University Certificate, Accounting is a certificate in Accounting programme taught at Athabasca University in Athabasca, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered fully online. Tuition for international students is CAD 223 per credit (CAD 223 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Accounting
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: Online
Local tuition: CAD 223 / credit
International tuition: CAD 223 / credit
Last checked September 2026 · Source: athabascau.ca ·
Program details
Overview
This university certificate from Athabasca University's Faculty of Business introduces foundational accounting and business knowledge through fully online, distance study. The program totals 30 credits, made up of 24 required credits in core accounting subjects and 6 elective credits in business and administrative studies, and can be completed in as little as one year of full-time study or paced by the student with no fixed time limit; start dates are offered monthly. Coursework spans financial accounting, cost analysis, microeconomics, macroeconomics, commercial law, and statistics. The certificate is aimed at people beginning an accounting career, serving as an entry point before progressing to more advanced certificates or a bachelor's degree, and several of its courses address prerequisites relevant to pursuing the Chartered Professional Accountant designation. There are no formal admission requirements beyond a minimum age of 16, though the program is not open to applicants who already hold an undergraduate or graduate degree with a major in accounting. Delivery is entirely remote, allowing students to study without attending a physical campus.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The University Certificate, Accounting page states this program itself has no formal admission requirements beyond being 16 years of age or older, and applicants can enrol at any time regardless of prior education, consistent with Athabasca's institution-wide policy that most undergraduate programs are open admission with no specific entry requirements. The one stated restriction is that applicants who already hold an undergraduate or graduate degree with a major in accounting cannot apply to this certificate. Applicants whose first language is not English must still meet Athabasca's general English language proficiency requirement, met with IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, TOEFL iBT 80 with a minimum essay score of 20, PTE Academic 59, Duolingo 105, CAEL 60, or MELAB 80. No minimum GPA, portfolio, or interview is required, and the program admits monthly.
Application Details
Start Date:Monthly
Application Deadline:Athabasca University's undergraduate degrees, majors and university certificates admit on a continuous, rolling basis for both domestic and international applicants: there is no fixed application deadline, and most individualized-study courses start on the first of every month provided registration is received by the 10th of the prior month. The university's published admissions information does not distinguish international timing from domestic. The one fixed-cohort exception among this institution's programmes is the Post-LPN Bachelor of Nursing, whose September 2027 intake takes applications from Sept. 1 to Nov. 15, 2026, with all supporting documents due by Nov. 30, 2026, for both domestic and international applicants; the Post-RN Bachelor of Nursing, by contrast, remains open/rolling with monthly starts. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
