Foundation in Adult Upgrading is a foundation in Upgrading/upskilling programme offered by Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Foundation
Field:Upgrading/upskilling
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Adult Upgrading (AU) department offers Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses for adult learners with a wide range of backgrounds and needs for educational upgrading. Courses provide students with basic literacy skills, prerequisites for admission to post-secondary programs, and requirements for the B.C. Adult Graduation Diploma. Support services are available for students with disabilities.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Okanagan College's Adult Upgrading program (Adult Basic Education) does not use the college's standard secondary-graduation entry route; admission instead turns on citizenship status and course readiness. Applicants must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, landed immigrant, or hold a study authorization issued by Immigration Canada, and must be at least 19 years old, or 18 and out of public school for 12 months, or hold a senior secondary graduation diploma (younger applicants need a principal or counsellor recommendation and Adult Upgrading Underage Committee approval). Course-specific English, mathematics and science prerequisites must have been completed within the five years before the start date, or the applicant instead completes the corresponding skills assessment; anyone entering Fundamental Level English or Basic Literacy for the first time must also complete an individual admission interview with a Fundamental Level English instructor. No IELTS, TOEFL or other standardised test score is required for this domestic upgrading program.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC (a $30 CAD fee): Okanagan College sets no fixed closing date for most programmes in the 2026-27/2027-28 cycle. Applications for a Fall intake open at 8:30 a.m. on October's first business day of the preceding year, and for a Winter intake at 8:30 a.m. on February's first business day of the preceding year (exceptions apply); Practical Nursing's January intake opens at 9:00 a.m. on April's first business day of the preceding year. Most programmes accept applications until seats fill, though Nursing and Dental programmes set their own fixed or ranked deadlines on their own pages. International applicants also apply through EducationPlannerBC, paying a $100 CAD per-programme fee; the College publishes no institution-wide international closing date and directs applicants to each programme's own page. Admission is otherwise rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
