University Certificate, Advanced Accounting at Athabasca University in Athabasca, Canada is a certificate in Accounting programme. 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
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Offered fully online by Athabasca University's Faculty of Business, this university certificate builds on foundational accounting study with 33 credits, comprising 24 required credits and 9 elective credits drawn from senior-level business courses. Students can complete the program in as little as one year of full-time study or proceed at their own pace with no fixed deadline. Coursework covers strategic and competitive analysis, decision analysis, business policy, marketing, and organizational behaviour, with some elective options aligned to educational requirements set by professional accounting associations. The certificate is intended for students who have already completed the University Certificate, Accounting or an equivalent, and functions as a step between that foundational certificate and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting; it is not open to applicants who already hold an undergraduate or graduate degree with a major in accounting. The program is delivered entirely online through Athabasca University's distance education model, and the Faculty of Business holds AACSB accreditation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to the University Certificate, Advanced Accounting requires the University Certificate, Accounting (or an equivalent credential) as a prerequisite; there is no separate GPA, portfolio, or interview requirement published beyond holding that certificate. Applicants who already hold an undergraduate or graduate degree with a major in accounting cannot apply to this certificate. Age and prior-education requirements otherwise follow Athabasca's institution-wide open-admission policy for undergraduate credentials (16 years or older). Applicants whose first language is not English must 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. The program admits monthly with no fixed application deadline.
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.
