Offered by The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Interdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Education Post-Baccalaureate Diploma - UBCO is a postgraduate diploma in Education & Teaching programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 34,475 per total (CAD 6,800 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Diploma
Field:Education & Teaching
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 6,800 / total
International tuition: CAD 34,475 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Interdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Education Post-Baccalaureate Diploma provides professional development opportunities for educators and respond to the needs of schools and districts for education specialists. This program prepares teachers and education specialists to work with children and adolescents in a variety of areas, including early learning, inclusive education, and language and literacy.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: UBC Okanagan's own program page for this Post-Baccalaureate Diploma states the academic prerequisite as a bachelor's degree, a teacher's certification, or permission of the Dean of Education. Applicants wanting to enrol in individual diploma courses rather than the full diploma need at least third-year academic standing. Applicants whose first language is not English, and who have not previously attended UBC or another Canadian university, must satisfy UBC's English Proficiency Requirements; the page does not itself list test names or scores, pointing instead to UBC's general English-proficiency requirements page. No portfolio, interview, or further condition beyond the prior credential and English-proficiency requirement is described on the program's own page.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
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.