PGCert in Digital Health is a postgraduate certificate in Health Informatics programme taught at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,725 per semester (CAD 2,783 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Health Informatics
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,783 / semester
International tuition: CAD 9,725 / semester
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Digital Health Ontario College Graduate Certificate at Mohawk College's Fennell Campus is a one-year program combining in-person lab sessions with extensive online coursework. It focuses on the intersection of health care, business, and technology, covering digital health strategy development, telehealth and virtual care system design, remote patient monitoring, data analytics and predictive modeling, and the privacy and regulatory frameworks that govern health information, including PHIPA, PIPEDA, and CIHI standards. Students work in simulation and Digital Health Lab settings to gain hands-on exposure to health technology tools rather than completing a co-op placement, and the program concludes with an applied research project carried out with an industry partner. Admission is intended for students who already hold a prior post-secondary credential, such as an Ontario College Advanced Diploma or a degree, in health, business, computer science, or a related field. The certificate suits graduates and professionals from clinical, administrative, or technical backgrounds who want to move into digital health roles bridging patient care, information systems, and health data governance.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Mohawk's program page requires an Ontario College Advanced Diploma or degree in Health, Business, Computer Science or a related field, with other equivalent post-secondary experience or qualifications also considered; no minimum admission GPA is stated. Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate proficiency through one of: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL 83 iBT, CAEL 169 with no band below 162, CLBT 8 with no band below 8, PTE 58 with no band below 51, Duolingo 115-120 with no band below 105, or completion of Mohawk's GAS-English for Academic Purposes (478 or 278) program. No French-language option, portfolio, interview or other admission condition is listed on the page.
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.
