Operations Management Certificate - Part-Time at British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada is a certificate in Operations Management programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 7,600 per total for local students.
This certificate builds foundational operations-management skills applicable across a range of industries, with specialized options in Materials Management, Management Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Facilities Management. Courses draw from business, engineering, and health sciences, suited to both newcomers and experienced professionals. Practical skills covered include production planning, workplace safety, inventory control, and project management, alongside preparation for the APICS CPIM certification. Each option is shaped around the particular needs of roles in facility operations, service sectors, or manufacturing.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need English Studies 12 at 67% or equivalent (Category 2), which BCIT also accepts as COMM 0015 at 70% or higher, IELTS Academic 6.5 (no band below 5.5), TOEFL iBT 4.5 (no section below 3.5), PTE Academic 60, Duolingo 120, or CAEL 70, per BCIT's institution-wide English Language Proficiency page. No other academic prerequisite, minimum grade, or work-experience requirement is listed for this certificate. Applicants must formally declare the program to confirm their intent to complete it, and are accepted on a first-qualified basis as long as space remains across the January, April and September intakes. International students need a valid BCIT study permit before starting; the program does not qualify graduates 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.
