At British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada, Business Administration Graduate Certificate is offered as a postgraduate certificate in Business & Management programme. The programme runs for 9 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,326 per total (CAD 12,247 per total for local students).
BCIT's Business Administration Graduate Certificate is a full-time, nine-month program delivered at the Downtown Vancouver campus using a blended format that combines synchronous evening classes, held Monday to Friday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., with asynchronous online coursework. The program is organized into two terms and six graduate-level courses totalling 19 credits: Term 1 covers Managerial Economics, Accounting for Managers, and Marketing Management, while Term 2 covers Business Finance, Systems and Operations Management, and a Business Capstone Project in which students address a real organizational challenge. Students study together as a cohort throughout the program. Admission requires a bachelor's degree in any field and English proficiency equivalent to English Studies 12 at 67 percent, with international credential evaluation required for applicants from outside a defined list of countries; BCIT notes it is preferred that applicants have at least two years of progressive work experience. The certificate is structured to allow advanced-placement pathways into partner MBA programs, including at Trinity Western University. It suits bachelor's-degree holders looking to build practical management skills across core business functions before moving into, or advancing within, management roles.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Business Administration Graduate Certificate requires a recognized bachelor's degree in any field. English proficiency follows BCIT's Graduate Studies standard, English Studies 12 at 67% or equivalent, met under the institute-wide policy by IELTS Academic 6.5 (no band below 6.0) or TOEFL iBT 4.5 with every section at least 4.0 (legacy scale 86, no section below 20). The program page states no minimum GPA and no work experience is mandatory, though it notes it is preferred that applicants have at least two years of progressive work experience to support graduate-level discussion. Applicants with credentials from outside Canada, the US, UK, Australia or New Zealand need a basic ICES credential evaluation, and international students need a valid BCIT study permit before starting; this certificate does not qualify international graduates for a Post-Graduation Work Permit. The single annual intake is September.
Application Details
Start Date: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.
