Organizational Coaching Certificate - UBCV at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada is a certificate in Management & Leadership programme. The programme runs for 8 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 12,245 per total (CAD 12,245 per total for local students).
The UBC Certificate in Organizational Coaching, delivered by UBC Extended Learning, builds practitioner-level coaching skills for people who want to strengthen engagement, culture and performance inside organizations. The curriculum maps to the International Coaching Federation core competencies at Professional Certified Coach level, is accredited by the ICF at Level 2 and holds the EMCC Global Quality Award; it also carries a 60-hour team coaching component aligned with the ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching. The full program runs eight months part-time and comprises 160 hours of coach education: ten mandatory live online intensive days, modular self-paced study in Canvas, a practicum coaching real clients, a month-long organizational coaching capstone and a final competency panel evaluation, all in cohorts of no more than 48. Experienced coaches can instead take a four-month, 100-hour ICF Level 2 add-on. Study is fully online with real-time classes. Applicants typically bring a degree or equivalent experience, at least five years working with individuals and teams and some prior coach training or coaching experience, and are assessed through an informal interview and two professional references.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: UBC Extended Learning requires applicants to hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience, plus at least five years of relevant work experience working with individuals and teams across a range of organizational contexts; prior ICF-accredited coach training, or having been coached by an ICF-credentialed coach, is also expected. No IELTS or TOEFL score is listed, but applicants must show communication skills sufficient for active participation in what the program describes as a dynamic, experiential format. Admission also requires an informal 25-minute admissions interview, evidence of an adequate support network and the time and resources the program demands, a letter of intent of up to 500 words, a resume, and two professional reference letters. The optional ICF Level 2 Add-on further requires an active ICF ACC or PCC credential and verification of completed ICF Level 1 or Level 2 coach education, or its equivalent. The complete program's next cohort begins January 25, 2027, with an application deadline of October 7, 2026; a non-refundable CAD $700 deposit secures a place once accepted.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:Domestic and international undergraduate applicants both apply through EducationPlannerBC for Winter Session 2027/28 (September 2027 entry) and Summer 2027: applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration deadline is 15 January 2027, 11:59 p.m. PST, the same date for both groups; a few programs keep reviewing late applications on a space-available basis afterwards. Earlier dates apply only to entrance-award consideration -- 15 November 2026 for the International Scholars Program and 1 December 2026 for Presidential/Centennial/Beyond Tomorrow scholars. Several limited-entry programmes -- Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing (advanced entry), Occupational/Physical Therapy, Social Work and Teacher Education -- set their own earlier deadlines from October 2026 through February 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
