University of Victoria offers Secondary: Post-Degree Professional Program: Bachelor of Education Degree (BEd), a bachelor's degree in Education & Teaching programme in Victoria, Canada. The programme runs for 16 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 41,237 per year (CAD 8,176 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Education & Teaching
Duration: 16 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 8,176 / year
International tuition: CAD 41,237 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
In the Teacher Education Secondary Curriculum Post-Degree Professional Program Bachelor of Education Degree, you'll learn how you can motivate secondary school students to find deeper meaning from the world. After completion of all coursework and a mandatory practicum, you will receive a Bachelor of Education degree (BEd) and will be eligible to apply for a BC teaching certificate.
This program is also offered in [French](https://www.uvic.ca/education/curriculum/undergraduate/home/programs/secpdpp/index.php).
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The published requirements for this post-degree professional program are a bachelor's degree from an institution UVic recognises; an average of at least "C+" (3.00 on UVic's 9-point scale) across the most recent 12 UVic units attempted, which is 24 credits or roughly eight courses; an average of at least "C+" (3.00) across the most recent two full years attempted, which is 30 UVic units or 60 credits; and an average of at least "B-" (4.00) in the specified courses for one or two teachable subject areas. UVic notes that 3.0 of its units equal two half-year courses - or, at most BC colleges and universities, 6 credits. Beyond those minimums you must have completed approved courses in English and in your one or two teachable subjects, and at least 75 hours of practical experience, paid or voluntary, working in educative ways with children or youth from Kindergarten to Grade 12; the Curriculum and Instruction website lists the approved courses. UVic states these requirements without distinguishing domestic from international applicants, so the same academic minimums apply to both. All applicants must satisfy UVic's English language requirement: transcripts alone suffice after four years of full-time English-medium study in Canada, otherwise a test is needed (IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no section under 20, CAEL 70, Duolingo 120, PTE Academic 65, Cambridge C1/C2 180 or four-skill MET 64).
Application Details
Start Date:September entry only; UVic delivers this as a post-degree professional program for applicants who already hold a bachelor's degree.
Application Deadline:2 January for September entry — the date UVic publishes for its Teacher Education post-degree professional programs (Elementary Curriculum and Secondary Curriculum), four weeks earlier than the 31 January deadline used by most degree programs. The same date applies to Canadian and international applicants; UVic publishes no separate international deadline. UVic states these are annual fixed dates and warns that a program can stop accepting applications at any time without notice, while some programs keep accepting them past the published date.