PGCert in Cloud Security, Virtual, Online is a postgraduate certificate in Cyber Security programme offered by Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,784 per year (CAD 9,286 per year for local students).
Delivered over eight months, this certificate builds an understanding of cloud security theory and how to apply it in practice, with coursework in Linux operating systems, infrastructure design and security within cloud ecosystems, vulnerability management, the particular challenges of cloud architecture, and DevSecOps development practices. Sheridan positions it as the first credential of its kind from an Ontario public college, open to students without prior cloud security training. Graduates can use it as a step toward credentials such as Amazon Web Services certification, or to complement other graduate certificates such as those in Internet of Things and Machine Intelligence.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires a postsecondary diploma, advanced diploma or degree in information technology, computer science or an equivalent field, such as computer engineering technology, software development, enterprise database management or telecommunications technology; applicants with a science degree are reviewed case by case. Domestic applicants submit postsecondary transcripts to ontariocolleges.ca, with education from outside Canada assessed through ICAS or WES; private-career-college credentials do not count. International applicants submit official transcripts through Sheridan's international application process, with a notarised English translation and the original where a document is not in English. Individual applicants outside the listed fields may still be selected on academic achievement and related work experience. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Sheridan's institution-wide English Proficiency Requirements: for this Ontario College Graduate Certificate, IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0, PTE Academic overall 60 with no section below 57, Duolingo English Test overall 115 with no sub-score below 95, or CAEL overall 70 with no section below 60.
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.
