British Columbia Institute of Technology offers Human Resource Management Certificate - Part-Time, a certificate in Human Resource Management programme in Burnaby, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 500 per total for local students.
Aimed at those who already hold a liberal arts degree and want to move into human resources, this certificate covers employee engagement and labour relations, talent management and workforce planning, training and development, and employee wellness. It suits candidates seeking an entry route into HR as well as professionals aiming to move up from entry-level work toward administrative and professional HR roles. Coursework covers training and development, selection and recruitment, labour relations, and employment law, among other subjects. Graduates typically move into roles such as HR administrator, HR advisor, labour relations assistant, or staff training coordinator.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This part-time certificate names no program-wide prior-credential or grade prerequisite; some individual elective courses carry their own prerequisites (for example, BUSA 4800 requires 50% in BUSA 2005 or BUSA 2100 plus departmental approval, and HRMG 4405 requires 50% in HRMG 3105). The English-language standard is BCIT's Category 2, met by English Studies 12 at 67% or equivalent, IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band under 5.5), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall (no section under 3.5), PTE Academic 60, Duolingo 120, or CAEL 70. Applicants are accepted on a first-qualified basis; no portfolio, interview, or work-experience requirement is listed. The certificate runs ongoing Flexible Learning intakes in January, April, and September, and does not meet the field-of-study requirement for a Post-Graduation Work Permit.
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.
