Humber College offers Diploma in Funeral Director Class 1 (Embalming), a diploma in Social Work programme in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 5 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,546 per year (CAD 4,376 per year for local students).
Humber’s Funeral Director Class 1 (Embalming) diploma program draws students from around the world, preparing them to make a difference in the lives of people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. This is the only English-speaking Funeral Service Education program in Ontario.
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Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry is via Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, including Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U) plus three further Grade 11 or Grade 12 C, M or U courses, or mature-student, college-transfer or university-transfer status. Applicants must also submit a current resume and a 300-word letter of intent, arrange up to 40 hours of supervised observation or work experience in a funeral home with a questionnaire completed by the supervising funeral director, and hold a valid Ontario Class G2 driver's licence or equivalent for placement purposes. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Humber's English Language Proficiency Policy, which for diploma programs sets a minimum IELTS Academic overall score of 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80, or PTE Academic 53-57.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, protected persons) apply via ontariocolleges.ca. For Fall 2027 entry, applications open early October 2026, with Humber offers beginning as early as November 2026. Highly competitive programs use an equal-consideration deadline of 1 February 2027: applications received by then are assessed together with no earlier offers; later applications are reviewed first-come, first-served while space remains. Fall 2027 offer acceptance is due 1 May 2027. International applicants apply directly through the Humber Web Application and are reviewed on a rolling basis, up to one year before their intended start term; no fixed international deadline is published, and applying for a study permit 3-5 months before the start date is recommended. No separate Winter/Spring institution-wide dates are published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
