must be accepted by 1 May 2027, while later applications are still assessed as space allows; Algonquin publishes no separate equal-consideration date for the January 2027 intake. International applicants apply directly via Algonquin's own International Application Portal, not ontariocolleges.ca; instead of one fixed date the college posts a program-by-program closing-date list shortly before each term starts - for Fall 2026 most programs closed 16 September 2026, technology programs by 9-10 September; no Winter 2027 or Fall 2027 international list has been posted yet, so admission remains effectively rolling until each list is published and fills. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
