Offered by Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada, HD in Business Administration - Marketing is a higher diploma in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,083 per year for local students.
Business Administration - Marketing is a three-year advanced diploma at Conestoga's Kitchener - Doon campus that develops marketing leaders for digital marketing, advertising, brand development and sales. Students build their own online brand, practise video marketing and work inside a simulated agency environment, then collaborate with real clients on live projects in the final year. The college reports that this program's direct employment rate ranks among its strongest.
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 (minimum 60%) or U (minimum 50%) level, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications (COMM1251) at a minimum of 60%, and Grade 12 Mathematics at a C (minimum 55%) or U (minimum 50%) level, or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics (MATH1375) at a minimum of 55%. Conestoga notes that a sound mathematical and English background is important for success and that minimum cutoffs apply 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 credentials from outside Canada need a 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.
