Offered by Fanshawe College in London, Canada, PGCert in Professional Accounting (Online) is a postgraduate certificate in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 45 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 6,550 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 45 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 6,550 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: fanshawec.ca ·
Program details
Overview
Professional Accounting (Online) is an Ontario College Graduate Certificate at Fanshawe College delivered entirely online for students who already hold a college diploma or university degree. The program is built around the equivalency of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Preparatory (PREP) course sequence, covering financial accounting, management accounting, budgeting, financial statement analysis, taxation and business law. Students work through case studies based on real-world business scenarios and use industry-standard accounting and spreadsheet software, including Microsoft Excel, throughout the coursework. Delivery is full-time, with instruction, assignments and assessments completed remotely rather than on campus. The curriculum is intended for university and college graduates who want to build the technical accounting knowledge needed to pursue the CPA Professional Education Program or to move directly into accounting, bookkeeping and financial-analysis roles. Guest speakers drawn from the accounting profession supplement classroom instruction. The program suits career-changers and recent graduates seeking a flexible, remote route into professional accounting without relocating to a campus.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires one of: a two- or three-year college diploma or a degree; an acceptable combination of related work experience and post-secondary education, as judged by the College; or five years of work experience in the accounting field judged equivalent by the College. Applicants relying on work experience may be asked to submit a resume and cover letter detailing that experience. Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate proficiency by one of: a Grade 12 College- or University-stream English credit from an Ontario Secondary School, or equivalent, depending on the programme's own admission requirements; TOEFL iBT 88; IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0; CAEL overall 70 with no band below 60; PTE Academic minimum 59; Cambridge English 176 (no skill below 169); an in-house Fanshawe English Language Evaluation of at least 75% in every section; or, for Fanshawe ESL4/GAP5 students, 80% in Level 9 or 75% in Level 10. Test results must be under two years old.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry, applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which later applications are assessed on a first-come basis until seats fill; non-competitive programs begin receiving offers from 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers go out by 30 March 2027, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and face fixed document deadlines rather than a single closing date: for the current intakes, study-permit and conditions-met documents are due 10/15 August 2026 (Fall), 9/15 December 2026 (Winter) and 5/15 April 2027 (Summer); missing a deadline can mean deferral to the next intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
