HD in Advertising and Marketing Communications Management is a higher diploma in Business Administration programme taught at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,268 per year (CAD 1,354 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Higher Diploma
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,354 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,268 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Join Canada's highest award-winning advertising program where you will gain an understanding of the overall industry in your first year before moving on to creative courses in your second and third years. Program Highlights The program is well-recognized by industry professionals locally and nationally.Interview industry professionals, tour agencies, participate in mock interviews, and build your portfolio.Grads from our program can easily find work in advertising agencies of all sizes.Mohawk Advertising grads work in a variety of roles such as Art Direction, Copywriting, Strategic Planning, Account Management, Project Management, Media Planning and Media Buying, and Studio production.What you'll learnThe fundamentals of strategic and conceptual thinking for developing powerful advertising campaigns from start to finish.Art direction, copywriting, layout design, basics of photography, graphic design, UX app prototyping, and idea generation techniques.Account and project management, strategic media planning and execution.How to professionally present materials to real clients.An understanding of Adobe Creative Suite for photo editing, layout design, and video editing and effects.View the Exceptions Calendar for start dates and semester break information.Offered in a hybrid delivery modelClasses reflect what advertising agencies are doing in the industry. Some days you will attend classes face-to-face and others you will attend virtually. Program Length3 academic years (periods of 8 months)
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an OSSD or equivalent (Mohawk Academic Upgrading or GED accepted), with a minimum grade of C or U in Grade 12 English; the program also recommends strong reading and writing ability. Applicants whose first language is not English must present TOEFL 550 (80 internet-based), IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, Duolingo 105-110 (no band below 100), or completion of Mohawk's GAS-English for Academic Purposes program. Mature-applicant options are available for those without traditional credentials. No portfolio, interview or work-experience requirement is stated for admission.
Application Details
Start Date:Starts Mohawk lists on this program’s own page, checked 6 September 2026. Domestic applicants: September 2026 at Fennell Campus (FF); January 2027 at Fennell Campus (FF). International applicants: September, January intakes. Mohawk runs a Fall term from September, a Winter term from January and a Spring/Summer term from May; not every program runs every term, and the seat status shown beside a start (open, waitlist, closed) moves as intakes fill.
Application Deadline:Mohawk publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide ones.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca. Equal consideration date: 1 February for a September start; 1 June for a January start. Applications that reach Ontario Colleges by then are read together in the first round of offers. Applying afterwards is still allowed, but remaining seats go first-come, first-served, and a competitive program is usually full by that point. Where a program draws more qualified applicants than it has seats, Mohawk ranks them on the average of their highest senior-level final grades in the required courses, and offers go to Ontario permanent residents first, then residents of other Canadian provinces and territories, then international applicants.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (citizens of another country without Canadian permanent residence) do not use the equal consideration dates. They apply through the OCAS International Application Service, which sets a separate deadline for each intake rather than one annual date; the current list is on Mohawk’s international apply page. For the January 2027 intake, applications opened in February 2026 and close in November 2026. Files arriving after a deadline are judged on remaining program capacity, visa status and study-permit processing time for the applicant’s region, and Mohawk states it may cap applications or impose deadlines by region. The CAD 100 application fee is non-refundable and covers up to two program choices starting in the same August-to-July academic year.
