At Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada, PGCert in Digital Product Design is offered as a postgraduate certificate in UX & Human-Computer Interaction programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,744 per year (CAD 10,295 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:UX & Human-Computer Interaction
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 10,295 / year
International tuition: CAD 27,744 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Master user experience design and make your ideas a reality.Program OverviewEnter an in-demand career field with digital product designA Digital Product Design certificate from Sheridan can launch you into a growing and lucrative field in eight months. The average entry-level salary for a User Experience Designer in Ontario is $64,000 and statistics show demand for UX designers has increased 107%.* Job seekers with the broad range of skills taught in this post-graduate can be highly employable in a wide variety of industries.Become well-rounded in all aspects of product designThe product design industry needs designers who know more than web design or UI design. Our unique program teaches required essentials for a career in multimedia design and development. You’ll learn business strategy, research methods, visual design, prototyping and more. With skills in many experience design elements, you can position yourself as a well-rounded designer and work in many roles.Work with industry experts, software and processes Courses are taught by experts who bring their unique industry experience into the classroom. You'll use the same software as design professionals, such as Figma, Mural, and Adobe Creative Cloud applications. Our course structure is designed to mimic the workflow of the modern workplace. Content from one class carries over into others, ensuring you'll learn to fully develop and iterate on your ideas.Learn to design digital products for a better worldInteractive media and digital products need to be designed with users in mind. In Sheridan's Digital Product Design courses, you'll learn to create products that meet user needs with intuitive and efficient interfaces. You'll also develop your critical thinking skills as you learn an ethical approach to design that considers societal impact and challenges of modern technology. *Sources: Salary Expert, March 2019 and LinkedIn.PNMED
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires either a postsecondary diploma or degree in design, visual or fine arts, communications, commerce, engineering, health sciences or social sciences, or demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience. Applicants are encouraged, though not required, to already know Figma, Adobe XD or equivalent software before their first course. Selection weighs demonstrated competence through work or educational experience alongside a supplemental submission assessing disciplinary knowledge, conceptual thinking and ideation, communication skills and visual skills. Domestic applicants submit official postsecondary transcripts through ontariocolleges.ca; international applicants submit official transcripts with notarised English translations where the originals are not in English. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Sheridan's English Proficiency Requirement for degree, master's and graduate-certificate programmes: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no section below 21, PTE Academic 60 with no section below 57, or Duolingo English Test 115 with no sub-score below 95.
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.
