Offered by Niagara College in Niagara Falls, Canada, Social Media Management (Graduate Certificate) is a postgraduate certificate in Media Studies & Mass Media programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,775 per semester (CAD 2,090 per semester for local students).
Credential Awarded: 1 Year Graduate Certificate Campus: Welland Code: 0478 P0478 Delivery Length: 1 Year PGWP Eligible This designation means the program satisfies the field of study requirement established by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Graduates of eligible programs at designated learning institutions may qualify to apply for a Post-Graduation Work Permit, enabling them to gain Canadian work experience. Note: PGWP eligibility does not guarantee approval of a work permit application. All applications are subject to IRCC's requirements and assessment. New Program
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario College Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent; the programme page names no specific courses or minimum average, and notes that most private-college credentials are not accepted, with transfer credit assessed for applicants with prior postsecondary study. Only 'proof of English proficiency' is asked for on the programme page, so English is assessed against Niagara College's institution-wide graduate-certificate scale: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 85 with at least 22 in Writing and Speaking, Duolingo 120+, PTE Academic 60+, Cambridge English 176, or CAEL 60, each with no skill below the stated floor. Testing or other supplemental evaluation may be required, and applicants need a Windows-based computer meeting the college's published minimum specifications for this programme.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Niagara College's equal-consideration deadlines apply equally to domestic and international applicants to competitive programs, published for the 2026-2027 cycle: for September 2026 entry the date was 1 February 2026, for January 2027 entry it is 5 June 2026, and for May 2027 entry it is 30 October 2026, each followed roughly three weeks later by a document deadline and an earliest-offer date. All other programs, the majority, are processed first-come, first-served starting each November for both domestic and international applicants, with offers issued until seats fill or the term begins. Niagara does not publish which named programs currently hold competitive status. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
