At Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, Cert in Office Administration - General (Part-Time Online) is offered as a certificate in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,005 per year (CAD 2,775 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,775 / year
International tuition: CAD 18,005 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Part-Time Learning This part-time version of the program is ideally suited for learners who may already be working, have families, or have other life commitments that prevent them from being able to study full time. Students have the flexibility to take as many, or as few, courses each semester as they choose, while following all admission requirements and pre-requisites throughout the program. Typically, students take 1-3 courses each semester. Students have up to 5 years from the semester they begin to complete their studies. You can expect to spend approximately 3-8 hours/week on each course. Each week will vary depending on that week’s course requirements, and your own abilities and strengths. Please review these two completion pathways for this program to see more details about our recommended order for completion of courses, including which courses must be taken before others: Two-Year Program Completion Plan (PDF) Three-Year Program Completion Plan (PDF) Program Information Centennial College's Office Administration – General (Part-Time Online) program will offer you the administrative support knowledge to succeed in today's office environment. While you gain a wide range of administrative skills, you'll also polish your communication and human relations techniques. In small classes, experienced professors will lead you through this School of Accounting, Legal, and Office Administration offering, which will employ practical application of topics such as: Word processing Document production Office procedures Computer applications Transcription Communications Cloud computing The resulting Office Administration - General program credential will ensure you're career-ready for a variety of administrative assistant positions. You may also be interested in the full-time program options: Office Administration - General Office Administration - General (Online)
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, plus a Grade 12 English College or University preparation course, or a pass on Centennial's English Admission Test. The programme page defers standardized-test scores to the college's general language-proficiency page, whose Standard Programs scale applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 with Reading at least 16 and Writing at least 23, PTE Academic 51 or higher, or Duolingo 105 or higher. No portfolio, interview, or minimum admission GPA is published; graduation instead requires a minimum keyboarding speed of 40 words per minute and a 2.0 program GPA.
Application Details
Start Date:January and May
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
