Data Analytics Certificate is a certificate in Data Science & Analytics programme offered by University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,696 per total (CAD 8,273 per total for local students).
The Certificate in Data Analytics is a non-credit UVic Continuing Studies program that gives working learners practical, workplace-ready analytics training rather than an academic grounding alone. Coursework builds a foundation in coding, data visualization, data storytelling and predictive analytics, with ethical practice treated as part of the core skill set rather than an afterthought. Students finish with either a hands-on practicum or an individual final project, so the techniques are applied to a real problem before graduation. The certificate normally takes 12 to 16 months full-time and is delivered in a mix of blended, face-to-face and online formats. It was developed with input from industry professionals, and depending on course selection students may also earn stackable micro-certificates or carry credits across to other UVic non-credit programs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants should typically be secondary-school graduates with at least two years of professional work experience, or hold equivalent post-secondary education; mature learners without these credentials may enter with at least five years of professional experience. Previous experience in data analytics or coding is explicitly not required for entry. Applicants whose first language is not English must provide an accepted official English-proficiency exam score or proof that their previous education was completed in English, though the page does not publish a specific minimum score. Students who have completed, or are enrolled in, the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics or Data Storytelling and Visualization micro-credentials may receive credit for up to three courses toward this certificate.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
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.
