Offered by Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada, PGCert in Sport Business Management is a postgraduate certificate in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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This graduate certificate applies core business disciplines including finance, economics, sales and marketing specifically to the sport industry. Coursework builds skills in generating revenue through ticket sales and corporate sponsorship, strengthening audience engagement through digital analytics and marketing, supporting safe sport and inclusion initiatives, and managing the event experience for different audiences. Practical experience comes through placements with sport organizations at the professional, national and local level, and a capstone project has student teams develop a business plan proposing a bid to host a major sporting event. Career destinations include sponsorship, communications, digital analytics, sport tourism and policy development, sales and marketing, and sport event management or administration and finance roles.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission is post-diploma/post-degree entry: Algonquin requires an Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, or Degree, or equivalent; applicants with at least two years of full-time post-secondary study in good standing plus relevant work experience may instead be assessed individually through Algonquin's Additional Admission Requirements Eligibility Package process. International or non-Canadian transcripts must be assessed through ICAS or WES. The program's own published English-proficiency requirement is IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0, OR TOEFL iBT overall 88 with a minimum of 22 in each component for tests before 21 January 2026 (a rescaled overall 4.5 with a 4.5 component minimum applies to tests from that date), OR Duolingo English Test overall 120 with at least 120 in Literacy and no score below 105.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
