Holland College offers Diploma in Business Administration, a diploma in Business Administration programme in Charlottetown, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 11,940 per year (CAD 5,700 per year for local students).
This two-year diploma, delivered at Holland College's Charlottetown Centre, builds a broad management skill set spanning human resource management, business plan development, economics, marketing, and business law. Additional coursework covers financial and computerized accounting, financial management, entrepreneurship, and operations management, with digital marketing included among the program's business topics. Industry guest speakers contribute real-world perspective alongside regular coursework. Students complete an on-the-job training component worth five credit hours as part of the program, giving them applied workplace experience before graduation. Admission requires a Grade 12 credential or equivalent at the general level, with English language requirements applying to non-native speakers; the program also accepts mature students. Graduates are positioned for roles in small businesses, retail, government, and service industries, or for self-employment, and the diploma includes degree-completion pathways to a number of universities for students who wish to continue toward a bachelor's degree. The program suits students seeking a broad grounding in business functions rather than a single specialization, and its combination of classroom coursework, guest industry input, and workplace training is intended to prepare graduates for immediate entry into management-track roles.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Business Administration page states no academic prerequisites beyond Holland College's general full-time admission rule (per the program page and hollandcollege.com's admission-requirements page): Grade 12 or equivalent with credits at or above the general level, plus a resume covering work, volunteer and extracurricular experience. A high school transcript and resume are required from every applicant, with a post-secondary transcript added where relevant; academic upgrading, including GED-equivalency (CAEC) preparation, is available for missing credits, and mature-student applications are accepted. English is the language of instruction: applicants whose first language is not English demonstrate proficiency with IELTS Academic 6.5 (no band below 6), TOEFL iBT 85, CAEL 60 (minimum 50 per band), PTE Academic 60, Duolingo English Test 120 (no section under 115) or Cambridge B2 First/C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176 (no band below 169), among other accepted tests; graduates of a Canadian high school who completed English 621 in P.E.I. (or its provincial equivalent) with at least 70%, or applicants with three consecutive years of full-time English-medium post-secondary study completed within two years of the program start, are exempt. The program takes a September intake at the Prince of Wales Campus.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Holland College applicants of all kinds apply directly through MyDashboard rather than a shared application service. For the Fall 2027 intake, application review begins October 15, 2026 for early consideration, the competitive-program review date is February 28, 2027, and the first round of acceptance offers is sent by the end of March 2027; after February 28 later applications are still assessed as seats remain available right up to the program start date. International applicants use the same MyDashboard process and Holland College publishes no separate, fixed international closing date beyond these general review dates. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
