PGCert in Applied Data Analytics and Visualization - 1 Year Track is a postgraduate certificate in Business Administration programme offered by Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,767 per total (CAD 6,737 per total for local students).
This postgraduate certificate works through every stage of data analytics: descriptive analysis of what happened, diagnostic work on why, predictive modelling for forecasting and prescriptive methods for recommending action, alongside data storytelling, ethical decision-making, project management, statistical analysis, and AI and machine learning. Learning takes place through interactive simulations, industry projects, job-shadowing and a capstone project, with exposure to tools including Power BI, Tableau, Python, R, SQL and cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, AWS and Azure. The one-year track compresses this into two semesters of core subject content for the fastest route into the workforce, compared with longer three- and four-semester pathways that add a work-integrated co-op term.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires a postsecondary diploma, advanced diploma or degree in business, applied computing, information technology, computer science or an equivalent field; applicants outside these fields may instead be assessed on postsecondary academic achievement and related work experience. No minimum grade point average is published. 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, with credentials from outside Canada assessed through ICAS or WES; international applicants submit official transcripts with a notarised English translation where required, and private-career-college credentials are not accepted.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the application opened 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and offers can go out from 1 November 2026, with portfolio- and audition-based programmes deciding later in March; accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027. Winter and Spring/Summer 2027 entry use the same portal but Sheridan publishes no fixed equal-consideration date for them and reviews those on an ongoing basis. International applicants apply directly through Sheridan's own International Application Portal, not ontariocolleges.ca; the college publishes no fixed international deadline and admits on a rolling, space-permitting basis, so early application is advised for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
