Diploma in Business - Marketing is a diploma in Business Administration programme offered by 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 gives a broad overview of the marketing industry, built around fundamental marketing principles and practical, hands-on skills. Coursework spans advertising, graphic design, internet marketing, research, sales, digital marketing and retail, while also building teamwork, communication and general business skills. Students take part in designing and presenting a marketing plan as part of developing a general understanding of the current marketing landscape.
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, and Grade 11 Mathematics at C (minimum 65%), M University/College (minimum 55%), or U (minimum 55%), or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics. Conestoga notes that a sound mathematical and English background is important for success and applies minimum cutoffs during selection. 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. International applicants with transcripts from outside Canada may require a course-by-course credential evaluation.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.