PGCert in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is a postgraduate certificate in AI & Machine Learning programme offered by Cambrian College in Sudbury, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,228 per year (CAD 8,757 per year for local students).
The postgraduate certificate covers the mathematical and computational foundations behind artificial intelligence and machine learning, with applications drawn from health care, finance, and other sectors. Students study pattern identification, generative AI methods, and decision-support techniques, gaining hands-on practice with the phases of training, validating, and testing AI and ML systems. The program also traces a project's full lifecycle, from data collection and preprocessing through modelling and production, including how to manage and communicate each stage.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires one of two routes: graduation from a diploma, advanced diploma or degree program at an Ontario college or equivalent institution with a focus in computer programming, software engineering, computer science, data analytics, mathematics or statistics, or three years of work experience in a related field (or a combination of education and work experience judged equivalent by the College), supported by a resume, a cover letter addressing relevant competencies, and all post-secondary transcripts. The programme page publishes no English-language test score; as a postgraduate certificate, its applicable international minimums under Cambrian's own English requirements table are IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 84, PTE Academic 61, or Duolingo 120 or higher. No portfolio, interview, immunisation or criminal-record-check condition is stated; the programme is stated as PGWP-eligible for international graduates.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. Cambrian's own 2026-27 Academic Schedule A separately sets a Day-3 last-day-to-apply cut-off for every program each term - 13 January 2027 for the January 2027 intake and 12 May 2027 for the May 2027 intake - with transcripts in hand and the non-refundable deposit ready before Day 5. International applicants apply through the OCAS International Application Service (up to three Cambrian programmes) or an authorised agent and are reviewed individually; Cambrian publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
