Diploma in Business-Accounting at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada is a diploma in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,950 per year (CAD 4,930 per year for local students).
This two-year program gives students a broad grounding in accounting and bookkeeping from a wider business perspective, developing proficiency in accounting, income-tax and spreadsheet software. Coursework spans taxation, cost accounting, financial management, financial accounting and information systems, alongside broader business topics such as human-resource administration, marketing, communications and economics. Students who complete the program can move directly into the three-year accounting program, and some courses count toward prerequisites or exemptions for the Advanced Certificate in Accounting & Finance. Graduates typically enter entry-level roles such as accounting clerk, bookkeeper or accounting trainee, typically at smaller firms, non-profit organizations or within government offices.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with the majority of credits at the College (C), University (U), University/College (M) or Open (O) level. Mature applicants without an OSSD may qualify through St. Clair College's mature-student route on the general admission-procedures page. This two-year Ontario College Diploma runs at the main Windsor campus, with a September intake and an additional January intake at Windsor; the Chatham offering (K150) is currently closed. Domestic applicants apply through Ontario Colleges and international applicants through International OCAS. The programme page publishes no English-proficiency scores of its own; St. Clair's institution-wide standard for diploma and certificate programmes applies to international applicants: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, TOEFL iBT 60 overall, PTE Academic 52, CAEL 60, or Duolingo 110.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January (Windsor)
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the online application opened on 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers are due by 1 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry has an equal-consideration date of 15 September 2026. St. Clair flags eight oversubscribed programmes and thirteen high-interest programmes for which it recommends applying by 1 February. After the equal-consideration dates, applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. International applicants apply through the International OCAS portal and are admitted on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis; St. Clair publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
