AI-Assisted English Language Learning Micro-Certificate - UBCV is a micro-credential in English Language Studies programme taught at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 8 weeks, delivered fully online. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,600 per total for local students.
The micro-certificate combines English-language skills instruction with hands-on AI literacy, built on UBC's established teaching approach and delivered fully online. Learners work directly with generative AI tools, treating them as both subject matter and technology, while building communication and digital skills that carry over into academic and workplace settings.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The AI-Assisted English Language Learning Micro-Certificate, offered through UBC Extended Learning, sets no formal academic prerequisites and requires no prior background in artificial intelligence. The program page suggests an English proficiency level equivalent to IELTS 4.5 or higher, reflecting its intended audience of English-as-an-additional-language learners, international students and newcomers to Canada who want flexible, online language and digital-literacy instruction for educational or professional contexts. No minimum grade point average, prior credential or work experience is stated. The page does not describe a separate written application; interested learners are directed to review the individual course listings that make up the micro-certificate and register for them directly online.
Application Details
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.
