PGCert in Advanced Care Paramedic at Fanshawe College in London, Canada is a postgraduate certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 48 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 15,179 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 48 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 15,179 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: fanshawec.ca ·
Program details
Overview
Advanced care paramedicine calls for well-developed clinical reasoning and procedural skills, along with being able to justify an intervention plan that aligns with clinical findings, evidence-based medicine, best practices, and Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards. Graduates work collaboratively within an inter-disciplinary health-care team to support optimal, sustainable patient care, which can include discussing care plans and treatment options with physicians as they happen. The program makes use of Fanshawe's simulation lab and technology.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Post-diploma program listed as open to domestic applicants only. Entry requires one of a Paramedic Ontario College Diploma, a Primary Care Paramedic diploma from an accredited Canadian college, or an Ambulance and Emergency Care certificate; plus a current Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant (AEMCA) certificate or equivalent; plus 4,000 hours of Primary Care Paramedic work completed on site with an ambulance-based paramedic service within the last three years and finished before classes begin; plus a pass in a pre-admission theoretical preparedness test. English at degree and graduate-certificate level: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 5 overall with no band under 4.5, PTE Academic 58 with no band under 50, CAEL 70 with 60 per band, Duolingo 120 with no sub-score under 105, Cambridge English 176, LanguageCert Academic 70. Note the selection cut-off differs from the college norm: applications are counted as received by 1 April rather than 1 February, after which places go first-come, first-served until full; ranking then weighs preference for Ontario permanent residents, achievement in the requirements, and at least 70% on the preparedness test. Time-sensitive post-admission items include immunisation records before the first class, a Class F driver's licence before the first class, an AEMCA certificate current within three years, BLS-level CPR current within one year, and a police record check with vulnerable sector screening before 1 May.
Application Details
Start Date:Full-time starts currently open to domestic applicants: January 2027 (London) — waitlisted. International applicants: this program is listed as open to domestic applicants only. (Listed on the Fanshawe program page, checked 6 September 2026.)
Application Deadline:Fanshawe publishes no deadline specific to this program — these are the college-wide dates. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 for Fall 2027 entry (the cycle opened 26 September 2026), and applications arriving after it are assessed in order of receipt until the program fills. Offers to non-competitive programs begin going out 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers are sent by 30 March, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and have no single published cut-off date; instead, proof of study-permit approval is due 9 December 2026 for a January 2027 start and 5 April 2027 for a May 2027 start, with all admission conditions cleared by 15 December 2026 and 15 April 2027 respectively.
