Forensic Investigation: Forensic Science Advanced Certificate - Part-time at British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada is a certificate in Forensic Science programme. The programme runs for 5 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,700 per total for local students.
This certificate takes a scientific approach to forensic work, covering both theory and practice. Curriculum areas include a variety of elective topics, physical aspects of evidence, chemical aspects such as photography, video, and imaging, firearms and toolmarks, and fingerprinting, biological aspects such as odontology, entomology, anthropology, and DNA, death investigation, case management, crime scene processing, evidence and expert-witness training, and Canadian legal aspects. Graduates are prepared for roles in a coroner's office, a police department, or a forensic laboratory.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to the Forensic Science option of the Forensic Investigation Advanced Certificate is a two-step process. Applicants first contact the program assistant for a pre-entry assessment and upload the approved assessment with their online application, along with a resume and a signed applicant waiver form. Academically, the program requires completion of a minimum of 60.0 credits from one or more recognized post-secondary institutions, including 6.0 credits from outside the core academic discipline. English language proficiency is Category 2 — English Studies 12 at 67% or equivalent — which BCIT's general proficiency page equates to IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 5.5), TOEFL iBT 86, PTE Academic 60, or Duolingo 120. A Criminal Record Check issued within one year of application is required and its outcome may affect acceptance. Applicants whose credentials are from outside Canada, the US, the UK, Australia or New Zealand need a comprehensive evaluation from the International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES).
Application Details
Start Date:January, April and September
Application Deadline:BCIT publishes common credential application dates for most cohort-based diplomas, degrees and Flexible Learning routes, though each program's own page governs: for the January 2027 intake domestic applications run 1 February 2026 to 2 January 2027 and international to 1 November 2026; for the April 2027 intake domestic runs 1 May 2026 to 1 April 2027 and international to 1 February 2027; for September 2027 domestic applications open 1 October 2026 and close 1 September 2027, international 2 July 2027. Openings are 9:00 am and deadlines 11:59 pm Pacific Time, moving to the next business day on a weekend. Admission is not institute-wide rolling, but many programs work first-qualified-first-accepted and can fill before the posted deadline, and several programs, mostly in Health Sciences, trades and graduate studies, run entirely separate application tables of their own. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
