Seneca Polytechnic offers PGCert in Cybersecurity and Threat Management (Hybrid) (Work term option), a postgraduate certificate in Cyber Security programme in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,105 per semester (CAD 3,250 per semester for local students).
Work-term stream of the eight-month Cybersecurity & Threat Management graduate certificate, pairing training in securing, protecting and defending mobile and network infrastructures and an industry capstone project with an optional work term similar in length to an academic semester. The placement is typically full-time and may be paid or unpaid, requires maintained eligibility and additional fees, and the student-driven search is supported by in-class career workshops and one-on-one coaching.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows Seneca's graduate-certificate entry route: applicants need an Ontario university degree, college diploma, or equivalent, in information technology (computer engineering, software, hardware, networking or a related field). Applicants without that credential may instead be considered on an equivalent combination of professional networking experience and a relevant resume and references; applicants lacking networking credentials can fulfil the gap by completing DCF255 - Data Communications Fundamentals through Seneca Continuing Education. Canadian citizens and permanent residents educated outside Canada must submit a WES or ICAS credential evaluation. As a graduate certificate, this program falls under Seneca's institution-wide policy of asking domestic applicants for a formal English test only when they cannot show enough prior study in English (for example three years of full-time secondary school, or two full-time years of college or university study, in a country where English is an official or the common language); international applicants must meet Seneca's published English-proficiency levels for graduate certificates. Neither the program's own pages nor Seneca's general English-proficiency page states a specific test score for this program.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through OntarioColleges.ca. For the September 2027 intake, OCAS opens for applications on 1 October 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, first offers go out from 1 November 2026, and the earliest confirmation deadline is 1 May 2027 with a CAD 200 deposit due the second Wednesday of June 2027. The January 2027 and May 2027 intakes opened on 1 October 2025 and carry no equal-consideration date, with earliest confirmation deadlines of 1 November 2025 and 1 March 2027. International applicants apply directly to Seneca, are assessed on a rolling basis with no fixed closing date, and are admitted up to the first day of classes or until a program fills, whichever comes first. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
