Adult and Continuing Education Certificate is a certificate in Education & Teaching programme taught at University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 5,750 per total (CAD 5,750 per total for local students).
The Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education prepares people who teach, train and design learning for adults, combining theory with the practical craft of facilitation and curriculum design. Students complete four required courses covering adult learning and development, facilitation, foundations of adult education and program planning, then add 4.0 units of electives chosen from more than a dozen options such as e-learning design, assessment and evaluation, and instructional design. The certificate is delivered entirely online and structured for part-time study outside working hours, with most students finishing in two to five years. It is recognized by the Institute for Performance and Learning, and admission requires high school graduation plus at least three years of professional or volunteer experience in adult or continuing education.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Adult and Continuing Education Certificate normally requires graduation from secondary or high school, together with at least three years of part-time or full-time professional and/or volunteer experience in adult or continuing education. The program page does not publish its own English-language-proficiency test score for applicants whose first language is not English. The program describes itself as open to learners from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds and invites applicants who do not meet the stated education or experience thresholds to contact the program office directly to discuss their eligibility, rather than setting a rigid cut-off for admission.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, which opens for 2027-entry applications on 1 October 2026: most degree programmes see September 2027 entry close 31 January 2027, January 2027 entry close 30 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry close 31 March 2027, though Teacher Education post-degree programmes close 2 January 2027, Indigenous Education post-degree admits on an ongoing basis, and Engineering's Summer entry (high-school graduates only) closes 31 December 2026. International applicants use the same portal and face identical dates, since UVic publishes no separate international deadline. UVic treats these as fixed annual dates rather than rolling admission, though it warns any programme can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
