PGCert in Serious Games - Design and Development - Part-Time - Online is a postgraduate certificate in Digital Media & Game Development programme taught at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Canada. The programme runs for 4 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).
This part-time, online postgraduate certificate looks at games built for purposes beyond entertainment, known as serious games, created using game engines, gamification techniques, and extended reality technologies that create workforce-training solutions across industries. The curriculum covers how design techniques and technologies from video games are transforming the ways people learn, conduct business, and drive industry, preparing graduates for team-based roles across fields such as mining, construction, health, education, and research, specializing in serious games or game design. The program suits existing programmers or game designers aiming to specialize within the growing games sector and broaden their career options.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is a postgraduate certificate requiring a prior postsecondary credential. The primary pathway requires an Ontario College diploma, advanced diploma, or degree in computing, information technology, game design or development, or computer science. Applicants without this credential may instead qualify with five years of work experience in a related field, or a combination of education and work experience, evaluated by the college for equivalency; these applicants must submit a resume detailing relevant experience and a cover letter addressing their competencies and readiness for the program. Cambrian's page publishes no English-language test-score requirement, such as IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL, for this program. No formal interview or portfolio review is stated on this page, and free Academic Upgrading is available for applicants missing entrance requirements.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
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.
