Offered by Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, HD in Business Administration - Accounting (Optional Co-op) is a higher diploma in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 6 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:Higher Diploma
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 6 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
Students enrolled in this program are eligible to register for our Specialized Academic Certificate, Indigenous Knowledges: First Peoples in Canada, and earn an additional credential. A fee may apply. For more information, visit Specialized Academic Certificates. In Centennial College's Business Administration – Accounting program, you'll learn that accounting is about more than crunching numbers. It's about setting up a business for success. This Business School program will combine rigorous training with quality courses to help you develop the strong fundamental skills for a career in accounting. Through your Accounting courses, you'll become adept in: Financial accounting Management accounting The use of recognized accounting software Taxes, auditing and corporate finance will round out the professional options available in the third year of this business program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This advanced diploma 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 Centennial's own English Admission Test) and Grade 11 Mathematics at the College, Mixed, or University level or Grade 12 Mathematics at the College or University level, or Centennial's Business Math Skills Assessment for Admission. The program page defers its English-proficiency standard to Centennial's institution-wide requirement, which for advanced-diploma programs sets IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 81 with Reading at least 19 and Writing at least 23, and PTE Academic 58. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca; international applicants apply directly to Centennial. No minimum admission GPA is published for entry, though the optional co-op stream carries its own continuation requirements. The availability table currently lists only a Winter 2027 (January) intake.
Application Details
Start Date:Winter 2027 only
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.
