Conestoga College offers PGCert in Environmental Control - Applied Engineering and Geoscience (optional Co-op), a postgraduate certificate in Energy Engineering programme in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,809 per year (CAD 2,750 per year for local students).
This graduate certificate is designed for qualified college or university graduates and focuses on environmental monitoring, risk assessment, contaminated site clean-up, and regulatory compliance and enforcement. It builds on graduates' existing technical skills and competencies to prepare them for employment in the environmental workforce.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires either an undergraduate university degree in engineering (civil, chemical, geological or environmental), earth sciences, general science, environmental science, chemistry, microbiology, biology, environmental studies, or planning, or a three-year diploma from an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology in civil, environmental, chemical, or architectural/construction engineering technology. Selection weighs academic performance, and the length and discipline of the prior degree or diploma, with preference given to applicants who have completed a post-secondary chemistry course. The programme page defers English-proficiency evidence to Conestoga's institution-wide scale, and as a postgraduate certificate the college's higher exception tier applies: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no skill under 22, PTE Academic 58, CAEL 70 with writing at least 60, or Duolingo English Test 120. Applicants also need a device meeting the college's technology standard, basic Windows/MS Office skills, and reliable internet access.
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.
