Cert in Network Technical Support is a certificate in Business Administration programme taught at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,477 per year (CAD 3,166 per year for local students).
This two-term certificate builds the knowledge and skills needed to set up and resolve issues with networks, infrastructure services, server operating systems and end-user computers. Students refine these skills through activities modelled on a business IT support role, with a focus on addressing client needs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status for applicants 19 years of age or older, with Grade 12 compulsory English at the C or U level (or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications, COMM1251) and Grade 11 Mathematics at the C or U level (or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics, MATH1420 or MATH1375). The program page defers English proficiency for non-English-instruction transcripts to Conestoga's institution-wide standard published on the college's international admission requirements page: for certificate programs this is IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no skill below 20, PTE Academic 53, or Duolingo 110. Conestoga notes that a sound mathematical and English background is considered during admissions selection and that minimum cut-offs apply. Applicants with international transcripts require a course-by-course credential evaluation.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.