Micro-credential in Cybersecurity Strategy and Risk Management - UBCV is a micro-credential in Cyber Security programme taught at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 8 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,900 per total (CAD 1,900 per total for local students).
This certificate is aimed at leaders and professionals needing to understand, assess, and lead on cybersecurity initiatives. The program takes a proactive approach to shaping strategic cybersecurity policy and handling cybersecurity threats across an organization. It builds a basic grounding in good cybersecurity hygiene, along with practical strategies to anticipate, reduce, and respond to cyber risks, and skills for communicating and gaining support for cybersecurity plans.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This UBC Extended Learning micro-certificate sets no formal academic prerequisite: the program page states that a technical skill set is not required, though technical concepts are discussed and tied back to organizational goals. It is designed for leaders and professionals responsible for their organization's cybersecurity policy and risk-management planning, as well as executives, technology professionals, entrepreneurs and students, with no specific academic standing, minimum GPA, or English-language test score (IELTS/TOEFL) listed. Admission is by direct registration, at a total program cost of CAD $1,900 ($950 per course, plus applicable GST), for the two constituent four-week courses, Cybersecurity Standards and Strategy and Cybersecurity Risk Management; no application form, interview or portfolio is described.
Application Details
Start Date:January and February
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.
