Offered by Douglas College in New Westminster, Canada, Advanced Human Resource Management Post-Baccalaureate Diploma is a postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,600 per total for local students.
The diploma opens with fundamental business courses covering management essentials, academic writing, business law and introductory marketing, before moving into advanced human resources topics in the second year, including talent management, workforce planning, labour relations, employment law, and occupational health and safety. Business internship and career-boost placements are available as options alongside the coursework.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This post-baccalaureate diploma requires an applicant to hold a completed undergraduate degree from a recognised post-secondary institution in Canada, or an equivalent credential from an approved institution in another country, on top of Douglas College's General College Admission Requirements. Any applicant whose degree was earned in a language other than English must additionally meet the College's English Language Proficiency requirement, satisfied by IELTS Academic overall 6.5, TOEFL iBT 83, PTE Academic 56, Duolingo English Test 110, or CAEL overall and essay score 60, among its other accepted routes. The programme page states no minimum GPA, portfolio, interview or other non-academic condition for admission; a 2.00 minimum programme GPA applies to graduation, not entry.
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. The programme page does not label this open- or limited-enrolment, so check on EducationPlannerBC whether the intake you want is still accepting applications before you rely on the general open-enrolment closing date. 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.
