Diploma in Business is a diploma in Business Administration programme taught at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,750 per year for local students.
This two-year diploma delivers a broad business education spanning marketing, sales, finance, accounting, human resources and operations management, exposing students to multiple disciplines rather than a single specialization. Coursework builds work-ready skills intended to let graduates operate across different business departments, return to a family business or start a new venture. The program also connects into further study, with options to move into year three of Conestoga's Business Administration - Management program, finish an eight-month postgraduate certificate, or progress to year three of the Bachelor of Business Administration - International Business Management degree. Graduates can obtain the C.I.M. designation, offered through Chartered Managers Canada, upon completing the program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature-student status at 19 years of age or older. Required subjects are Grade 12 compulsory English at a C (60%) or U (50%) level, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications (COMM1251), and Grade 11 Mathematics at C (minimum 65%), M University/College (minimum 55%), or U (minimum 55%), or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics (MATH1420 or MATH1375) at a minimum of 60%. Strong mathematical skills and familiarity with computers are recommended. Applicants whose prior instruction was not in English must demonstrate English language proficiency; the programme page names no score of its own, so Conestoga's published diploma-level minimum applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no skill below 20, PTE Academic 53, or Duolingo 110. Canadian citizens and permanent residents with non-Canadian transcripts require a course-by-course credential evaluation.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall, Winter and Spring
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.
