Offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada, Wildfire Studies Diploma is a diploma in Emergency & Disaster Management programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered in a hybrid format. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 214 per credit for local students.
The program targets those working in, or intending to work in, the varied fields related to wildfire studies within and for communities, spanning policy development, social and cultural issues, communication for emergency and media relations, leadership and organization, and community health and well-being. A flexible, open relationship with professionals across wildfire-related sectors is expected, with students moving into and out of different study levels in step with their professional needs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to the Diploma in Wildfire Studies requires Grade 12 or equivalent, or mature-student status, with English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 at a minimum of 73%, or equivalent. The page references a further 'View All Requirements and Courses' section for the diploma's course list but does not itself state additional admission conditions such as a minimum GPA, portfolio, interview or work-experience requirement. It does not publish a standardized international test score of its own; applicants relying on an international test rather than a Canadian secondary transcript can instead meet Thompson Rivers University's general direct-entry standard for an undergraduate diploma, IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0 or TOEFL iBT 88 with no section below 20, published on TRU's English-requirements page. No intake date is stated on the diploma's own page.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to TRU: for the September (Fall) intake the deadline is 1 May, for January (Winter) it is 1 September, and for the May (Summer) intake it is 1 January; applications for most programs open 1 October, and a deadline falling on a weekend or statutory holiday moves to the next working day. International applicants follow the same intake structure with deadlines of 1 May (September), 1 October (January) and 1 February (May); TRU still reviews later applications where space remains, though high-volume programs can close early, so admission runs on a rolling basis around these published cut-offs for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
