Project Management Certificate at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada is a certificate in Project Management programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,112 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Project Management
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 5,112 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Okanagan College's Project Management Certificate is a fully online, self-paced program that most learners finish in six to seven months, working roughly 10 to 15 hours a week across 180 total hours of instruction. The curriculum is built from seven courses covering project management foundations, project initiation and business case development, planning and scheduling, project management tools and software, managing people and process, performance and risk management, and project closure, aligned with Project Management Institute standards and structured to meet the educational eligibility requirement for the Certified Associate in Project Management exam. The college states the program has no admission requirements, keeping it open to working professionals regardless of academic background, and pairs the self-paced coursework with weekly live instructor support, peer collaboration, and scaffolded real-world projects. The certificate targets people seeking practical, immediately applicable project-management skills, whether they are moving into a dedicated PM role or already managing projects within a different position.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Okanagan College's program page states explicitly: 'To reduce barriers and ensure accessibility, this program has no admission requirements.' No prerequisite course, grade, English or French language-test score, age condition, portfolio or work-experience requirement is named. This is a deliberate accessibility choice by the college rather than an omission, and stands in contrast to most Okanagan College certificates, which set at minimum a secondary-school-graduation-or-mature-applicant floor and an English course grade. The earliest listed intake at the time of this review was February 2027, shown as open for applications.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes published by Okanagan College for this program: February 2027 (Online). Campus availability differs by intake and the program page shows which are still open.
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants: there is no fixed closing date. Okanagan College opens applications on October's first business day each year, and programs that run several intakes across the year - Entry-Level Trades Foundation and health programs other than Nursing and Dental among them - keep taking applications for those intakes over the following ten months. Most programs accept applications right up to the start date and close only when the seats are gone, so apply early and check each intake's status on the program page. Apply through EducationPlannerBC; the fee is $30 CAD. This program is offered to domestic applicants only.
