Offered by University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, Canada, Agriculture Technology Diploma is a diploma in Information Systems & Technology programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 797 per credit (CAD 167 per credit for local students).
The first year of this diploma covers the requirements drawn from the Horticulture Crop Production and Protection Certificate, with the Livestock Production Certificate serving as the alternative option. The second year builds further expertise in the chosen area of practice, introduces sustainable and holistic agricultural practices, and examines issues of on-farm food safety, quality, and security. Writing, business, and marketing skills develop through coursework alongside a hands-on enterprise project in which a business plan for an agricultural venture is drafted.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: UFV's Academic Calendar sets out the Agriculture Technology Diploma's entrance requirements. Applicants need B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent; one Grade 11 mathematics course (Foundations of Mathematics 11, Pre-calculus 11, Workplace/Apprenticeship Mathematics 11, or MATH 085 equivalent); one Grade 11 science (Life Sciences 11, Biology 11 or BIO 083 strongly recommended, or alternatively Chemistry 11/CHEM 083, Earth Sciences 11, or Physics 11/PHYS 083); and UFV's Degree/diploma-level English language proficiency requirement, satisfied by an IELTS Academic overall score of 6.5 with no band below 6.0, a TOEFL iBT score of 88 with no section below 20, PTE Academic 61 with 60 or higher in Writing, CAEL 70+, MELAB 85+, CanTEST 4.5 Listening/Reading and 4.0 Writing, or a Duolingo English Test score of 110 or higher. Applicants who do not meet these may still be considered on a case-by-case basis via a submitted portfolio and/or interview. Intakes run in January and September, with international admission limited to January.
Application Details
Start Date:January and September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to UFV: applications for Fall (September) 2027 entry open 1 October 2026, for Winter (January) 2027 entry opened 1 May 2026, and for Summer (May) 2027 entry open 1 October 2026; UFV publishes no closing date for any of these and instead admits many programmes strictly in application-date order once every required document has arrived, so applying soon after opening matters more than any deadline. Grade 12 students may apply from 1 October of their graduating year and must send final transcripts by 3 August. International applicants use UFV International's own windows - 1 October to 31 May for Fall, 1 May to 31 October for Winter and 1 October to 1 March for Summer - and are likewise assessed on a rolling, first-arrived basis until each programme fills. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
