Douglas College offers Psychosocial Rehabilitation Graduate Diploma, a postgraduate diploma in Rehabilitation Sciences programme in New Westminster, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 682 per credit (CAD 145 per credit for local students).
Described by Douglas College as the only program of its kind in Western Canada, this 15-credit graduate diploma is a one-year, part-time, fully online credential for mental health practitioners moving into recovery-based services. Four courses are delivered online in real time alongside a practicum course, giving students the specialised knowledge and skills the field expects as services shift toward a recovery orientation. Course materials are built around applying and integrating the current Canadian PSR Competencies of Practice in mental health and substance use settings, and the diploma prepares graduates to qualify as a Certified Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Practitioner with PSR Canada, a certification recognised by employers nationally. Entry requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, the college's English language proficiency requirement, and completion of an abnormal psychology course or an equivalent assessed by the program coordinator.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited post-secondary institution in Canada, or from any recognized English-speaking country, which satisfies the Douglas College English language proficiency requirement here in the form of English 12 with a grade of C or an acceptable substitution. Applicants must also provide proof of completion of an undergraduate course in Abnormal Psychology, either Douglas College's own PSYC 2341 or an equivalent, or otherwise demonstrate equivalent courses and/or experience as evaluated by the Program Coordinator; this qualifying course requirement exists to ensure that entrants have a basic understanding of mental illness and its treatments before starting the Graduate Diploma. No minimum GPA, interview, or portfolio is stated on the programme page.
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). 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. 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: this programme page carries no international application block, so confirm with Douglas International Admissions that the programme is open to you before applying. The college-wide international dates are 30 September 2026 for Winter (January) 2027 and 31 January 2027 for Summer (May) 2027; the Fall (September) 2026 intake closed on 31 May 2026. Read from the programme page and the college deadline pages on 6 September 2026; Douglas had not yet published Summer 2027 domestic closing dates.
