Douglas College offers Academic Foundations Certificate, a certificate in Upgrading/upskilling programme in New Westminster, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,600 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Upgrading/upskilling
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,600 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Academic Foundations Certificate is designed for maximum transferability to programs at Douglas College or other institutions. You'll take part in classroom discussions and give presentations, experiment in the lab and attend lectures to develop and enhance your critical-thinking, writing, research and presentation skills, competencies that are crucial to success in your future career or further education.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Certificate in Academic Foundations states no programme-specific academic prerequisites beyond Douglas College's General College Admission Requirements, met via one of the College's five general criteria and its English Language Proficiency requirement (for example IELTS Academic overall 6.5, TOEFL iBT 83, PTE Academic 56, Duolingo English Test 110, or CAEL overall and essay score 60). The page notes that some Math, Statistics or lab-science courses carry their own high-school prerequisites, such as Foundations of Math 11 or Pre-Calculus 11 with a "C", or Biology 12, Chemistry 11/12 or Physics 11/12, so applicants should confirm each course's requirement before registering. No interview, portfolio or minimum admission GPA is stated; the College asks for good academic standing (cumulative GPA of 1.50) to graduate, not to be admitted.
Application Details
Start Date:Douglas runs three fifteen-week semesters a year: Fall from September to December, Winter from January to April and Summer from May to August. The programme page lists intakes in Fall (September), Winter (January) and Summer (May). The Fall 2026 semester began on 8 September 2026 and Winter 2027 classes begin on 4 January 2027.
Application Deadline:Douglas publishes college-wide application windows rather than a single date for every programme, and the domestic and international timetables are different. DOMESTIC APPLICANTS apply on EducationPlannerBC. Applications for a semester open about eleven months ahead, at 9:00 a.m. on the first business day of the opening month: 1 October for the following Fall, 1 February for the following Winter, 1 June for the following Summer. Douglas labels this an open-enrolment programme, so domestic online applications run until 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the semester starts — that was 4 September 2026 for Fall 2026 and is 1 January 2027 for Winter 2027 — or until the seats are gone, whichever comes first. A late window (from 1 August for Fall, from 1 December for Winter, from 1 April for Summer) is open only to applicants who have already met every admission requirement and can hand over documents at once. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS follow Douglas’s separate college-wide dates, not the domestic ones: the Fall (September) 2026 intake closed on 31 May 2026, Winter (January) 2027 closes on 30 September 2026, and Summer (May) 2027 closes on 31 January 2027. Limited-enrolment programmes can fill before those dates and open-enrolment ones last only while seats do, so Douglas advises applying early enough to leave room for a study-permit application. Read from the programme page and the college deadline pages on 6 September 2026; Douglas had not yet published Summer 2027 domestic closing dates.
