At Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, Canada, Accounting Post-Baccalaureate Diploma is offered as a postgraduate diploma in Accounting programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 4,000 per total for local students.
Designed for bachelor's degree holders pursuing the CPA designation, the diploma provides the accounting courses required for acceptance into the professional CPA program, built around the skill sets CPA Canada identifies as critical for CPA competency. Technical coursework covers finance, taxation, audit and assurance, strategy and governance, management accounting, and financial reporting, alongside enabling competencies such as problem solving, leadership, written and oral communication, ethical behaviour, and professionalism.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: In addition to the Melville School of Business's admission requirement — KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement — this Accounting Post-Baccalaureate Diploma requires either successful completion of a recognized undergraduate degree in any discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional work experience demonstrated through a portfolio. Applicants using the portfolio route are assessed by an admissions committee for maturity, programme fit, educational background and work experience, and may be interviewed as part of the screening process; meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee a seat. That requirement is met by BC English Studies 12, English First Peoples 12 or Literary Studies 12 at a minimum grade of C+ (or IB English HL/SL at 3, or AP English Language/Literature at 2), or by one of IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no sub-score below 20, PTE Academic 61, CAEL 70 with no sub-score below 60, or Duolingo English Test 110, each taken within two years of the admission term. Completing the diploma itself then requires 51 credits of courses with a minimum grade point average of 2.5, but that is a completion requirement, not an admission GPA.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:KPU classifies most programs as Open Intake, meaning every applicant who meets minimum institutional requirements is admitted without ranking, while a smaller set of Limited Intake programs closes earlier. For the Fall 2027 (September) term, both domestic and international applications open on 1 October 2026; Limited Intake programs have a firm deadline of 1 March 2027 and may close earlier if demand is high, while Open Intake programs stay open on a rolling basis through a confirmation-deposit deadline of 15 June 2027 to a final cutoff of 1 July 2027. Spring (January) and Summer (May) entry follow the same open/limited pattern on an earlier timeline, and KPU applies identical deadlines to domestic and international applicants throughout. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
