PGCert in Advanced Special Effects Makeup Prosthetics and Props is a postgraduate certificate in Performing Arts programme taught at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,318 per year (CAD 13,653 per year for local students).
This certificate trains students in puppet and props building, prosthetics application, 3D printing and animatronics, with classes covering the specialized products and equipment used to sculpt, mould, cast and finish pieces. Faculty bring backgrounds spanning props mastery, prosthetic artistry, puppet building and animatronics work. After the first two semesters, students take on a field placement applying these special effects makeup techniques on the job, and lab work is designed to simulate the conditions of an industry build team handling sculpting, moulding, casting, and the development of prosthetics, props and animatronics. Students are also introduced to the sector's unions, among them the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires a postsecondary diploma or degree in any field, and/or demonstrated competence gained through related work and/or educational experience; no minimum grade point average is published. Applicants who do not hold a postsecondary diploma or degree must submit a portfolio, as notified by the Office of the Registrar, following Sheridan's published sample portfolio instructions. Selection weighs previous academic achievement and/or demonstrated competence alongside the portfolio result where one is required. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Sheridan's institution-wide English Proficiency Requirement for degree, master's and graduate-certificate programs: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT overall 88 (no section below 21), PTE Academic overall 60 (no section below 57), or Duolingo English Test overall 115 (no sub-score below 95). Domestic applicants submit postsecondary transcripts through ontariocolleges.ca; international applicants need official transcripts, with a notarised translation where documents are not in English.
Application Details
Start Date:Sheridan runs three terms a year - Fall starting in September, Winter in January and Spring/Summer in May. For 2026-27 the Fall term ran 8 September to 18 December 2026, Winter runs 6 January to 16 April 2027, and Spring/Summer runs 3 May to 13 August 2027. On 6 September 2026 this program's own page listed a single intake, September 2026, at the Trafalgar Campus in Oakville. Sheridan's Start date table also carries a separate Domestic and International status for each intake (Available, Waitlisted or Closed) that changes as seats fill, so check this program's page on sheridancollege.ca before you apply.
Application Deadline:Sheridan publishes no deadline of its own for this program; the dates below are the college-wide ones. DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca, which opened the Fall 2027 application on 26 September 2026 - Sheridan says it starts receiving those applications in early October for the academic year that follows. The equal consideration date is 1 February: apply on or before it and your file is weighed alongside every other one received by then for a Fall-term start, so for the cycle now open that means 1 February 2027 for entry in September 2027. Sheridan still accepts applications after that date wherever a program has not filled, but they are handled in the order they arrive, which leaves little room in high-demand programs. First offers for a September start may go out from 1 November; programs that require a portfolio, audition or resume begin issuing decisions later in March, and offers for the Winter and Spring/Summer intakes are made on a rolling basis. Confirm a Fall offer at ontariocolleges.ca by 1 May, or by the date printed on an offer issued after that, then pay the tuition deposit three months before the term begins. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS apply instead through Sheridan's own International Application Portal, and Sheridan publishes no deadline for them - its Important Dates table carries only a note that the international dates are still to be posted. What limits an international application in practice is space: Sheridan tells international applicants to check that a program still has room before applying, and every program page shows a separate International status for each intake. Apply as early as you can and leave time for a study permit. Confirm the current dates at sheridancollege.ca and ontariocolleges.ca before you apply.
