Business Administration Certificate is a certificate in Business & Management programme offered by University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,696 per total (CAD 7,273 per total for local students).
The Certificate in Business Administration gives working professionals a grounding in core business practice, built around five required courses — business administration, business writing, financial accounting, marketing and organizational behaviour — with electives adding analytical and problem-solving skills. Completion takes eight courses: five required ones in business administration, business writing, financial accounting, marketing and organizational behaviour, plus three electives drawn from business, technology, data analytics, communication and leadership offerings. Courses run face-to-face, online and in blended format, with availability varying by term and mode, and students finish in roughly 12 to 16 months studying full-time or about three years part-time. It is aimed at mid-career professionals, full-time employees seeking advancement, and specialists who want to add a recognized business credential to an existing background.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: To qualify for the Certificate in Business Administration, applicants must provide a transcript showing at least high-school completion; mature applicants who lack this may instead be considered on the basis of a minimum five years of work experience, supported by a resume, and two years of professional full-time work experience (or the post-secondary equivalent) is recommended for all applicants. If English is not the applicant's first language, the program requires an accepted official proficiency-exam score or proof of prior education completed in English, per UVic Continuing Studies' Direct Entry and Conditional Admission standard: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no sub-score below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79 with no section below 17, or Duolingo English Test 110; scores must be less than two years old. Applicants who fall short may pursue conditional admission through the English Language Centre's Intensive English pathway while enrolled.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
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.
