At Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada, Acting for Stage and Screen Certificate is offered as a certificate in Performing Arts programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 4,700 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Performing Arts
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 4,700 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: capilanou.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The certificate introduces the skills needed to begin a professional acting career across theatre, television and film. Coursework spans acting for stage and screen, improvisation, voice, movement, theatre history and backstage work, giving a broad grounding before further specialization.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This certificate is not directly admitted: Capilano's own program page states that it does not accept applications, and that students instead apply to the Acting for Stage and Screen Diploma and work towards earning this certificate along the way. Admission therefore runs through the Diploma's own entry requirements – B.C. high school graduation (or equivalent) under Capilano's general secondary-school standard, plus an interview and an audition – rather than through a standalone certificate application. Applicants should consult the Diploma's own admission page for the current requirements and English-language scores.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants both apply through EducationPlannerBC: the domestic application fee is $50 CAD and the international fee is $135 CAD, each covering up to two programmes. Capilano University publishes no university-wide application-opening or closing date for either group for the 2026-27 cycle; its how-to-apply pages instruct applicants to check the application and document deadlines on their chosen programme's own page, since every programme sets its own intake window there. Admission is effectively rolling at the institution level, governed programme by programme, with some programmes (for example the Health Care Assistant Certificate) publishing a fixed intake window that opens and closes months ahead of the start date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
