Engineering First Year Certificate is a certificate in Engineering & Technology programme taught at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,000 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Engineering & Technology
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,000 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Engineering First-Year at KPU is a two-semester program designed for well-prepared students to meet the requirements for direct transfer to the second-year of an engineering degree program. KPU's Engineering First-Year program includes many of the courses and topics common to the first-year of engineering degree programs at University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Victoria (UVic) and Simon Fraser University (SFU). Completion of these certificate courses may allow a student to transfer directly to second-year engineering at an engineering-degree granting institution.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Faculty requirement here is KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement, set out in the university's own admission requirements. On top of it this programme asks for: Principles of Physics 12 or an equivalent at C or better; Chemistry 12 or an equivalent at C+ or better; and Level A1 of KPU's Mathematics Alternatives Table, which is met by Pre-Calculus 12 at B, Calculus 12 at C, IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches HL at 4 (treated as B), AP Calculus AB or BC at C or a score of 3, MATH 1112 at C, or a Math Placement Test score of 76 or above. Only applicants who meet every one of those is considered, and meeting them does not guarantee a place: up to fifty applicants are admitted each intake, ranked on the highest cumulative GPA across the required English, mathematics, chemistry and physics courses. The programme runs over two semesters, and students who do not finish within two semesters are reclassified as undeclared Faculty of Science students. Applicants who are not selected, who fall short of the requirements, or who want to study part time, are pointed to KPU's other engineering-transfer pathways — ask the Department of Physics and Engineering or an academic adviser. KPU's calendar page sets out these requirements without separating domestic from international applicants, so the same standard applies to both.
Application Details
Start Date:The University Calendar lists this programme's own start dates as Fall (September); it lists no Spring (January) and Summer (May) start, so those terms are not an entry point for it even though KPU runs them institution-wide. Under the Senate-approved 2026-27 schedule the Fall term runs 8 September to 17 December 2026.
Application Deadline:KPU classifies this as a Limited Intake programme: the number of seats is capped, applications are assessed against one another, and meeting the published minimums does not guarantee admission. The University Calendar lists this programme with Fall (September) as its only start, so only the window below applies to it; KPU's institution-wide Limited Intake timetable also covers terms this programme does not admit into. FALL (SEPTEMBER) INTAKE: applications open on 1 October of the previous year and the Limited Intake deadline is 1 March, so the Fall 2027 window runs 1 October 2026 to 1 March 2027; offers to domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) begin in November and offers to international applicants in late January. Some Limited Intake programmes close early when demand is high, and others extend the deadline when seats remain - the current extension list is at kpu.ca/admission/deadlines-extended. KPU notes that selected Limited Intake programmes may still consider domestic applicants after the term's final application date (1 July for Fall); international applicants get no such latitude, because KPU accepts nothing after those same dates. Applications open at 00:00 and close at 23:59 Pacific time. Both applicant types apply through EducationPlannerBC at apply.educationplannerbc.ca/kpu; the non-refundable application fee is CAD 40 for domestic applicants and CAD 120 for international applicants, and the confirmation deposit for a Limited Intake offer is CAD 500 domestic or CAD 5,000 international.
