At Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, Canada, Operations & Supply Chain Management Post-Baccalaureate Diploma is offered as a postgraduate diploma in Supply Chain & Logistics programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 756 per credit (CAD 418 per credit for local students).
Designed for those with a bachelor's degree and industry experience, or a technical or science diploma paired with significant relevant industry experience, the program builds critical thinking and analytical skills, communication skills, project management abilities, and teamwork and interpersonal skills. Students gain a solid grounding in reading and combining core business, financial, and operational data to guide informed decisions. A Co-operative Education option is available for full-time students entering in the Fall term, adding 10 credits of coursework; the program can also be completed in an accelerated format.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: In addition to the Faculty's Admission Requirements (KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement: KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement is met by BC English Studies 12, English First Peoples 12 or Literary Studies 12 at a minimum grade of C+ (or the Adult Dogwood, IB English A HL/SL grade 3, or AP English Language/Literature grade 2 equivalents); by 3 credits of post-secondary ENGL at C- or better, or two years of post-secondary study (60 credits) with a 2.0 CGPA, at an English-medium institution; or by a test score of IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no section under 20, PTE 61, Duolingo English Test 110, CAEL 70 with no sub-score under 60, or LanguageCert Academic 70 with no sub-score under 65, each within the last two years.), this Post Baccalaureate Diploma requires either successful completion of a recognized undergraduate degree, or a recognized technical or science diploma plus a minimum of 5 years of related technical, scientific, operational or supply-chain work experience; KPU requires a resume from applicants relying on the diploma-plus-experience route to make an admission decision. No minimum admission GPA is stated (the 2.5 GPA on the page is a graduation requirement across the diploma's own coursework, not an entry threshold).
Application Details
Start Date:The University Calendar lists this programme with Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) starts, the full three-term cycle KPU runs. Under the Senate-approved 2026-27 schedule Fall runs 8 September to 17 December 2026, Spring 6 January to 28 April 2027 and Summer 10 May to 24 August 2027.
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), Spring (January) and Summer (May) starts, so only the windows below apply 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. SPRING (JANUARY) INTAKE: applications open 1 February and close 1 August, with offers from early April for both applicant types. SUMMER (MAY) INTAKE: applications open 1 June and close 1 December, with offers from early August. 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, 1 November for Spring and 1 March for Summer); 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.
