PGCert in Sports Journalism is a postgraduate certificate in Media Studies & Mass Media programme offered by Centennial College in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,722 per total (CAD 5,538 per total for local students).
This graduate certificate prepares students for a career in sports media through coursework in sports writing across digital, print, television, radio and social media formats, broadcasting production and on-air performance, podcasting and radio production, digital publishing tools including blogging, video and audio, social media platforms, and news journalism applied to sports contexts such as courts and police reporting. Training also covers in-studio and field hosting, newspaper and online layout, print and online imaging, sports beat journalism, and advanced interviewing techniques. An industry field placement with a sports media organization in Canada or elsewhere adds practical training during the programme.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This postgraduate certificate admits applicants holding a diploma or degree in any discipline, or, failing that, at least two years of partial post-secondary education combined with relevant work experience. The programme page defers standardized English-test scores to Centennial's general language-proficiency page, whose Degree Programs & Graduate Certificates scale applies: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 81 with Reading at least 19 and Writing at least 23, PTE Academic 60 or higher, or Duolingo 125 or higher. Students who test below the required College Communications 2 English level at registration must take a preparatory course (Professional English Communications or a prerequisite English course). Accepted applicants must also submit a resume or intake questionnaire and attend a mandatory online Program Welcome Session before the program starts. No minimum admission GPA is published.
Application Details
Start Date:January
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.
